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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ibnanv" data-source="post: 13088848" data-attributes="member: 218596"><img src="http://www.islamicity.com/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/Rohingya-Muslims400__400x267.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                 Rohingya Muslims, trying to cross the Naf River  into Bangladesh to escape sectarian violence in Burma, look on from an  intercepted boat in Teknaf on Wednesday, July 13, 2012. Bangladesh on  Wednesday refused three more boatloads of Rohingya Muslims fleeing  sectarian violence, officials said, despite growing calls for the border  to be opened. Bangladeshi has turned back 16 boats carrying more than  660 Rohingya, most of them women and children, since Monday. Photo: AFP        [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]As  the Muslims around the world cheerfully get prepared for the holy month  of Ramadan, the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar are painfully subject to  the barbaric and appalling atrocities of the extremist Buddhists,  finding their life in a constant state of trepidation and suffering.[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]Branded by the United Nations as one of the most persecuted minorities  of the world, Rohingyas are a Muslim people living in the Rakhine State,  located in west of Myanmar. With a population of 3 million, Rakhine  state is bordered by the Bay of Bengal to the west and the majority of  its residents are Theravada Buddhists and Hindus. The suppression of the Rohingya Muslims of the Arakan region dates back  to the World War II. On March 28, 1942, about 5,000 Rohingya Muslims  were brutally massacred by the Rakhine nationalists in the Minbya and  Mrohaung Townships. After this worrying incident, the Muslims of the  region were frequently subject to harassment by the Burmese government  which has so far refused to grant them official citizenship. According  to the <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,HRW,COUNTRYREP,BGD,,3ae6a86f0,0.html" target="_blank"> UN High Commissioner for Refugees</a>, this lack of full citizenship rights means that the  Rohingyas should tolerate other abuses, including restrictions on their  freedom of movement, discriminatory limitations on access to education,  and arbitrary confiscation of property.It's said that as a result of dire living conditions and discriminatory  treatment by the government, some 300,000 Rohingyas have so far  immigrated to Bangladesh and 24,000 of them also escaped to Malaysia in  search of a better life. Many of them have also fled to Thailand, but  neither Bangladesh nor Thailand has received them warmly. Bangladesh is  negotiating with the Burmese government to return the Rohingyas and  Thailand has sporadically rejected the hopeless immigrants. There have  been instances where boats of Rohingyas reaching Thailand have been  towed out to sea and allowed to sink, sparking international anger among  Muslims and non-Muslims. <a href="http://www.atimes.com/se-asia/BE31Ae01.html" target="_blank">Human Rights Watch</a>  says that the government authorities continue to require Rohingya  Muslims to perform forced labor. According to HRW, those who refuse or  complain are physically threatened, sometimes with death, and children  as young as seven years old have been seen on forced labor teams.Writing for The Egyptian Gazette, University of Waterloo professor Dr.  Mohamed Elmasry has enumerated the different hardships the Rohingya  Muslims have historically undergone. He writes that they are subjected  to various forms of extortion and arbitrary taxation, land confiscation,  forced eviction and house destruction and financial restrictions on  marriage. Rohingyas continue to be used as forced laborers on roads and  at military camps. The Myanmar government's mistreatment of the Rohingyas, however, has  long been contested and protested by the international organizations.  For several years, human rights activists have decried the arbitrary  measures leveled against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar by the  government and the extremist Buddhists. In May 2009, Elaine Pearson, the  Human Rights Watch's deputy Asia director issued a statement in protest  at the deteriorating conditions of the Rohingya Muslims, calling on the  Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to press the Burmese  government to end its brutal practices: "the treatment of the Rohingya  in Burma is deplorable - the Burmese government doesn't just deny Rohingya their basic rights,  it denies they are even Burmese citizens."[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]Now, the  conflict has escalated in the Rakhine State again and the Muslims are  once more experiencing difficult days as a black shadow of violence and  unrest has been just cast over their already trembling lives. It was on  the reports that 10 Rohingya Muslims were killed by a mob of 300  Rakhines while on their way back from the country's former capital  Rangoon. According to a group of UK-based NGOs, 650 Rohingyas <a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/07/17/251364/iran-not-apathetic-to-myanmar-massacre/" target="_blank"> were massacred</a>  from June 10 to 28. The United Nations estimates that between 50,000  and 90,000 Rohingyas were displaced since the eruption of violence in  the Asian nation. However, due to the absence of independent reporters  and monitors in the country, it's impossible to verify the exact number  of those who have been displaced. It's also reported that some 9,000  homes belonging to the Muslims in the western state of Rakhine were  destroyed. On July 20, <a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/07/17/251364/iran-not-apathetic-to-myanmar-massacre/" target="_blank"> Amnesty International</a>  called the recent attacks against minority Rohingyas and other Muslims  in Myanmar a "step back" in the country's recent progress on human  rights, citing increased violence and unlawful arrests following a state  of emergency declared six weeks ago.The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has voiced its concern  over the recent violence in the state of Rakhine and the varying reports  which have leaked out as to the number of the Muslims killed. As <a href="http://www.timeturk.com/en/2012/07/16/turkey-oic-call-for-protection-for-myanmar-muslims.html" target="_blank"> reported</a> by the TimeTurk News Agency, over 1,000 Rohingya Muslims have been murdered thus far in the conflicts broke out in the region.The mainstream media in the West have been largely silent about the  massacre of Muslims in Myanmar and the ordeal that has befallen them.  They have found other interesting topics to give coverage to, and as  always, bigotry against Muslims hardly moves them.Along with the mainstream media, the Western governments have also  blatantly turned a blind eye to the heartrending anguish and suffering  of the Rohingya Muslims. Even the renowned Burmese political activist  and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi who has been released  from house arrest and was just invited to Norway to deliver her Nobel  acceptance speech 21 years after being awarded the prize preferred not  to speak a single word about the unspeakable affliction of her fellow  citizens. The conscious people around the world, however, should realize that  coming to the help of a subjugated minority that is undergoing  excruciating hardships is a moral responsibility and although the  so-called international community is silent about the inhumane massacre  of Muslims in Myanmar, each of us can lend a hand in putting an end to  their suffering. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][/FONT]</blockquote>

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