Since 2012, there have been intermittent clashes between some Buddhists and minority Muslims in central, western, and northern areas of Myanmar, including in Meikhtila in central Myanmar, where the houses of both Buddhist and Muslim communities were burned down and thousands of people were displaced. 
Tangu mwaka 2012, kumekuwa na ghasia kubwa kati ya baadhi ya waumini wa dini ya ki-Budha na Waislamu walio wachache katika maeneo ya kati, magharibi,na kaskazini mwa Myanmar, ikiwa ni pamoja na Meikhtila lililo katikati ya Myanmar, ambako nyumba za watu wa jamii za ki-Budha na ki-Islam zilichomwa na maelefu ya watu wakiachwa bila makazi.