Bangladesh Muslims torch Buddhist temples over Facebook photo

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NY Daily News/Reuters:

 

Hundreds of muslims in the country's southeast took to the streets late on Saturday to protest against what they said was a photograph posted on Facebook that insulted Islam.

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A Buddhist monk tries to salvage his belongings from a burnt temple after an attack by Muslims in Cox's Bazar on Monday.

 

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.

 

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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.

 

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Many people in predominantly Muslim Bangladesh have been angered in recent days by a film made in California that mocks the Prophet Mohammad.

 

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