Published On:Thursday 2 October 2014
Posted by Celebrate Life Style information Blog
Myanmar website hacked, threatened over Buddhist radical story
A popular Myanmar news website was blocked Thursday by hackers angry at its description of hardline Buddhist monks as "radical", as the publication said it had received threats of violence over its coverage.
The Irrawaddy saw its main English-language website briefly replaced with a black screen and notice accusing it of being pro-Muslim and slamming a blog it ran in Burmese about Myanmar nationalist cleric Wirathu's weekend meeting with controversial Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka.
The Buddhist-majority countries have seen rising religious hate speech and attacks on minority Muslims, with some hardline monks accused of fanning intolerance by stoking fears of a threat from Islamic jihadists.
The hackers claimed the Irrawaddy "supports jihad and radical Muslims" and was "attacking Buddhism with so called freedom of speech". [ The Straits Times ]
The Irrawaddy saw its main English-language website briefly replaced with a black screen and notice accusing it of being pro-Muslim and slamming a blog it ran in Burmese about Myanmar nationalist cleric Wirathu's weekend meeting with controversial Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka.
The Buddhist-majority countries have seen rising religious hate speech and attacks on minority Muslims, with some hardline monks accused of fanning intolerance by stoking fears of a threat from Islamic jihadists.
The hackers claimed the Irrawaddy "supports jihad and radical Muslims" and was "attacking Buddhism with so called freedom of speech". [ The Straits Times ]
