Muslims and Buddhists Meet to Confront Extremism

Tehran has hosted a forum titled “Cooperation between Muslims and Buddhists for Confronting Violence and Extremism”. 

Religious leaders and intellectuals from Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand as well as Iranian Muslim scholars took part in the two-day event. The forum comes as Muslims in a number of countries including Myanmar have come under repeated attacks from extremist groups. 

Myanmar’s 1.3 million Muslims, who are denied citizenship, are one of the world’s most persecuted communities, a fact that the UN also attests to. 

Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have faced torture, repression and neglect since the country's independence in 1948. Hundreds of Rohingyas have been killed and over 140,000 displaced in attacks over the past two years.

Source http://www.abna.ir/english/service/iran/archive/2014/12/31/661813/story.html