Established in 2013, Ma-Ba-Tha is a civil-religious group composed of Buddhist monks and their supporters whose avowed aim is to protect Buddhism, Buddhists and Myanmar from the so-called "danger of Muslim expansion."
Kikundi cha Ma-Ba-Tha kilichoundwa mwaka 2013, ni kikundi chenye mrengo wa kidini na kiraia na kimeundwa na watawa wa ki-Buddha na wafuasi wao ambao wamekula kiapo cha kulinda u-Buddha, wa-Buddha na Myanma dhidi ya kinachoitwa "hatari ya kuongezeka na kupanuka kwa Uislam."