This article revisits the concept of muhibbah applied in Malaysia that constitutionally acknowledge religious freedom; freedom to profess, freedom to practice and freedom to publicize the religion. Besides, in this opportunity also, explanation of Islam and Buddhism will also be elaborated in order to show the mutual understanding between these two conflict religions in Myanmar, thus able in eliminating hatred and consequently promoting peace and armistice pluralistic coexistence. This study is a conceptual analysis, which analyzing the data gathered from textual, contextual and comparative review. Notwithstanding of any solution prepared by scholars, it is hoped that this conceptual research is able to propose the solving idea in the crises of Myanmar today.
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