When the July issue of TIME Magazine hit newsstands it got the attention of the highest levels of government in Burma. On its cover is a serene image of Burmese Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, with a ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A hard-line Buddhist monk from Myanmar known for his anti-Muslim stance said his movement would join hands with a like-minded Sri Lankan group to "protect" Buddhists, whom he ...

“Do I look like a terrorist?” the orange-robed monk asked me, confident that I would see the question as absurd. The monk, Ashin Wirathu, had been portrayed on the cover of Time magazine’s ...

The notorious firebrand Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, also known as the "Burmese bin Laden," has been kicked off Facebook for violating its community standards. Wirathu, who has used social media to ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A hard-line Buddhist monk from Myanmar known for his anti-Muslim stance said his movement would join hands with a like-minded Sri Lankan group to “protect” Buddhists, whom he ...

Myanmar’s ruling military has released Ashin Wirathu, a firebrand religious figure, who's been dubbed The Face of Buddhist Terror for his anti-Muslim views. Ashin ...

He handed himself in to police last November after more than a year on the run from the charges, which carry jail terms of up to three years for acts that provoke 'hatred' The monk was also critical ...

Barbet Schroeder completes his Trilogy of Evil with this chilling look at the Buddhist monk whose Islamophobic rhetoric is stoking ethnic cleaning in Myanmar. “Evil” is one of those tricky words ...