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Myanmar religion
![Monk’s Funeral Highlights Myanmar Army’s Delicate Relationship to Buddhist Clergy Monk’s Funeral Highlights Myanmar Army’s Delicate Relationship to Buddhist Clergy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-06-28-061421.jpg)
Monk’s Funeral Highlights Myanmar Army’s Delicate Relationship to Buddhist Clergy
By Grant Peck
The 78-year-old monk Bhaddanta Munindarbhivamsa was shot dead by soldiers this month. The military initially tried to pin it on anti-regime forces.
![Killing of Monks Raises Fear of a Holy Conflict in Myanmar Killing of Monks Raises Fear of a Holy Conflict in Myanmar](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-06-25-054405.jpg)
Killing of Monks Raises Fear of a Holy Conflict in Myanmar
By Luke Hunt
As mourners queue, the military apologizes and issues a rare apology for the military's shooting of two monks, including an influential abbot.
![Prophecies, Rituals, and Resistance in Myanmar Prophecies, Rituals, and Resistance in Myanmar](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-04-18-192428.jpg)
Prophecies, Rituals, and Resistance in Myanmar
By Naw Theresa
Soothsayers, astrologers, and monks marshal symbols and oracles to predict the anti-coup movement's eventual success.
![Myanmar's Radical Buddhist Group Gets Rebuked Myanmar's Radical Buddhist Group Gets Rebuked](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-07-06_13-39-31.jpg)
Myanmar's Radical Buddhist Group Gets Rebuked
By Mong Palatino
Ma Ba Tha has been dealt some recent blows.
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