{"id":512,"date":"2007-09-26T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-26T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2007\/09\/26\/on-bbc-news-asia-pacific-burmese-riot-police-attack-monks\/"},"modified":"2007-09-26T18:34:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-26T18:34:00","slug":"on-bbc-news-asia-pacific-burmese-riot-police-attack-monks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2007\/09\/26\/on-bbc-news-asia-pacific-burmese-riot-police-attack-monks\/","title":{"rendered":"on BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Burmese riot police attack monks"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Burmese riot police attack monks<\/a>: “Monks’ shaved heads stained with blood could be seen at the Shwedagon Pagoda where police charged against protesters demanding the end of military rule.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The news out of Myanmar (Burma) call to mind the life of Adoniram Judson and his missionary enterprise in the very shadow of the famous Shwedagon Pagoda mentioned in this article. Here are links to pictures of the Buddhist shrine:<\/p>\n I wonder what the results of this unrest will be for the Christians in Burma, especially for a good friend and colleague who is a member of our mission. Whatever happens, I hope greater freedom for the gospel is the result. I suppose the unrest doesn’t make that promising.<\/p>\n\n