Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................1
Research methods: Listening in six Myanmar cities .....................................................................................................3
Research findings and analysis......................................................................................................................................6
Muslims as threat.......................................................................................................................................................7
Justifying arguments..................................................................................................................................................9
Violence and virtuous self-defence..........................................................................................................................11
Producing narratives, reconciling contradictions.....................................................................................................14
Conclusions and questions...........................................................................................................................................17
Expand focus beyond ‘hate speech’ and ‘rumours’.................................................................................................17
Recognize analogies between discourses in Myanmar and the Global War on Terror............................................19
How is the historical lineage of contemporary conflict being constructed? ............................................................20
Who is contradicting – or reinforcing – narratives of Muslim threat?.....................................................................22