An event planned to be held in Pyay Township on 15 January was cancelled before the event started. The monk gathered in front of Shwe Bae Mosque where the event was planned to be held and distributed pamphlets, which include hate message against Muslims. “We have decided to stop the event, to show the people in Myanmar and to the wider world that Islam is a peaceful religion,” said an organiser of the event. The organisers of the events have permission from the respective township or regional level General Administration Departments to hold the events despite of that they were disrupted by the ultra-nationalist groups. Also the officials of the administration department have not taken any action to prevent the disruption of the event, in Pyay, even people from the Administration Department revoked the permission to hold the event. The monk groups have also send the letter of objection to the authorities to cancel two Prophet Day events planned in Yangon one to be held on 21 January at the Central Hall and on 22 at Kyoliya mosque. The organisers, however, decided to go ahead with the event. Source of BHRN