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The 2nd-century Christian apologist Justin Martyr claimed, without evidence, that the record of the census was still available and that it showed that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Another Christian apologist, Tertullian ( c. 155 – c. 220 ), suggested that Jesus's family was recorded in a census of Judaea conducted by Sentius ...
Maung Maung writes from inside Myanmar about how he left his profession, his life, everything to escape the claws of the junta after they ousted Aung San Suu Kyi
The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents is a story recounted in the Nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children who are two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem. [2]
Truth and reconciliation in Myanmar refers to the examination of human rights abuses in Myanmar, [1] [2] [3] particularly involving those suffered by the Rohingya people. [ citation needed ] From a coup d’état in 1962 to a general election in 2010, Myanmar (previously known as Burma) was controlled by a military regime.
Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people in another raid in Tabayin. [111] These attacks occurred in Central Myanmar, also known as Anya, an area that had rarely seen armed violence in recent times. [112] On 2 July, troops assaulted several villages in Sagaing Region and reportedly killed 41 civilians.
The United Nations Security Council has convened several times to discuss the Rohingya crisis Rakhine State in Myanmar. The Rohingya genocide is a term applied to the persecution—including mass killings, mass rapes, village-burnings, deprivations, ethnic cleansing, and internments—of the Rohingya people of western Myanmar (particularly northern Rakhine state).
The Archbishop of Canterbury also spoke of children in the UK having to ‘hide their Jewishness on their way to school’ in fear of antisemitism.
Myanmar has a population of approximately 54.5 million in 2023. [2] The 2014 census noted that 88% were Buddhist, 6% were Christian, 4.3% were Muslim, 1% were Animist and 0.5% were Hindu. [3] However, the large movement of Rohingyas in 2017 has halved the number of Muslims in the country.