Muslim Win Mya Mya, the NLD vice-chairperson for the central Myanmar region of Mandalay, intended to run for office, but was told not to by her own party because of her religion. She told VOA the decision was pragmatic in the face of widespread anti-Muslim sentiment in the country that casts Myanmar’s Muslims as interlopers intent on extinguishing Buddhism.
“I personally feel quite sad that there won’t be any Muslims in the parliament,” she said. “We were born here. I’m a citizen. I only speak Burmese. My grandmother and grandfather were born in Myanmar.”
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