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The ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar has shocked the world and drawn attention to rising Islamophobia in Asia. Now Muslims in Sri Lanka are under dire threat as well.The similarities with Myanmar are striking and foreboding. Buddhist monks are at the forefront of the rising hatred, the government is taking sides against Muslims and attacks have begun.Full scale violence is threatening to break out to create another catastrophe for Muslims in the region.There have already been a series of attacks on mosques and Muslim places of work.Via http://www.presstv.com/Program/310585.html