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One Region in Myanmar Limits Births of Muslims
NewYork Times ^ | May 25, 2013 | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted on 05/26/2013 12:56:25 PM PDT by Pan_Yan

YANGON, Myanmar — The local authorities in the western state of Rakhine in Myanmar have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing during earlier sectarian violence.

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It was unclear how the local government would enforce the rule, and the announcement could be as much about playing to the country’s Buddhist majority as about actual policy. It was also unclear what effect the new limits would have; there have already been restrictions on Rohingyas marrying, which analysts said were meant to decrease the birthrate.

A spokesman for Rakhine State, Win Myaing, said the new program was meant to stem rapid population growth in the Muslim community, which a government-appointed commission identified as one of the causes of the sectarian violence.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: buddhist; burma; mayanmar; muslims
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1 posted on 05/26/2013 12:56:25 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

“O” would be even better.


2 posted on 05/26/2013 12:58:22 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Pan_Yan
No problem. Just treat muslim men the way they treated their own African slaves. They preferred them castrated...
3 posted on 05/26/2013 12:58:38 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: Sacajaweau

I think that’s mighty generous of the Buddhists, considering. I’d take the deal before they wake up and cut it (so to speak) to zero.


4 posted on 05/26/2013 1:15:47 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: Pan_Yan

Hmmmm...


5 posted on 05/26/2013 1:17:28 PM PDT by BobL (To us it's a game, to them it's personal - therefore they win.)
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To: Pan_Yan

...it is a non-violent way to deal with the issue - and the West, particularly Europe, is QUICKLY running out of non-violent options.


6 posted on 05/26/2013 1:20:28 PM PDT by BobL (To us it's a game, to them it's personal - therefore they win.)
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To: Pan_Yan

Issue them free bottled water at the welfare office. Like we do here with deer licks containing birth control.


7 posted on 05/26/2013 1:26:09 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("There can be no dialogue with the prince of this world." -- Francis)
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To: Pan_Yan
Myanmar’s '969' crusade breeds anti-Muslim malice
8 posted on 05/26/2013 1:30:00 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("There can be no dialogue with the prince of this world." -- Francis)
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To: Pan_Yan

Give them the choice: fewer births, or more deaths.


9 posted on 05/26/2013 1:49:54 PM PDT by Defiant (The answer to Francis Scott Key's question is: No, it does not. That land is no more.)
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To: Pan_Yan

IUD implantation during well woman checkups might work well for all concerned. Sorry but violence is imminent unless they stop actively breeding for Jihad and never denounced, even by an American “president” so-to-speak.


10 posted on 05/26/2013 1:57:50 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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11 posted on 05/26/2013 2:15:38 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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12 posted on 05/26/2013 2:16:16 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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It should be the law in all western countries that anybody who professes to be muslim should be sterilized.


13 posted on 05/26/2013 2:22:30 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: LyinLibs; onyx

LOLOLOL!


14 posted on 05/26/2013 2:48:14 PM PDT by RedMDer (You are Free Republic. There are no outside influences. Just us, all of us. Please donate today!)
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15 posted on 05/26/2013 2:48:37 PM PDT by RedMDer (You are Free Republic. There are no outside influences. Just us, all of us. Please donate today!)
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To: Pan_Yan

Thailand has a huge Muslim problem in South Thailand with the psycho Muslims killing Buddhists and trying to drive them out of territories. Burma must have the same problem. Limiting Muslim births is a great idea since Muslims are always the ones who try to out-demographic other peoples. Muslim births should always be limited in any civilized nation they worm their way into. Want to have more Muzzie kids? Move back to Muzzie Land


16 posted on 05/26/2013 2:53:18 PM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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To: dsrtsage

That’s not who we are - thanks God. That said, all immigration from Muslim Countries should be stopped until this ‘terror war’ is over. Muslims who are here are part of the American family and we need to assimilate them. But zero new immigration from Muslim countries.


17 posted on 05/26/2013 2:57:04 PM PDT by GOPJ (It's Gotten So Bad for Obama Fox News Changed Its Slogan to "See. I Told You So!"- Leno)
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To: Pan_Yan
The Iranian ambassador to the UN had just finished giving a speech and walked out into the lobby where he met the United States ambassador, John Bolton.

They exchanged pleasantries and as they walked the Iranian said, "You know I have just one question about what I have seen in America."

Ambassador Bolton said, "Well anything I can do to help you, I will."

The Iranian whispered, "My son watches this show 'Star Trek' and in it there is Chekhov who is Russian, Scotty who is Scottish, and Sulu who is Chinese, but no Iranians. My son is very upset and doesn't understand why there aren't any Arabs or Muslims or Islamists on Star Trek."

Bolton laughed, leaned toward the Iranian ambassador and whispered back, "It's because it takes place in the future."


18 posted on 05/26/2013 3:04:25 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: Pan_Yan

That’s at least two too many. I do wonder how it is enforced...perhaps an appropriately placed tourniquet?


19 posted on 05/26/2013 4:48:18 PM PDT by RobinOfKingston (Democrats--the party of Evil. Republicans--the party of Stupid.)
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“Muslims who are here are part of the American family....”

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And what if their intention is not to integrate and to destroy the American family?


20 posted on 05/26/2013 5:34:42 PM PDT by 353FMG ( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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