| LC control no. | no2019007219 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wirathu, Ashin, 1968- |
| Variant(s) | Ashin Wirathu, 1968- U Wirathu, 1968- Win Khaing Oo, 1968- Wirathu, U, 1968- |
| Associated country | Burma |
| Birth date | 1968-07-10 |
| Place of birth | Kyaukse (Burma : Township) |
| Field of activity | Islamophobia Buddhism--Relations--Islam |
| Profession or occupation | Buddhist monks Political activists |
| Found in | Le vénérable W., 2017: container (Wirathu; Ashin Wirathu; influential Buddhist monk, Burma; his Islamophobe speeches have encouraged persecution of the Rohingya) Wikipedia, January 15, 2019 (Ashin Wirathu (Ashin is a Burmese honorific); U Wirathu; other name: Win Khaing Oo; born 10 July 1968, Kyaukse (near Mandalay), Mandalay Division, Burma (now Myanmar); Burmese Buddhist monk, and communal leader of the anti-Muslim movement in Myanmar; left school at age 14 to become a monk; became involved in the 969 Movement [an Islamophobe nationalist movement] in 2001; sentended in 2003 to 25 years in prison for his sermons; released in 2012 along with other political prisoners; continues anti-Muslim efforts) |
| Associated language | bur |
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