Reaction to ‘Philippines says it is prepared to help Rohingya boatpeople’

THIS is a wrong decision by those who have never been to Myanmar or know the reality of the situation. THIS IS A BANGLADESHI problem, whose roots and origins are in Bangladesh, not Myanmar. And as far as calling people “unchristian or christian”, it can backfire on you badly, so go by the facts :

This is not the fault of Buddhism. Allow me, a Christian (imperfect one) to put things in perspective, having spent some young years in northern Myanmar (temporary stay). Most outsiders are sitting and shooting off their mouth on things they don’t understand including the Mufti. Myanmar or Burma is more of a “mess patchwork” called a country. The largest ethnic group are the Bamar. To put bluntly, they have traditionally been very xenophobic of outsiders and been an inward looking society for centuries. They practice Theravada Buddhism, not Mahayana Buddhism followed by many Chinese outsiders. After the hasty departure of British, many ethnic nationalities in that region didn’t get time to sort out their “status”, that includes the Christian majority Kachin in the north, Christian Nagas, Shans, Christian Karen, Karenni groups etc who fill up entire provinces. The so called “Bamar” is largely centered in the central and southern areas.