Thousands of Indonesians, led by Islamist groups, held a rally near the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta on Wednesday to protest against the treatment of Rohingya Muslims and demand the snapping of ties between the two countries. Some protesters chanted "God is Greatest," while others took a violent, hardline stance, shouting slogans such as "Slaughter Myanmar" and "Burn the embassy." Buddhists should respect Muslims in Myanmar in the same way that Muslims respected Buddhists in Indonesia, one speaker told the crowd, using a loud-hailer. Myanmar embassy staff would be safe, however, said a foreign ministry spokesman, Armanatha Nasir. Indonesian police have also pledged to bar Islamist groups from staging a rally on Friday at the Borobudur Buddhist temple in central Java to protest against the treatment of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims.

Source: CBC News September 06, 2017 07:41 UTC