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U Wirathu, the spiritual leader of the 969 Buddhist Nationalist

movement, and his entourage leave after giving a sermon, at a

monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) on May 22, 2013. U

Wirathu is an abbot in the New Maesoeyin Monastery where he

leads about 60 monks and has influence over more than 2,500

residing there. He travels the country giving sermons to religious

and laypeople encouraging Buddhists to shun Muslim business

and communities.

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His face as still and serene as a statue's, the

Buddhist monk who has taken the title "the

Burmese bin Laden" begins his sermon.

Hundreds of worshippers sit before him,

palms pressed together, sweat trickling

silently down their sticky backs. On cue, the

crowd chants with the man in burgundy robes,

the mantras drifting through the sultry air of a

temple in Mandalay, Burma's second biggest

city after Rangoon. It seems a peaceful scene,but Wirathu's message crackles with hate.

"Now is not the time for calm," the 46-year-

old monk intones, as he spends 90 minutes

describing the many...

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