In Myanmar election, anti-Muslim campaign loses in free, fair vote

(The Christian Science Monitor) Yin Yin Moe can still remember the fear she felt when a group of men began rioting in her neighborhood of mainly Muslim-owned stores in downtown Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-biggest city.

“Last year, some Buddhists came, we never saw them before,” said the pharmacy owner. “They started throwing rocks and began fighting with the young men here. . . . I was afraid for the safety of my old parents and my young niece. We had to close the shop and left for three days.”

The police did not come until the fifth day of conflict, she said.