Poll Finds Burmese Public Linking Citizenship to Buddhism

Poll Finds Burmese Public Linking Citizenship to Buddhism

RANGOON — A new survey of mostly middle-class Burmese suggests that many of the country’s citizens “seem to think that in order to be Myanmar one has to also be Buddhist.”

The report, Citizenship in Myanmar: Contemporary Debates and Challenges in Light of the Reform Process, was published by Myanmar Egress, a Rangoon think-tank that has advised Burma’s government in the past.

The report is based on a survey of just over 2,000 Burmese spread across the country, polling ethnic minority regions as well as seeking the views of Rohingya, a Muslim minority numbering around one million people, most of whom live in western Arakan State and are denied Burmese citizenship.

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