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Mullah brigade in Pakistan thinks of Bangali Muslims as third grade Muslims... remember what triggered 1971 ....they think Bangali Muslims are Dark skinned weak muslims who are not not muslim enough.
actually no, India triggered an insurgency in East Pakistan, and it was difficult to put down due to the distance
 
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LOL.. what logic..!!! if one of Bangladesh cities which live Myanmar alone , it is belong to Myanmar..? shame on u..!! :hitwall:
but,, but,, but,,rohingas have been living there for centuries upon centuries
 
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Rohingyas should revert to Buddhism. It will save them from death from mynamar military nexus.

either converting Buddhism or not , Rohingya are illegal immigrants bangladeshi.. so we will return them in one day except some who has right to get Myanmar citizen..

but,, but,, but,,rohingas have been living there for centuries upon centuries

then we give rakhine to BD.. LOL :D wet dream... where is the proof that they live there centuries ago.. ?
 
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LOL.. what logic..!!! if one of Bangladesh cities which live Myanmar alone , it is belong to Myanmar..? shame on u..!! :hitwall:

Now you know why we have trouble on this side of our border too. :D

Pakistan should help their brothers

Aren't they selling JF-17s to Myanmar?

This would be conniving with the evil Myanmarese then. :lol:
 
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The Daily Star English Newspaper Of Bangladesh .`.

No place to belong
The Unwavering Persecution Of Rohingyas
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THAI authorities detained 76 migrants including six suspected Rohingyas in Thailand's southern Nakhon Si Thammarat province on Monday. The group is said to have been heading to Malaysia in search of work. In January, a group of 98 suspected Rohingyas were also found in pickup trucks in southern Thailand.

In a controversial move, Myanmar's government revoked temporary voting rights of people holding identification cards seeking citizenship after President Thein Sein declared on February 11 that said ID cards will expire on March 31, 2015. Presidential office director Maj. Zaw Htay said that the government's decision "automatically annuls the right" of temporary residents holding "white papers" to vote in the upcoming constitutional referendum. White card holders are now required to hand over their cards by May 31. The white papers were introduced in 2010 by the former military junta to allow non-citizens such as the Rohingya and other minorities to vote in a general election.

The Rohingya, one of the most persecuted minorities in the world, are internationally recognised as de jure stateless. The ethnic Muslim minority is denied citizenship under the country's military-drafted 1982 Citizenship Law. Sectarian violence and statelessness have resulted in structural impediments to progress for the Rohingya because of a lack of access to basic necessities, and restrictions on their freedom of movement and religion stemming from long-standing discrimination and repression of the minority.

ROHINGYA FACTBOX

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Conflicting narratives
Moshe Yegar, heralded as an authority on the history of Muslims in Myanmar and author of "The Muslims in Burma", traces the origins of the Muslims of Arakan (now known as Rakhine) back to the ninth century when Muslim seamen first reached lower Burma and Arakan. According to Yegar, events such as the Mogul invasion, Burmese invasion and WWII which saw large-scale transnational movements of Muslim populations, played an important role in shaping the demography and politics of future Arakan. Today, the Arakanese Muslims call themselves Rohingya.

The other narrative, mainly driven by Buddhist nationalism, within Myanmar is that modern day Rohingyas are descendants of colonial-era (1820s) immigrants from Bangladesh. This dominant narrative has been challenged by many sympathetic to the Rohingya cause. One of the claims that refute this narrative is Francis Buchanan's (a surgeon with the British East India Company) firsthand account of travelling to Myanmar in 1799 and meeting with native Muslims who called themselves "Rooinga," indicating the presence of self-identified Rohingyas years before British rule.

Politicisation of identity, race, religion
For years, people of Arakan were known as Rakhines until some started being referred to as the Rohingya because of linguistic differences. Soon, the politicisation and dichotomy of the two identities ("Rakhines" for the Arakanese Buddhists and "Rohingyas" for the Arakanese Muslims), the foundations of which were laid in the colonial-era, led to the continued subjugation and statelessness of Rohingyas.

Changes in the demographic composition in the 1960s and 70s in Arakan due to large numbers of Buddhists migrating eastward provided the Myanmar government with the opportunity to use divisive tactics of race and religion to consolidate support. The government blamed the demographic transition of the declining number of Buddhists on illegal migrations from neighbouring Bangladesh. To make matters worse, in 1976, an alleged coup involving both Arakanese Buddhists and Muslims failed to come to fruition. Fearing the increased likelihood of an armed rebellion by Rohingyas residing in villages, the government forced the migration of more than 150,000 Rohingyas into Bangladesh by mid-1978.

The democratic movement that united the Arakanese proved to be a threat to the military regime following the end of Ne Win's rule in 1988. The age-old tactic of race and religion came in handy once again as the regime successfully drove a wedge between the relations of Buddhists and Muslims. The military, backed by China, cultivated an artificial racial situation in order to maintain a larger population of racially Mongoloid Buddhists in hopes of consolidating power with its "populist policies."

Stateless to refugee
The antagonism of the local populations in the border regions towards Rohingyas can be attributed to multiple reasons including the criminalisation of the ethnic group by the police on both sides of the border. The transition of their status from that of stateless to refugee has had severe consequences, and fuelled the militarisation of pro-Rohingya political fronts making the situation even more volatile.

Whether or not the Myanmarese government is exploiting the conflict-ridden region to attract developmental funds and foreign investment by driving Rohingyas out of their homes and forcing them into physical labour has come into question. For Rohingyas, multinational companies' investments in the region and the resulting economic relationship between the Myanmar government and the international community means their plight being "doubly marginalised" - nationally and internationally.

Ignored for too long
The prevailing debates about the Rohingyas' origins seem to serve as a convenient pretext that does nothing but detract from the current, much larger issues arising from their continued persecution. The failure of Myanmar's government to recognise them as citizens has prolonged their stateless status and deteriorated their condition. The 1982 Citizenship Law makes it nearly impossible for the Rohingya to ever attain citizenship; this draconian law represents one of many forms of institutional oppression and systematic denial of the minority's universal and inalienable rights.

The Rohingyas' abuse, humiliation and state-sanctioned paralysis have become normalised. Even the use of the word "Rohingya" in Myanmar is controversial as it invokes deep fear among Buddhists that the minority may seize their homeland. The deplorable humanitarian conditions and undocumented status of Rohingyas in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Thailand among other places have been reduced to mere headlines; pro-active approaches and viable solutions for this humanitarian crisis are severely lacking. Despite there being an agreement among six South Asian countries on a "regional solution," visible leadership is yet to be seen.

The Rohingyas, although portrayed as highly disempowered (and they are on many levels), must be recognised for their resilience and strength in the face of such cruel adversity. As refugees, their skills of adaptation and determination to survive are remarkable. While the international community ignores their worsening plight, the Rohingyas continue to fight to prove their existence everyday.

The writer is a journalist.
 
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LOL.. what logic..!!! if one of Bangladesh cities which live Myanmar alone , it is belong to Myanmar..? shame on u..!! :hitwall:
Our BDR can easily kill your soldiers, wonder what would happen if the Bangladesh Army gets invoked. We will first take all those pretty weapons your brought and then use it against your soldiers. And maybe share some with other rebels.
 
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then we give rakhine to BD.. LOL :D wet dream... where is the proof that they live there centuries ago.. ?
Yeah!you can't certainly find them in your states text books!:rolleyes:So I will say,educate your self!! :coffee:
 
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actually no, India triggered an insurgency in East Pakistan, and it was difficult to put down due to the distance
Actually no,Pakistan massacre of 3 million Bengali majority of whom Hindus caused a mass migration of more than 10 million Bengali into India creating an economic crises,this prompted India to take action against rouge army of Pakistan who was murdering its own citizen:coffee:
 
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The Daily Star English Newspaper Of Bangladesh .`.

No place to belong
The Unwavering Persecution Of Rohingyas
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Nahela Nowshin
THAI authorities detained 76 migrants including six suspected Rohingyas in Thailand's southern Nakhon Si Thammarat province on Monday. The group is said to have been heading to Malaysia in search of work. In January, a group of 98 suspected Rohingyas were also found in pickup trucks in southern Thailand.

In a controversial move, Myanmar's government revoked temporary voting rights of people holding identification cards seeking citizenship after President Thein Sein declared on February 11 that said ID cards will expire on March 31, 2015. Presidential office director Maj. Zaw Htay said that the government's decision "automatically annuls the right" of temporary residents holding "white papers" to vote in the upcoming constitutional referendum. White card holders are now required to hand over their cards by May 31. The white papers were introduced in 2010 by the former military junta to allow non-citizens such as the Rohingya and other minorities to vote in a general election.

The Rohingya, one of the most persecuted minorities in the world, are internationally recognised as de jure stateless. The ethnic Muslim minority is denied citizenship under the country's military-drafted 1982 Citizenship Law. Sectarian violence and statelessness have resulted in structural impediments to progress for the Rohingya because of a lack of access to basic necessities, and restrictions on their freedom of movement and religion stemming from long-standing discrimination and repression of the minority.

ROHINGYA FACTBOX

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Conflicting narratives
Moshe Yegar, heralded as an authority on the history of Muslims in Myanmar and author of "The Muslims in Burma", traces the origins of the Muslims of Arakan (now known as Rakhine) back to the ninth century when Muslim seamen first reached lower Burma and Arakan. According to Yegar, events such as the Mogul invasion, Burmese invasion and WWII which saw large-scale transnational movements of Muslim populations, played an important role in shaping the demography and politics of future Arakan. Today, the Arakanese Muslims call themselves Rohingya.

The other narrative, mainly driven by Buddhist nationalism, within Myanmar is that modern day Rohingyas are descendants of colonial-era (1820s) immigrants from Bangladesh. This dominant narrative has been challenged by many sympathetic to the Rohingya cause. One of the claims that refute this narrative is Francis Buchanan's (a surgeon with the British East India Company) firsthand account of travelling to Myanmar in 1799 and meeting with native Muslims who called themselves "Rooinga," indicating the presence of self-identified Rohingyas years before British rule.

Politicisation of identity, race, religion
For years, people of Arakan were known as Rakhines until some started being referred to as the Rohingya because of linguistic differences. Soon, the politicisation and dichotomy of the two identities ("Rakhines" for the Arakanese Buddhists and "Rohingyas" for the Arakanese Muslims), the foundations of which were laid in the colonial-era, led to the continued subjugation and statelessness of Rohingyas.

Changes in the demographic composition in the 1960s and 70s in Arakan due to large numbers of Buddhists migrating eastward provided the Myanmar government with the opportunity to use divisive tactics of race and religion to consolidate support. The government blamed the demographic transition of the declining number of Buddhists on illegal migrations from neighbouring Bangladesh. To make matters worse, in 1976, an alleged coup involving both Arakanese Buddhists and Muslims failed to come to fruition. Fearing the increased likelihood of an armed rebellion by Rohingyas residing in villages, the government forced the migration of more than 150,000 Rohingyas into Bangladesh by mid-1978.

The democratic movement that united the Arakanese proved to be a threat to the military regime following the end of Ne Win's rule in 1988. The age-old tactic of race and religion came in handy once again as the regime successfully drove a wedge between the relations of Buddhists and Muslims. The military, backed by China, cultivated an artificial racial situation in order to maintain a larger population of racially Mongoloid Buddhists in hopes of consolidating power with its "populist policies."

Stateless to refugee
The antagonism of the local populations in the border regions towards Rohingyas can be attributed to multiple reasons including the criminalisation of the ethnic group by the police on both sides of the border. The transition of their status from that of stateless to refugee has had severe consequences, and fuelled the militarisation of pro-Rohingya political fronts making the situation even more volatile.

Whether or not the Myanmarese government is exploiting the conflict-ridden region to attract developmental funds and foreign investment by driving Rohingyas out of their homes and forcing them into physical labour has come into question. For Rohingyas, multinational companies' investments in the region and the resulting economic relationship between the Myanmar government and the international community means their plight being "doubly marginalised" - nationally and internationally.

Ignored for too long
The prevailing debates about the Rohingyas' origins seem to serve as a convenient pretext that does nothing but detract from the current, much larger issues arising from their continued persecution. The failure of Myanmar's government to recognise them as citizens has prolonged their stateless status and deteriorated their condition. The 1982 Citizenship Law makes it nearly impossible for the Rohingya to ever attain citizenship; this draconian law represents one of many forms of institutional oppression and systematic denial of the minority's universal and inalienable rights.

The Rohingyas' abuse, humiliation and state-sanctioned paralysis have become normalised. Even the use of the word "Rohingya" in Myanmar is controversial as it invokes deep fear among Buddhists that the minority may seize their homeland. The deplorable humanitarian conditions and undocumented status of Rohingyas in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Thailand among other places have been reduced to mere headlines; pro-active approaches and viable solutions for this humanitarian crisis are severely lacking. Despite there being an agreement among six South Asian countries on a "regional solution," visible leadership is yet to be seen.

The Rohingyas, although portrayed as highly disempowered (and they are on many levels), must be recognised for their resilience and strength in the face of such cruel adversity. As refugees, their skills of adaptation and determination to survive are remarkable. While the international community ignores their worsening plight, the Rohingyas continue to fight to prove their existence everyday.

The writer is a journalist.
I think they are the palestine of the South Asia.
 
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One million stateless people | Opinion | Saudi Gazette
One million stateless people
Last updated: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 4:21 PM
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Tariq A. Al-Maeena





The Rohingya people of Myanmar are in a hopeless situation. They are a Muslim ethnic minority of roughly one million people, and their mother tongue is Rohingya, an Indo-European language with roots in the Bengali language.

They reside primarily in northern Rakhine State in western Myanmar, a coastal region of roughly three million residents near the country’s border with Bangladesh. However, countless Rohingya have been internally displaced and live in refugee camps, following conflicts with Rakhine State’s Buddhist majority population. The Rohingya have been termed by a UN report as the most persecuted religious community in the world.

Under a highly questionable law passed in 1982 by the military government, they were summarily deprived of their nationality unless they could prove that their forefathers had lived in the country in 1832, which is one of the most oppressive laws found anywhere in the world. Since last June, they have been attacked, their villages have been burned and they have been forced to live in refugee camps in their own country or to flee to Bangladesh which already has a large number of Rohingyas who fled during the past few decades due to acute persecution and oppression. As a result of this exodus, there are now large groups of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan, India and Saudi Arabia.

In 1982, their citizenship was revoked under a new constitution that was established and left them stateless and vulnerable. They were accused of being "darkies who had been brought into Burma (now called Myanmar) as slaves." With their identity status and legal rights revoked, severe restrictions were imposed on the Rohingyas. Their movements and freedom to move about their districts or even between their villages were strictly monitored. They were asked to submit lists to local police authorities of the names of guests or relatives in their homes. Their land rights were confiscated. Rohingya children were not allowed to pursue higher education.

Today, an estimated one million Rohingya live in Myanmar but they are officially stateless. The government continues to deny them citizenship and Buddhist vigilantes target them with violence. More than 300,000 have been left homeless as their property has been stolen and plundered while the government has refused to act. Many innocent lives have been lost by this act of ethnic cleansing.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from Myanmar who had been praised for her "indomitable courage" for her struggles against the ruling military junta of yesteryear, has disappointed many as the current leader of the opposition party by her continuous silence and ambivalent attitude toward her Rohingya compatriots.

Although she did call on the Myanmar government to deploy more troops to the state of Rakhine to stop the bloody purge by Buddhists against Muslims, many felt it was not good enough. Proclaiming that “everyone is responsible for respecting human rights, without discriminating between majority and minority, ethnicity and religion” is a call that is lukewarm at best in the face of mounting violence.

The Nobel Laureate was criticized for not specifically condemning the violence against the Rohingyas in Myanmar, which left over 200 people dead and more than 110,000 people displaced last year.

Some attribute her reluctance to stick her neck out to the fear of losing favor among the Buddhist majority, as elections are coming up later this year and she has submitted her candidacy to run for the presidency. Meanwhile the purge and the killings continue.

Perhaps if she were to dig deep within her conscience, she would rediscover the strength that led her to stand against the formidable ruling military regime in defense of the oppressed which eventually helped garner her the Nobel Peace Prize.

Today, none are more oppressed in Myanmar than the Rohingyas, and it is Aung San Suu Kyi’s turn to work for their salvation.


— The author can be reached at talmaeena@aol.com. Follow him on Twitter @talmaeena

 
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Rohinyas are Indian population. India should kick out chinki people from NE and resettle rohingyas there.
 
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