As Myanmar's Rakhine Buddhists gain strength, so does anti-Muslim apartheid

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As Myanmar's Rakhine Buddhists gain strength, so does anti-Muslim apartheid

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/myanmars-rakhine-buddhists-gain-strength-does-anti-muslim-212531959.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.4R0HzkoqFtXQZy5HV_Cmg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-06-18T212531Z_1_LYNXMPEA5H15K_RTROPTP_2_MYANMAR-ROHINGYA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File picture of a boat framed by the ruins of a destroyed mosque in a part of Pauktaw township that was burned in recent violence" align="left" title="File picture of a boat framed by the ruins of a destroyed mosque in a part of Pauktaw township that was burned in recent violence" border="0" /></a>By Aubrey Belford KYAUKPYU Myanmar (Reuters) - A campaign to isolate Muslims living under apartheid-like conditions is gathering steam in western Myanmar, driven by Buddhist activists emboldened by the country's transition from military rule. Religious violence since 2012 has killed hundreds of Rohingya Muslims and displaced more than 140,000 in Rakhine State. In recent months, Buddhist Rakhine activists and politicians have spearheaded a campaign to restrict healthcare and other aid for many of the estimated one million Rohingya living in the state, aid workers say. At the forefront of the movement are the Rakhine Social Network (RSN), an umbrella grouping of activist organizations, and the newly-formed Arakan National Party (ANP).</p><br clear="all"/>

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