Burma was once the center of the Buddhist religion.
The term Pagan comes from the ancient Buddhist Capital City of Pagan.
I can see why they aren’t enamored with Islam.
Myanmar might be a very tyrannical communist regime, but its citizens are Buddhist in their souls.
I wish them well in their quest for elimination of Islam from their country.
1. "Burma was once the center of the buddhist religion" - not really. The center of Buddhism until the 8th century was Nalanda -- current Pakistan.
2. "Pagan comes from teh ancient Buddhist capital city of Pagan" -- actually pagan comes from 1325-75; Middle English < Medieval Latin, Late Latin pāgānus ‘worshiper of false gods’, orig. ‘civilian’ (i.e., not a soldier of Christ), Latin: ‘peasant’, noun use of pāgānus ‘rural, civilian’, derivative of pāgus ‘village, rural district’ (akin to pangere ‘to fix, make fast’); see -an
The rest I agree -- they do not like slam and want to eliminate it from their country