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Myanmar Court Finds Trio Guilty of Insulting Religion
BBC News ^ | 17 March 2015

Posted on 03/17/2015 12:04:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway

A New Zealander and two Burmese men have been found guilty of insulting religion in Myanmar over a poster promoting a drinks event depicting Buddha with headphones.

Philip Blackwood, who managed the VGastro Bar in Yangon, was arrested in December along with bar owner Tun Thurein and colleague Htut Ko Ko Lwin.

They have each been sentenced to two and a half years in jail.

Burmese law makes it illegal to insult or damage any religion.

The poster, which was posted on Facebook and showed Buddha surrounded by psychedelic colours, sparked an angry response online.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: buddha

1 posted on 03/17/2015 12:04:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

There is no god but the Moon God, and a pedophile is his Prophet.


2 posted on 03/17/2015 12:11:43 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody
Oops. Sorry. Failed to RTFA!

These Burmese worms who enacted this need to eat sh¡t and realize that they deserve what Islam has been doing to their worthless religious monuments recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UryFNhNwv3k

If Buddha is in conflict with the First Amendment, then Buddha must be crushed!

3 posted on 03/17/2015 12:23:24 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: nickcarraway

I smell some Muslims in the woodpile.


4 posted on 03/17/2015 4:35:39 AM PDT by ZULU (Je Suis Charlie. . GET IT OBAMA, OR DON'T YOU??)
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