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Between 30,000 and 40,000 Muslims live in Meiktila Township, a stronghold of Buddhist nationalism in Mandalay Region. Seven years after anti-Muslim arson and violence ravaged the town, many Muslims are still left without permanent housing. (Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier)

‘We have nothing to rely on but Allah’: Meiktila’s Muslims see little hope in election

Seven years after Buddhist mobs burned down mosques and slaughtered dozens of children at an Islamic school, hundreds of Muslims remain displaced and they say the NLD government has done little to help heal or rebuild since.

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