Buddhist-Muslim Violence in Myanmar

Apparently what began as a local dispute between a Muslim man and a Buddhist woman has escalated into level of mob violence between what is characterised as Muslims and Buddhists.

I've been wondering for some time now whether it is accurate to call these disputes and forms of violence as something that occurs between Muslims and Buddhists. In Nigeria there are similar claims of Christians and Muslims. But are these the best way to characterize this kind of group violence? Are the two groups strictly drawn between religious affiliations or is there something else at work here and the media just finds it easy to characterize the violence in terms of religious group association.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/headlines/buddhist-muslim-violence-escalates-in-burma/16763/?utm_source=feedly