969 Movement

The violence has coincided with the rise of the Buddhist 969 Movement.

The 969 Movement is a Buddhist movement that has inspired strong reactions within and beyond Myanmar.

In the recent years the monks, and the terrorist acts, are associated with the 969 Movement particularly in Myanmar and neighboring nations.

The 969 movement started quite recently in Rakhine state, where last year(2012) the Muslim Rohingya minority was targeted in a wave of sectarian violence.