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In this paper, the policy implementation process of the military junta based on religious discriminations, the extent to which it is implemented, how success it was, what had effected the extent of policy implementation and what impact does it has today will be studied briefly. The military junta had used all means of discriminations against ethnic people in the name of national unity. According to Saw Blessing (Phu Taw Khar, 2011), the ideology of the military junta was solely based on the idea of "Buddha-bathar-Myanmar-lumyo" (being national of Myanmar is being Buddhist), which consequently resulted identity destruction of the non-Burman ethnic people who surround the Burman. .
1. Historical Development of the Policy related to Religious Discrimination in Myanmar.
Since the first Kingdom established by Burman, Buddhism had played the most crucial role in the politics of Burman. Buddhist monks have been advisors or consultants of the Kings since the time of Anawrahta, the Burman's King, who brought Buddhism into his Kingdom. And this practised was followed until the collapse of the last Konbaung Dynasty in 1885. Despite the lost of political authority in the Palace, Buddhism was still strong in the community. Though this long tradition was abandoned during the colonial period, Buddhist monks, again have been the first to revolt against the British and led national movement base on Buddhist religion[Dun99]. Anyone could see the importance of Buddhist monks during the 1988 People's Uprising and the 2008 Saffron Revolution which was led particularly by the Buddhist monks. Nonetheless the intention of the government towards religion was using religion as a tool to destruct other ethnic nationalities identities.
Discriminations towards ethnic Burman and their religion; Buddhism, during the colonial period had led hatred towards colonial brought religion, which is Christianity.