4. Burma
Burma is a rare example on our list of countries where religion is illegal where a Buddhist country persecutes other religions. Mostly, it is Muslims that are on the receiving end of the Burmese government religious intolerance. Some 800,000 of Rohingya Muslims are denied citizenship and are exposed to violence that often equals pogroms against Jews in Europe. The sectarian clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in 2012 left many of them homeless and living in refugee camps, while the violence between them and the Buddhist periodically erupts almost annually. Christians are also persecuted and are often used as forced labor building Buddhist temples, while simulations churches and mosques are being torn down.
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