The Excuse of (Il)legality in Discriminating and Persecuting Religious Minorities: Anti-Mosque Legal Violence in Myanmar

IF 0.6 3区社会学 Q2 LAW

Asian Journal of Law and Society Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI:10.1017/als.2020.50

Nyi Nyi Kyaw

引用次数: 5

Abstract

Abstract This article highlights the convenient excuse of (il)legality used by (1) religious majoritarian mobs to justify attacks against places of worship and religious buildings of minorities; and (2) police and local authorities to absolve themselves of the failure to uphold public order and the rule of law, protect religious minorities, and to punish religious minorities. This article traces the emergence of legal violence in the form of anti-mosque vigilante extremism in Myanmar from 2012 onwards and analyzes cases of attacks against: (1) “illegal” mosques; (2) madrasas being used as or reconstructed into mosques; (3) buildings allegedly being constructed as mosques; (4) private homes and public spaces being used as mosques; and cases of (5) closed mosques not being allowed to reopen. The author primarily used Myanmar-language resources as well as interviews to conduct the research.

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歧视和迫害宗教少数群体的合法性借口：缅甸的反清真寺法律暴力

摘要:本文强调了:(1)宗教多数派暴徒为攻击少数群体的礼拜场所和宗教建筑辩护时所使用的(1)合法性的便利借口;(2)警察和地方当局为未能维护公共秩序和法治、保护宗教少数群体和惩罚宗教少数群体的行为开脱。本文追溯了自2012年以来，缅甸以反清真寺极端分子的形式出现的合法暴力，并分析了针对以下事件的攻击:(1)“非法”清真寺;(二)将伊斯兰学校用作清真寺或者改建为清真寺的;(三)涉嫌建清真寺的建筑物;(四)将私人住宅和公共场所用作清真寺的;以及关闭的清真寺不允许重新开放的案例。作者主要使用缅甸语资源和访谈进行研究。

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Asian Journal of Law and Society LAW-

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