[F1grandprix]

It is "ethnic tensions". My impression is that it is political not religious.
The media are bad, they use umbrella terms to distinguish the people involved. It is this kind of generalisation which leads to further ignorance and anger. My guess would be that for those concerned, these aren't distinct categories so I'm not sure how much sense it makes to impose external categories on the situation. If the guy burning a house in the next village doesn't distinguish between its inhabitant's ethnic identity and her religious identity, what justification do we have for doing so?

In my perspective, Christians seem to be much more attentive to disasters and conflicts than buddhists are. Christians act swiftly to help people in need, just like helping their own brothers and sisters.

Buddhists are much more focused on cultivating their inner qualities. Maybe it is everything that Buddhism is about. They even seem disinterested in actively helping people who are tragically affected by disasters or conflicts.

I know that I should not generalize too much, but this is a weakness that I see in Buddhism today. That is why I admire the idea of Engaged Buddhism by Thich Nhat Hanh, who lived through the Vietnam War as a Buddhist monk. I think that's fairly true. Where is the Buddhist equivalent of liberation theology? Because when you've been outflanked on the left by the Catholic church, you know something's gone badly wrong. Here in Thailand, Buddhism is deeply involved in the state and it's overwhelmingly a force for reaction and conservatism (there are some exceptions, of course, but they're pretty thin on the ground). And on the subject of the Rohyinga, there are well documented cases of refugees arriving in Thailand being viciously assaulted by Thai soldiers before being towed out to sea and abandoned with no supplies or power; they're just left to die by the Thai authorities. It's atrocious how these guys are treated and there is no excuse or justification for any of it.

Myanmar has bigger problems than this. I disagree. 'Myanmar' doesn't have problems - the people who live there do. And I don't think there are many bigger problems than being made homeless or being murdered.