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In Sri Lanka, one extremist Buddhist group (Bodu Bala Sena) has the support of Defense Minister Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. In Myanmar, one of the key people spreading hatred reportedly works in the office of President Thein Sein.Ajarn Sivarsaksa told DW that this type of Buddhism, "whether in Sri Lanka and Burma now or in Japan in the past, identifies itself with nationalism which is very dangerous."Via http://www.dw.de/violence-in-the-name-of-buddhism/a-16929981