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I hadn't heard of the Buddhist Army, so I looked at your link in wiki. Kind of undermines your point. > Though the majority of Karens are Buddhist, the Karen p
by npalli 11y ago
I hadn't heard of the Buddhist Army, so I looked at your link in wiki. Kind of undermines your point.
> Though the majority of Karens are Buddhist, the Karen political leadership and leadership of the Karen insurgency have been overwhelmingly Christian, as a legacy of American missionary influence over the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- DanBC 11y agoRe-read the first line: > The Democratic Karen Benevolent Army formerly known as Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (Burmese: တိုးတက်သော ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ ကရင်အမျိုးသား တပ်ဖွဲ့; abbreviated DKBA) is a breakaway group of Buddhist former soldiers and officers of the predominantly Karen Christian led Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), one of the larger insurgent armies in Burma. The KNLA is mostly Christian. The DBKA is the buddhist breakaway group.