COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Hundreds of Muslims in Bangladesh burned at least four Buddhist temples and 15 homes of Buddhists on Sunday after complaining that a Buddhist man had insulted Islam, police and residents said.
Members of the
Buddhist minority in the Cox's Bazar area in the southeast of the
country said unidentified people were bent on upsetting peaceful
relations between Muslims and Buddhists.
Muslims took to the
streets in the area late on Saturday to protest against what they said
was a photograph posted on Facebook that insulted Islam.
The protesters said
the picture had been posted by a Buddhist and they marched to Buddhist
villages and set fire to temples and houses.
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