Genocide In The Rohingya

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Genocide of the Rohingya Suleka Abdi Husband fought back and killed one of the attackers. A few nights later, “military and came to her house and called to her husband. Her husband woke up and went out of the house, and they told him, ‘You have to come with us for a walk,’ so he went with them. After a few days she heard her husband was killed by them.” (Allchin). I've always been intrigued by foreign affairs, the Genocide in Burma is not something most people are informed about and I did research to inform myself about what is going on in the world. Most people don't really know how curupt our world is. Theres a genocide going on in this day, and not much action isn't happening. Today will will cover the History of the Rohingya Muslims, The Rohingya are an ethnic Muslim minority who practice a Sufi-inflected variation of Sunni Islam. They differ from Myanmar’s dominant Buddhist groups ethnically, linguistically, and religiously. (end gen mil). Rakhine state, in the country’s northwest near the border of Bangeladesh, is home to an estimated 1 million Rohingya living in Myanmar today where they account for one third of the country's population. (global citizen). The Rohingya are Muslims who live in Myanmar. They have no identity. Despite having lived in the region for believes they are illegal immigrants with no cultural, religious, or social ties to Myanmar. (global citizen). Burma’s President Thein Sein has declared “There are no Rohingya” in Burma and they were denied recognition in the 2014 census. Furthermore, Burma’s 1982 Citizenship Act denies the Rohingya people citizenship, and forces them to claim to be Bengali migrants, allowing the government to easily deport them (endgen conflict). Evidently, the Rohingya's existence is denied completely by their The genocide rised from several conflicts within the region. The rape of a Rakhine girl triggered the Rakhine communities to develop intense hatred towards the muslims. The trouble in Rakhine started a little more than a month after I watched Suu Kyi being greeted by adulation. A 27-year-old Buddhist named Thida Htwe was allegedly raped and murdered in Rakhine. The rape was purportedly committed by a group of young Rohingya. The accusation caused a resentment towards the Muslim community (takepart). Clashes in Rakhine broke out in August 2017, killing more than five hundred people after a militant group known as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) claimed responsibility for attacks on police and army posts. Burmese army responded with “clearance operations” that have forced refugees into Bangladesh and left tens of thousands more displaced inside the state (guard). These events show that Rohingya have taken part in starting a war with the Burmese Army. The genocide has also been triggered by religious differences. Myanmar’s population is overwhelmingly Buddhist and there is widespread hatred for the Rohingya. Buddhist nationalists, have operated a long Islamophobic campaign calling for them to be pushed out of the country (guard). Many victims told the Officer of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR, that, for years, soldiers would taunt them,

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