"In the immediate aftermath of last Sunday?s attacks on security forces in northern Arakan State?s Maungdaw Township, rumours, accusations and outright propaganda quickly crowded out what little was actually known about the situation. Officials and politicians wasted no time in ascribing the attacks to the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO), a group widely believed to be defunct, despite a complete lack of evidence. And many journalists blindly repeated their claims, propagating the agendas of interested parties in a highly polarized conflict. Others, including the dangerously influential monk Ashin Wirathu, added further fuel to the fire, using Facebook to warn of a ?third Jihad”, in a post that was shared more than 6,000 times..."