Popular Buddhist Monk Accuses Muslims of Deceiving
the World
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Posted:
30 Oct 2015 10:00 AM PDT
The CBS show, 60 Minutes, aired a segment last week entitled
"The New Burma" (you can watch it online here).
The segment was mostly about Aung San Suu Kyi, but starting at 6:55 they
mentioned the conflict between the majority Buddhist population
and the minority Muslim population, including an interview
with the most outspoken leader against the Muslims, a Buddhist monk named
Sayadaw Ashin Wirathu.
The 60 Minutes position on this conflict is typical for mainstream news: The Buddhist majority are bullying the poor, oppressed Muslim minority. But I enjoyed the following exchange between Wirathu and the 60 Minutes correspondent, Bill Whitaker (you can read a transcript of the whole segment here). Whitaker tells viewers, "Wirathu's rhetoric is extreme, but his mantra — that Burma is for Buddhists — is widely held, even by other holy men. He's a provocateur, who enflames passions with fiery speeches. He's attracted a large and growing following." Then comes the following exchange:
Bill Whitaker: Do
Muslims have a place here in Burma?
We can't repeat his actual response, it's R-rated. But essentially he said Muslims were defecating on Burma; threatening its very existence. Ashin Wirathu: I don't accept them. Bill Whitaker: Why? Ashin Wirathu: Because they're deceiving the world; they want to take over the whole country. But even then they will not be satisfied. They will only be satisfied when the whole world converts to Islam. Whitaker and the rest of the 60 Minutes staff apparently don't realize Wirathu's comment applies to them. They are being deceived, and along with the rest of the world, their point of view is skewed toward sympathy for the Muslims. The 60 Minutes staff doesn't realize that Muslims who follow Islamic doctrine do, in fact, want to take over Burma and the whole world. It is Islam's prime directive. And they're gaining traction all over the world because they have perfected the "persecuted underdog" ruse to disarm their victims, much the same way sociopaths do. What can stop Islam from achieving its prime directive? Only one thing: A non-Muslim population that cannot be fooled. In other words, a non-Muslim population that knows Islam for what it is: An intolerant, deceitful, aggressive, violent ideology whose goal is world domination. This article was originally posted on Inquiry Into Islam here. |
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