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Burma's Long march for freedom |
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Abdulla Elshamy - AlJazeeraTalk
 Burma... or Myanmar in another name is a little country in southeast Asia which may not be known to most readers either Arabs or foreigners... but surprisingly I found myself attracted to the news which says that the Buddhist monks are out on the roads seeking the freedom for the Myanmar people .. The monks dressed in red cloth, bear headed are out in response for a fuel price increase at the rate of 500 %! , the military rule replied harshly and with all necessary force against this movements... but lastly when people started joining the Monks in their long march ,, the junta as named in Myanmar backed off a bit .. And tried to show good feelings by sending gifts to the Great Buddhist Monk which in reverse did not put off the demonstrations any little.
 The march have started on 18 September ,, and since then the monks have been peacefully seeking a reconciliation for the country's which has been under military rule since 1962 , in response truckloads of armed troops were deployed in strategic points in Rangoon as tens of thousands of protesters marched. In other headlines, key popular celebrities were arrested in response to their call on their fans to join the demonstrations... Monks command such respect in Burma because some 80-90% of the country's population is Buddhist, and even those who do not choose to become a "career monk" usually enter the orders for short periods of their lives, giving the monasteries a prominent role in society …
 The Jute has issued a curfew for 60 days, but the monks in response challenged the ban and said they were ready to die for the peoples' freedom... International Reactions weren't as tough as expected and it was nothing more than commandments and loud talks... But the historian stressed that only about 10% of Burma's monks are politicized, and many of the monasteries may be unaware of the scale of the agitation currently under way in the country. There are 400,000-500,000 professional monks in a country of about 50 million people, but many more laymen worship alongside the monks for a few weeks at a time throughout their lives in order to earn spiritual credit. If fully mobilized, however, the monks would pose a major challenge to the military, and their moral position in society could embolden many more people to join the protests.
Burma Maybe a little country in size 676,552 sq km... But its ought for the depressed nations to learn a lesson from that and especially when the religious leaders ought to help the nation get back freedom... in Arab countries we haven't seen a real role for religious leaders with most hypocrite the leaders .. And a few either deformed with silence or sent out of their countries due to attempts of reformation... In Both Cases, Freedom is never offered but in other words forcibly taken!
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when will we see that n Egypt!
Wait that nearly....
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