An extreme Buddhist monk against of Burmese Muslims

Ashwin Wirathu

Extremist Buddhist monk Ashwin Wirathu, known to many to promote continuous violent speeches against Muslims.

He was accused of spreading fear in the minds of Buddhists about Myanmar Rohingya Muslims.

Even Buddhist monk Ashwin Wirathu, who has misled the United Nations' special ambassador to Myanmar Yangshi Li as a 'slut'.

Even 15 years ago, this Buddhist monk was not known to anyone. Born in 1968, Ashwin Wirathu left school to be a monk when he was 14 years old.

In 2001, he formed a group of anti-Muslim and nationalist groups, named 969 groups. This organization is considered as extremist.

Although the issue of extremism has been denied by Mr. Virethur's supporters.

In 2003, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. But in 2010, he was released with other political prisoners.

After the government relaxed the rules, he became quite active through social networking.

He continues to spread his various speeches on YouTube and Facebook. He had more than 37 thousand followers through social networking.

In 2012, when a strong conflict between Muslims and Buddhists began in the Rakhine state. At that time, Ashwin Wirathu came public with his insensitive speech.

Time Magazine's cover report about Ashwin Wirathu

One of his famous quotes was, "Whatever you do, it will be a nationalist."

He was asked once, 'What is Burma bin Laden?' In response, Mr. Wirathu said he would not deny this. In many places, he said that he is working for peace.

On 1 July 2013, Time magazine reported a cover about Ashwin Wirathu. Its title was, "The face of a Buddhist terrorist".

His speech spread hatred and their main target was Rohingya Muslims.

He also organized a rally demanding the transfer of Rohingya Muslims to a third country.

More than the birth rate among Muslims - it is said that Ashwin Wirathu He alleged that Buddhist women were being forced to convert.

Many people think that if he speaks against Ashwin Vithathu, he will be targeted.

Besides, the words he spoke against giving citizenship to Rohingya Muslims were widely supported.

Even many other Buddhist monks in Myanmar do not want to talk about him.

Although in 2007, Buddhist monks started a movement against the military rule.

Ashwin Wirathu became very familiar with the world as a symbol of Buddhism in Burma.

But he is quite skeptical about whether he actually represented Burmese majority Buddhists.

After almost half a century of military rule, democratically controlled democracy has been started in Myanmar.

Many people think that the attitude of extremist monk Ashwin Wirathu against Rohingya has many minds inside of Myanmar.

In the government, many can not say for the sake of diplomacy due to Rohingya opposition.

As a result, Mr. Vithhatha has supported the government's backing against Rohingya.

The Myanmar government has said that they will not be able to take any action if there is no complaint against Ashwin Wirathu.

(This article has been translated from the BBC News Online, published on January 23, 2015, of Buddhist monk Ashwin Wirathu.)