Buthidaung, Sept 16, 04: "Recently a total of 9 mosques had been demolished while many more are about to destroy completely in Arakan, said Rashid (nicknamed), a villager of the locality of Ba Da Gar village tract in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State. The Nasaka troops had forced the villagers into demolishing 9 mosques on 12 and 13 August that include 1 from Kinusi, 2 from Fatiya, 4 from Panze, 1 from Tanzama Dia and 1 from Nan Mraung villages, he further said. Nasaka officials said, ? It is not necessary to have many mosques in one village, one big mosque is enough for prayers. Soon many mosques will be demolished.”..."