Te soldiers set re to the church, school and houses, looted theclinic and destroyed it, and burned the crops. It was a typical attack by the Burma army on a Christian village, this particular one beingon the Moei River in eastern Burma. Te people ed and rebuilttheir village a ew miles away.Te notorious military junta in Burma represses and kills its peoplemercilessly. Teir persecution is ocused especially on ethnicminorities, among whom are many Christians. But, unlike mostother military regimes, the junta no longer appears to have any particular political or ideological basis apart rom support or theBurman ethnic group. Sometimes it makes use o Buddhism, themajority aith, as a weapon to suppress Christians, but can equally turn on Buddhists i they oppose the junta. Its real guiding principleappears to be simply to maintain itsel in power.
Christians in BURMA (MYANMAR)
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH: Where Race, Religion and Military Might areDestroying a Nation and a Church
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