When the July issue of TIME Magazine hit newsstands it got the attention of the highest levels of government in Burma. On its cover is a serene image of Burmese Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, with a ...

“Do I look like a terrorist?” the orange-robed monk asked me, confident that I would see the question as absurd. The monk, Ashin Wirathu, had been portrayed on the cover of Time magazine’s ...

Myanmar’s ruling military has released Ashin Wirathu, a firebrand religious figure, who's been dubbed The Face of Buddhist Terror for his anti-Muslim views. Ashin ...

The notorious firebrand Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, also known as the "Burmese bin Laden," has been kicked off Facebook for violating its community standards. Wirathu, who has used social media to ...

Police detain a Buddhist monk while he takes part in a protest in support of the jailed nationalist right wing monk Wirathu outside Insein prison in Yangon Police detain a Buddhist monk while he takes ...

He handed himself in to police last November after more than a year on the run from the charges, which carry jail terms of up to three years for acts that provoke 'hatred' The monk was also critical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Evil” is one of those tricky words usually best avoided, since its quasi-mythological sense of moral absolutism tends to downplay ...