The city of Mandalay in northern Myanmar is a Buddhist religious center so crowded with temples, monasteries and monks that they can sometimes seem innumerable.
The number of Mandalay Muslims standing in Myanmar's historic general election on Nov. 8. is much easier to tally. That number would be one.
Khin Maung Thein hails from an obscure little party and runs his campaign from a cluttered, two-story home that doubles as the family printing business.
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