Burma’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, 70, made an Islamophobic remark after loosing her temper with a Muslim BBC reporter, according to a new book. “No-one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim” Burma ‘s Leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi pic.twitter.com/WbtCiRbQtw — Great Quotes (@lion_faisal) March 25, 2016 The Daily Express reports: The 70-year-old allegedly made the remarks after experienced a political grilling over the violence suffered by Burma’s Muslim minority. The Burmese champion for human rights is claimed to have lost her temper after BBC Today presenter Mishal Husain repeatedly asked her to condemn anti-Islamic sentiment. Following the interview, Ms Suu Kyi allegedly muttered: “No one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim.” In Burma, Buddhist nationalists are well-known to whip up anti-Muslim sentiments, especially during election campaigns. Muslims are only four per cent of Burma’s population but have long suffered from mob-led massacres in the country. According to the International State Crime Initiative (ISCI), the native Rohingya Muslims face genocide and “unprecedented ethnic cleansing” in Burma. The Rohingya are forbidden from becoming citizens of Burma and have few if any political rights. The alleged [...]