Freedom from Hate
101 East returns to Myanmar to investigate the depth of the religious hatred plaguing the country.
Religious and racial hatred simmers in the once repressed southeast Asian country of Myanmar.
On Myanmar’s national identity cards, Muslims are often identified as foreigners; Bengali, Pakistani or Indian, regardless of how long they or their ancestors have lived in Myanmar. Designations are often random, with race and religion listed together, creating the idea that they are one and the same. It is a highly confusing system that leads to people who have never been to India being listed as Indian, and members of the same family being deemed as being from different south Asian countries, because they are Muslim.
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