Ashin Mandalar Lankaraa Buddhist monk engaged in interreligious dialogue, tells in the new episode of Finis Terrae the great need for peace and tolerance in his country plunged back into conflict
After decades of oppression, Myanmar had begun to hope for democracy. Instead, following the coup of 2021, the country fell back into violence. Ashin Mandalar Lankaraa Buddhist monk engaged in interreligious dialogue, tells a The end of the earth how in your country the plurality of ethnic groups and faiths has often been used as a pretext to foment divisions and how Buddhism itself has been transformed into a militant element of national identity. Yet today the opposition to the regime is uniting an exasperated people on the same front, while the future will pose the great challenge of tolerance to young people. Meanwhile, there are those who, in this context of violence and humanitarian emergency, remain on the side of the population.
Finis Terrae. Stories beyond borders is a program created by the editorial staff of “Mondo e Missione” in collaboration with the School of Journalism of the Catholic University.
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