Report submitted to the president of there public of union of myanmar by maungdaw township communal leaders

by Maungdaw Township Communal Leaders

0.0.1 Preface

This report is written and submitted analyzing the current communal clashes in north western Myanmar. Our objectives are:

1)      To identify the ultimate aims of terrorists who set fire the communal clashes,

2)      To point out preventive activities for the future, and

3)      To establish communal collaborative scheme for sustainable secure conditions.

0.0.2 Current Causes

The clashes inside Rakhine State, rooting on a murder of a national woman by a group of young Muslims in Yambyae Township, are the current causes affecting sovereignty of State. The occurrence in Yambyae, however, came to surface as a criminal law breaking, case. In reality, there are several causes behind the scene through years.

0.0.3 Causes in Reality

There had been four similar causes occurred in the past in Maungdaw as follow:

1)            Muslim –Rakhine  clashes occurred in 1942,

2)            Attempt to homicide in township scale, putting on the mask of democracy on 13^th May, 1988,

3)            Attack with 12 bombs in Maungdaw on 24^th April, 1994, and

4)            Attempt to homicide in township scale on 8^th June, 2012.

Behind the scene of all four above mentioned occurrences, it had been obvious the attempt in timely conspiracy of (i) Muslim terrorists, and (ii) the local under-ground followers of the terrorists under the rule of law or outside law.

0.3.1 Muslim-Rakhine Clashes (1942)

The main cause of all that led to those clashes was the permission of British colonial governors who let Chittagong Bengalis enter into Rakhine State with no investigation, because of promoting agronomics. The conditions were clearly recorded in the post-clashes investigation commission report then. By the time British departure, and Japanese incursion, the local Rakhine residents had to flee in township scale under the anarchic conditions. There were causalities and death in most of the 140 villages under the British reign. Akyab District Gazetteer Vol.b was ruled by a peace committee formed with Bengalis. The peace committee is said to manipulate a portion of sovereignty without any concern. In legal term, it was defiance to sovereignty. The peace committee then turned into a Mujahidin insurgence organization.  They organized as a peace committee on their own without recognizing another one formed by Burma Independent Army (BIA). On 8^th June, 1942, about 30 soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Yan Aung's Rakhine State operation of BIA were assassinated by the Bengali-formed peace committee during the process of peace talks. The assassination took place near Maungdaw Kanyindan (now a mosque near the state high school campus) according to "Life in the Commune"(bone-bawa-hmar-phyint) by Thakhin Tin Mya.

0.3.2 Homicide Attempt in Township Scale, Pretending Democracy on 13^th May, 1988

The clash was supervised by neighboring country-based RSO insurgent group and executed by local underground followers. Above 50,000 Muslim terrorists entered into the town area by different routes to set fire, rob and/or murder. Since No.2 Battalion (4 Mile campsite) materialized in time and helped to prevent. The groups were to flatten Rakhine villages if Maungdaw was scanned under fire. Their aim was to fill Maungdaw and Buthitaung Townships will full population of Muslims, and to inaugurate a Muslim State. That was a ruthless conspiracy to force immigration of 250,000 Bengali as soon as the raid got successful, and to combine as a portion of Bangladesh (according to the submission by Maungdaw Sanghà Nāyaka, dated 28^th September, 1988).

The clashes were wrongly and arrogantly termed as a very debut of pro-democracy movement in Myanmar by Dr. Htun Aung (@ Abdullah) in a public talk held in Kanyindan High School Campus-playground on 6^th September, 1988. It was Dr. Htun Aung's claim befor public that their conspiracy, to eliminate Rakhine people in the township, as a pro democracy. The condition was recorded by Bengali insurgents (RSO) from abroad including Dr Unos and AFK Jilani. (The Rohingyas of Arakan, Page-327)

0.3.3 Attack with 12 Bombs in Maungdaw on 24^th April, 1994

On the 24^th April, 1994, nine bombs were exploded every fifteen minutes during 11:00 PM and 2:30 AM next morning throughout the town. The residents in the town were at chaos condition for security. The Bombing spots were 1) Fire Engine, 2) Thiri Mingalar Hall, 3) Emergency Power Generator for the town, 4) Office of Head of Fishery Department, 5) No.6 Basic Education Primary School in No.1 Quarter, 6) Township General Hospital Staffs' Housing, 7) Township Police Office, 8) Accountant Office, and 9) Municipal Office; except 1) Basic Education High School, 2) Prisons Department Officer's House and 3) Maha Bandhoola Statue in the Park, where the bombs were set, but not exploded. It was found in the records that the mastermind of the bomb attack, and that of the 8^th June, 2012 clashes too, is AFK Jilani, who fled into neighboring country as the concerning bodies traces him.

0.3.4 Attempt to homicide in township scale on 8^th June, 2012

A group of young Muslims, provoked in the religious praying assembly inside mosques, marched shouting "Jihad, jihad. Bangladesh Jainabad", and tried to kill Rakhine people, fire the houses, and destroyed the properties creating chaos condition after the case in Taungup. The condition occurred such simultaneously in the town and outskirt area that it is obvious a secretly planned one. Their plan also was a subsequent movement of their previous attempts. It happened to give them chance to launch their actions again. Although the clashes in Taungup and Yanbyae seemed suddenly appeared, those are part of the result of abroad trained Burma Campaign program. Thus the current crisis is not only a one between Muslims and Rakhines, but a challenge to the sovereignty of Myanmar. Therefore it correlates to the whole Myanmar nationalities, and become a national call.

0.4.0 Underground Movements

0.4.1 Alae Thankyaw Conference

Here, the term "underground movements" means the movements by Chittagong Bengalis under or outside the rule of law. Under the rule of law, it includes the attempts by members of parliaments, and social and religious groups to win the proposal of designing Butheetaung, Maungdaw, and Yathaetaung Townships as an autonomous region; an exemplary case is "Charter of the Constitutional Demands of the Arakani Muslims", of which Alae Thankyaw Conference in southern Maungdaw Township, held in June 1951, called for fourteen issues including (1) recognizing a Muslim region in the northern Rakhine State just like Shan State, and Karen State and establishing Provincial Armies, Police Forces, and Security forces, (2) assigning a Muslim Minister who will represent the Northern Muslim State in the federal government, (3) pledging employment of Muslim a proper portion in permanent military forces, temporary military forces, police forces, educational offices, judiciary offices and in the central government agencies, (4) permission to open Islamic schools and universities where Arabic literature and Islamic culture will be taught, Urdu language will be facilitating language from primary level to secondary level education, but no other literature and language will not be taught by force without their consent.

0.4.2 Rohingya[1]: Deliberately Invented Ethnicity

Moreover, Abdul Gafa, Member of Parliament representing Butheetaung Township and Tahi Ba Thar wrote a few deceiving articles that show Bengalis in Myanmar are Myanmar citizens, called Rohingyas. Muslim elites who named themselves as Rohingyas set off to different places in Maungdaw and Butheetaung Townships, lobbying Muslim people to use the racial term as Rakhine Muslim or Rohingya instead of Bengali. (Influx Viruses: The Illegal Muslims in Arakan by U Shwe Zan, published by Arakanese in United States, 2005, P-47) They enforced the people to ask filling the term Rakhine Muslims or Rohingya. That was an incident they pushed the people to invent a new ethnicity taking the opportunity of high share of demography in those two townships. At the same time, organizations and social groups for Rohingya were formed. Rohingya Solidarity Organization (established in 1956) and Rohingya Youth Association had branches in Butheetaung and Maungdaw Townships. In 1960, groups with the names of Rohingya Students Association, Rohingya Labor Association, Rohingya University Students Association, and Rohingya Jamiad Al Umar were formed. Those groups became the resources for further movements. There are armed insurgent groups, sprouted from those groups were:

1)      Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO)

2)      Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO)

3)      Rohingya Patriotic Front (RPF)

4)      Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front (ARIF)

5)      Rohingya Liberation Organization (RLO).

Those groups go against not only governments in Myanmar through time, but also the community through generations.

0.4.3 A Statement by ARNO

"The rule of military junta is always trying to uproot the reality of Muslims in Rakhine State. By means of overhauling Muslim historical articles, wiping out all the Muslim culture with ancient remains, mosques, Madrassa religious schools, monuments and burial places. The government's effort is to cleanse our religious and nationality." It was as written in Article 8 (Page-17) of Manifesto of Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO).

0.4.4 Establishing a New Muslim Country Out of Myanmar Sovereignty

The Chittagong Bengali Muslims were trying to combine Maungdaw and Butheetaung Townships to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) since pre-independence of Myanmar. While the Chittagong Muslims were trying to form a state, the Muslims in India insisted British government to found a separate Muslim country i.e. Pakistan. The movement to build a separate Muslim country had impacts on Maungdaw and Butheetaung townships. The condition of high share of Muslims in those two township's demography leads to combine to Pakistan in its founding condition. Muslim elites from Maungdaw performed for that cause secretly. Since Rakhine leaders detected the condition, it was reported to General Aung San. At that time, General Aung San is preparing to visit London, concerning independence of Myanmar, along with the invitation of British Prime Minister Atlee. U Kyaw Hla Oo, a president of AFPLO (Minpya Township), recorded, "A group of Muslims in Maungdaw have close relation with those in Bangladesh. The plan to combine Maungdaw and Butheetaung townships to forthcoming independence of Pakistan was informed to General Aung San. In his way to London, General Aung San went to see Mr. Jinnah in Karachi, and discussed the case. Mr Jinnah made a response announcing that Pakistan will never try to hold any part of Myanmar, and will be a good neighbor to Myanmar". (Arakan: As She is Known and Discovered by Kyaw Hla Oo, unpublished typographic copy) According to the personal experience, it is clear that Muslim elites in Maungdaw tried to combine Maungdaw and Butheetaung Townships into East Pakistan before the independence of Myanmar.

Moshe Yegar, a researcher, recorded that Mr. Jinnah pledged General Aung San that he will not support the idea of Muslims in Maungdaw, as follow:

"Muslims hoped to detach Maungdaw from Myanmar. Their idea was to found a separate Muslim country or to combine Pakistan on the land between Kaladan River and Mayu River. Such an idea was presented to Mr Jinnah in May, 1946. They asked for the support from Pakistan for their purpose. Two months later, Northern Rakhine Muslim League was formed in Sittwe. The league also call for the same idea. But Mr. Jinnah guaranteed General Aung San that he will not go for it." (The Muslims of Burma by Moshe Yegar, Page- 86-87)

0.4.5 Jihad by Mujahid

While Muslim elites under the rule of law performed as shown secretly, Mujahids from Chittagong, who were out of the rule of law, called for a religious war (Jihad) to Myanmar. Insurgence of Mujahids has been since before the independence of Myanmar. That was the embryo of Maungdaw based Jamia Tul Ulema. (It originally was Peace Committee, but when the Japanese Fascist Government dissolved Peace Committee, it was reorganized as Jamia Tul Ulema.)

In Butheetaung and Maungdaw townships, Mujahidin disturbed in resettling the war refugees in various ways. They drove out the residential Rakhine people by force. So the driven Rakhine people from Butheetaung Township moved to townships in southern Rakhine as internally displaced persons (IDP). Likewise, Rakhines from Maungdaw Township had to flee into Dinajpur, east Bangladesh. After Second World War (WWII), those displaced persons were not able to go back to their native places because of the fear from Mujahidin.

0.4.6 Sound Evidences from Diplomatic Records in London National Museum[2]

"This happened due to the shootings with machine guns by Muslims near the village." (Report submitted to Rakhine State Commissioner, dated 18^th April, 1947) In August, 1947, Maungdaw District Deputy Officer U Tun Oo was murdered cruelly by Muslims. It was recorded by Rakhine State Commissioner, "I have no doubt that this is a consequence of prejudice of a group of people who were provoked to a measure of time. I have seriously suspected that the murderers were directed by Muslim police officers. The murderers held strong and radical Muslim ideologies, and influenced the whole region. The incidents are a kind of challenge bluntly to the officials of Myanmar government by Muslims in Butheetaung and Maungdaw Townships. Those Muslims were supported to immigrate during British rule for the sake of the economy of the country. If those disregards were not decisively controlled, those foreigners will either try to combine Butheetaung and Maungdaw Townships to Pakistan or lobby Pakistan to do so." (Rakhine State Commissioner's Monthly Report (August) dated 13^th September, 1947)

There was an irony of Government of the Republic of Myanmar as Yangon Government after the independence in 1948. At that time, the government could send just not more than 200 soldiers from No.5 Battalion to suppress the Mujahids. Although Butheetaung and Maungdaw Townships were under control of the forces sent by government, the outskirt areas were controlled by Mujahidin insurgence. Concerning to the aims of Mujahids, British Embassy in Yangon reported to Foreign Affair office in London, dating 12^th February, 1949, as follow:

"It is hard to say the ultimate aim of Mujahid is whether or not to let the region under federation. However, if it were a federal state in Myanmar, it will tend to combine to Pakistan. Mujahids are believed to be equipped since last October. Some of them predicted the aimed will be achieved not by arm struggle, but even by lobbying. The Mujahid Force may have 500 in number. The number supporting the force may be even much more than that." (Letter Sent to Foreign Affair Office in London from British Embassy (Yangon), dated 12^th February 1949.)

In a report, there expressed the details of arrival of Prime Minister U Nu and General Smith Dun to Sittwe in October, 1948. The arrival shows that there were trans-border supports including information and aids to insurgents. What definitely inquired were: Mujahid insurgent leaders Jaffar Meah and Omra Meah hided in Bathkhali, a village on borderline with Pakistan; Deputy District Officer and Township Officer of Cox's Bazaar supported the insurgents with weapons and equipments, and let healing the wounded insurgents in the Hospital of Cox's Bazaar. (Chittagong Mountain Region Deputy Commissioner's Report, dated 7^th February, 1949.)

On 28^th February, 1949, British Embassy in Yangon sent a confidential letter to High Commissioner of UK in Pakistan. The letter described about the potentials of provocations and annoyances to Myanmar by local Pakistani officials as follow:

"Although Pakistan central government has the right attitude, we gather the information that local officers (especially in Cox's Bazaar) actively support Muslim insurgents. It is understood that High Commissioner can see the Pakistani district officers support insurgents. Government of Pakistan also understands in the same way. If the deeds of the officers were not controlled and stopped, it will proceed to anti-Muslim clashes in Sittwe district. Hence, the clashes will be unpleasant as the clashes during second world war (WWII)." (Chittagong Mountain Region Deputy Commissioner's Report, dated 7^th February, 1949.) The financial source for Mujahid party was illegal rice trafficking from Rakhine to East Pakistan. As Myanmar government banned rice trafficking, Mujahid had a strategy to break outlaw. Rice trafficking is one of their strategies. In the trafficking process, there includes two Muslim leaders, Sultan Ahmed and Omra Meah. (Ibid)

The main objective of Mujahid insurgence was to combine western Myanmar region into East Pakistan. The deed by Mujahids was reported in The Hindustan Standard paper, issued on 18^th May, 1949, as follow:

"The dangerous tendency of this attack takes aspect to international concern. Muslim insurgents hold Pakistan flag. They claimed to combine western Rakhine State into Pakistan. The weapons were suspected to be carried through border. A great deal of Muslims here means Pakistan citizen from Chittagong. Though they descended from a generation ago, 800,000 out of 1,300,000 are holding Pakistan nationality." (This reportage was attached as a newspaper scrap, to Decca Vice Commissioner's Report (No#21), dating 28^th May, 1949.)

"The guerilla attacks of Muslim is not to rebel Myanmar government, but to provoke Rakhine by means of mob. It was since the Buddhist-Muslim clash (or Muslim-Rakhine clash). The Muslims whose origin was from Chittagong, now under the rule of Pakistan, is afraid of bullying by Rakhine people. On the other hand, Rakhine people not more than a million in population are afraid of the bombing population of Chittagongs to swallow their ethnicity." (Chittagong Mountain Region Deputy Commissioner's Report, dated 7^th February, 1949.)

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Foreign Minister of Pakistan came to Myanmar in 18^th-21^st January, 1964, and made an announcement. There expressed:

“There are 400,000 Muslim people settle in Rakhine State, which is neighboring East Pakistan. They settled there for generations. However they are obvious to know as Pakistan origin. Frequently, the Pakistanis illegally immigrated into Rakhine State, and mixed up with the people settled before. Local Myanmar authorities handle very brutally in investigating these illegal migrants. For Pakistan Government, it should not be done to those Rakhine Muslims to immigrate back into East Pakistan. East Pakistan is not in a situation to support for the migrated refugees. Mr. Bhutto urged Myanmar Government to amend the attitude on those people, and is ready to solve the problem, in all measure, with respect to legal immigration. Mr. Bhutto expressed Myanmar government is believed to solve the Muslim problem with mercy, and Pakistan pledges to collaborate in all possible measure, applying good neighbor relationship.” (Discussion of Myanmar Foreign Affair Minister U Thi Han and Pakistan Foreign Minister Ali Bhutto, during his visit in 18^th-21^st January, 1964.)

“Mr. Kaizar, UN Ambassador of Bangladesh, confessed that there are over half a million migrants illegally settling in Rakhine State; Myanmar Government has the right to expel them. However he appealed Myanmar Government not to put pressure for Bangladesh is now in struggle.” (National Museum (London), File No.15/2014-C 384097)

0.4.7 Analysis

According to the mentioned evidences, especially the Diplomatic correspondence records in London Museum, it is founded that most of the Muslim people in Rakhine State were originally from Chittagong, and they were always attempts to get autonomy as a Muslim State or to combine to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). When their plans were unsuccessful, they approached to the local authorities to lobby or to achieve their goal in any way. While U Nu served as a Prime Minister, they asked for designing Mayu District and cleverly swayed from the governance and rule of law. However Mujahidin insurgents went on underground trickily. Muslim people and members of parliament were found obviously gripped their major aim of erasing any Myanmar nationality in Mayu District.

All four attempts undoubtedly indicate their aim of (1) fulfilling full percentage Muslim population with full autonomy from west bank of Kaladan River to the east bank of Nat River, and (2) exclusion of the region as a whole. In the fourth attempt occurred in Yanbyae and Taungkok, demolishing the whole township is more than a clash between Buddhists and Muslims, or Rakhine and Bengali; it actually is believed to be a test to sovereignty. Only believing so can facilitate the strategies further. If the depth, scope, and focus of the problem were underestimated, the solution will not be in a proper manner, and the problem would lead to consume more force. All four attempts described in Section 0.0.3 takes the tendency of international concern as mentioned in Section 0.4.6. It is:

(1)  to genocide residential ethnic people (so called Kuffar or Infidel by them) wearing the mask of Human Rights,

(2)  to establish a separated region for 100% Muslim population if the genocide is fully implemented and the local communal people fled from their lands,

(3)  to establish the western Area of Kaladan River as a separated Muslim State by highlighting weak governance in the region to take international community’s interest, and by using the pressure of international community, and

(4)  to create armed disputes and tensions with neighboring Bangladesh; and to create opportunities for arm, financial and spiritual supports from Muslim world and Muslim terrorist organizations (eg. Al Qaeda) and interventions. (There were reportages which record the Muslim terrorists’ stimulation claiming “Muslims face genocide”, “Revenge!” targeting at Rakhines in Bangladesh, and to mess the situations up.)

(5)  The head office of ARNO, a foreign based, and armed insurgentce group of Rohingya, is opened in No. 30, Jumakah St, Jumakah Quarter, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Their military bases are Zai Lar Saw Ri Head Quarter Camp Map Reference (PG-2916), Daw-Maw Sri Camp Map Reference (PG-0537), and Kyar Laung Yaik Camp Map Reference. Chief of ARNO is Nurul Islam, an exile from Rakhine State. Leaders of ARNO were reported to attend the senior courses arranged by Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. (according to 02 Rangoon 1301: Relation of Rhhingya and Al Qaeda as said by Wikileaks, by James Mmt, posted online in 20^th October, 2010, interpreting the record of American Embassy in Yangon)

(6)  In Rohingya Hoax, written by Maung Tha Hla, it said “Rohingyas, in fact Mujahids persuading general public for the sake of separatist movements, seriously claimed that they fought for political opportunity to establish a separate, independent country in northwestern Myanmar and to call for their citizenship. Behind those claims, it was just performing for their benefit as if a international political concern”. ()Rohingya Hoax by Maung Tha Hla, New York (2009), Page-67)

(7)  On 14^th June, 2012, an announcement from Al Qaeda, a warning to Myanmar government, was posted on Facebook pages. The issues stated in the announcements were not a surprise, but there were many questions why Al Qaeda needed to interrupt. It stated a challenge that ‘(Myanmar) is warned to face endless series of war’. The announcement ended in such a dare statement that ‘we (Al Qaeda) will not accept any explanation’, signed by a Sunni Islam religious leader.

The analyses mentioned above are made and summarized by the sufferings communal peoples, and experiences shared on international media.

0.5.0 Conclusion

We all the communal people of diverse ethnic groups including Mro, Thet, Khami, Dinenet, Rakhine, and Myanmar in Maungdaw, Butheedaung and Yathaedaund townships were living our lives peacefully in the rules of changing Myanmar governments up to present, but we obey laws and orders dictated for the sake of our security entrusting to eternity. Under the rules of different governments, we experienced difficulties, and will have to. On northwestern borderline region, the majority in population of Chittagong-origin Bengali Muslims took upper hand on us by bullying, robbery, thefts, rape to our ladies, and murders similarly as slaughters by means of inhumanly slicing the body organs, just like those under the spell of a curse. (See more in Appendix.[3]) It means that we, the communal people are surviving not only on a range of physical threats and insecurity, but also the trauma or psychological anxiety and fears. Living on our motherland as scapegoats, we long suffered the pressure exerted by intruders who are drugging us down to hell. However, we hold the view of 'we will better survive until a noble death'; gripping 'two noble things of nationality and morality', and will remain steadfast with no complaint to the spirit of unionism, taking the oath of no surrender to them. We vow to sacrifice ourselves as a human-shield for the sake our union. We are ready to protect our nationality, religion and union with spiritual strength.

Hereby, we strongly recommend the State to take action, which will bring a measure of help and support to the communal people, according to Article 20(e) of the Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

0.5.1 Recommendations

(1) To take systematic, precise and effective actions with more means than ever to protect illegal immigration of Bengali Muslims,

(2) To perform punishment along with enacted immigration law, acts and schemes over legally migrated Bengali Muslims to prevent them from further misdeeds,

(3) To make public of precise warning and announcements to so called Rohingya,

(4) To relocate them in proper places such as remote archipelagos or mountainous regions to stretch their population density out; or to create enclosed area for them by maintaining walls, if necessary, in remote areas from ethnic nationalities.

(5) To make settlements for ethnic nationalities in new villages to reduce the gap of comparative population densities in Maungdaw and Butheedaung townships,

(6) To enhance the sustainability and development of those newly formed villages, offering incentives of livelihood, and educational and economic needs as a government led scheme,

(7)  To station troops protecting the communal people dwelling in those villages,

(8) or To form militia with communal people to protect borderline areas, under the organization of Tammadaw ,

(9) To enact laws to welcome, and to offer settlement to Buddhist refugees in Bangladesh,

(10) To exercise law enforcement and effective punishments on corrupted public servants in various levels of immigration departments,

(11) To provide restrictions on the unmovable assets such as farms against non-ethnic people, and to monitor the procedures every six months,

(12) To scrutinize the nationality of all Muslims in Myanmar, whether they hold a National Registration Identity Card or not, and to set a state policy to send him/her to his/her country of origin or to a third country if a non-citizen Muslim is found,

(13) To exercise close supervision on INGO's including UNHCR branch office with programs and projects favoring Muslims, opened in Butheedaung and Maungdaw townships. (Firstly, it is because Peter Nicolaus, a Senior Repatriation Officer in UNHCR, increased the tension of Muslim Problem in Myanmar by writing a paper, titled unknown. Secondly, certain Muslim leaders in Butheedaung and Maungdaw townships used devices of telecommunication from UNHCR branch office and certain INGO's and they communicate each other and to launch false information on international media.)

(14) To exercise law enforcement on Monogamy and One-Child policy to Bengalis, which was already set by Borderline Immigration Monitoring Department than ever, and to penalize or set exile for those who violate,

(15) To stop travel and settling of Bengalis in Rakhine State into other areas of our country, and to take serious action on the government officials who corrupted to let them do. (This must not contradict to Recommendation No.4.)

(16) To inform the party members of strong political parties such as Union Solidarity and Development Party, and National League for Democracy about the infiltration as Rohingya party members to meddle in domestic politics in the meantime of Myanmar's emerging transition to democracy.

With Union Spirit,

On Behalf of communal people in Maungdaw Township

No	Name	NRC No.	Address	Signature

Appendix: Brief Accounts on Violence and Terror

to Myanmar Citizens by Mujahidin insurgents and Muslim Mob

Maungdaw Township

Case #1

Occurred: 1956-57

Victim: U Maung Maung Oo (Age-50), No-1 Quarter, Maungdaw.

Account: He was kidnapped by Mujahidin Qasim force. Nostril, outer-ear, and genital organs were cut. Getting too ashamed to take public appearance, he died of psychological disorder.

Case #2

Occurred: 1956-57

Victim: U Kyun Taung (Age-41), No-1 Quarter, Maungdaw.

Account: Same as case#1, but he did not get serious in psychological disorder. He then retired from his career in topography department. He died on the 6^th year after released.

Case #3

Occurred: 17^th June, 2002

Victims: U Htwe Aung Phyu Ma (Age-56), Daw Htwe Sein Ma (Age-22), and two children

Location: Gawduthara, Thaechaung village tract, Tharyargone Village, Maungdaw.

Account: While Daw Htwe Sein Ma's husband was absent, she, her father, and two small children were murdered by Muslims. U Htwe Aung Phyu Ma's neck was cut off, and chest opened up. A mother with the conception of 5-month-embryo, Daw Htwe Sein Ma's breasts and head were cut off. Her two small children were also killed by cutting the organs out, and head off.

Case #4

Occurred: 11^th August, 1996

Victim: U Kyaw Zan (Age-32)

Location: Kanyindan Quarter, Maungdaw.

Account: He was a communal chief in No.4 Ward, in Maungdaw. He was murdered in dining table while he was drunk by Muslims, by plugging his mouth and pouring boiled water on his body.

Case #5

Occurred: 2005

Victim: U Maung Aye Che (Age-37)

Location: Kanyinchaung Village, Maungdaw.

Account: The victim was a chief in Shwezar village tract. Murderers were suspects for illegal trafficking of rice. A 6 inch nail was hammered into the victim's head.

Case #6

Occurred: 27^th March, 2006

Victim: U Maung Win Hlaing (Age-33), Pyarthar Village, Maungdaw.

Account: He was a chief of village. He was murdered after capture.

Case #7

Occurred: 2007

Victim: U Saw Thein (Age- 35), Aung Mingalar (na-ta-la) village, Maungdaw

Account: A group of Muslims, pretending themselves as staffs from borderline immigration monitoring unit, with weapon woke him up at 2:00 AM. When he noticed that fact, he escaped jumping out of the window. He was a communal chief too.

Case #8

Occurred: 2007

Victim: A boy (Mother- Daw Ma Thein Oo) (Age- 16)

Account: He was murdered by Muslims while he was fishing in a creek near the village. The murderers cut and throw away one of his leg. After retracing the leg, the whole body found.

Case #9

Occurred: May, 2008

Victim: Anonymous Woman (Age- about 30), Thayekongbaung (na-ta-la) Village, Maungdaw

Account: Raped and murdered by Muslims in farm. The body was found naked and soaked with blood later.

Case #10

Occurred: 8^th May, 2009

Victim: U Don Thar Aung (Age- 30), and Daw Nan Ma Sein (Age-23)

Location: Tharyargone Village, Maungdaw.

Account: The couple took security for the farm. In late evening, the Muslims appeared to harm and they escaped. The villagers help to catch, and 6 Muslims were handed over to borderline immigration monitoring unit.

Case #11

Occurred: 29^th May, 2009

Victim: U Aung Htwee (Age- 35), Ywar Thar Yar Village, Maungdaw.

Account: While tending his herd of oxen and cows, he was seized, tightened with rope, his mouth plugged, and head cut off. The herd was taken by the Muslims.

Case #12

Occurred: 19^th June, 2009

Victim: Daw Aung Thar Nwe (Age- 43), Waitharli (na-ta-la) Village, Maungdaw

Account: While she was plucking peanuts from her farm at 5:30 PM, she was seized, her legs tied together with rope, and neck cut. Because her time to return was due, the villager searched around and found her body.

Case #13

Occurred: 27^th September, 2009

Victim: U Yin Maung (Age- 43), Ducheartan, Maungdaw

Account: He was a communal chief. In his way return to home in late evening, he was beaten by Muslims, and thrown in bushes. He got seriously hurt at head, back, neck and arm. As soon as he got conscious, he returned to home, and was sent to Sittwe General Hopsital from Maungdaw General Hospital. His right fore-arm was crushed, and recovered by transplanting a steel piece.

Case #14

Occurred: 13^th September, 2009

Victim: U Maung Hla Kyaw (Age- 35), son of U Mae Maung, 4^th Mile, No.6 Ward, Maungdaw.

Account: The victim was an ex-village chief. While sleeping with family in his house, he was waked up because of the clear voice in Myanmar, supposedly to be the call of borderline immigration monitoring unit, he unlocked the main door around midnight. Actually, it was a group of 20 Muslims with long swords and two guns. When his hands were tied on his back, he took risk and run for life. Although there followed the bullets, he survived.

Case #15

Occurred: 23^rd September, 2009

Victim: U San Myint (Age- 53), Myanmar nationality, Cherry Myaing Village, Maungdaw

Account: He got asleep aside his video-shed, he was chopped with swords, and murdered on the spot by 20 Muslims, wearing black uniform.

Case #16

Occurred: 23^rd September, 2009

Victim: U Soe Aung (Age- 48), son of U Hla Oo Maung, Cherry Myaing Village, Maungdaw.

Account: Same as case #15.

Case #17

Occurred: 25^th September, 2009

Victim: Maung Bo Bo (Age-17), son of U San Myint, Cherry Myaing Village, Maungdaw.

Account: Same as case #15, except he died in Maungdaw General Hospital.

Case #18

Occurred: 13^th November, 2009

Victim: U Phyu Maung (Age- 37) and 4 others, Makyeegone village, Maungdaw.

Account: A group of Muslims holding long swords appeared to U Phyu Maung and four others' farm and warned not to do farming anymore, if not they will be killed. They abandoned farming after they were warned three times.

Case #19

Occurred: 12^th January, 2010

Victim: Maung Shwe Lone (Age- 18), Wimala Myo-U Village, Maungdaw.

Account: Pretending as if they were from Borderline Immigration Monitoring Unit, 7 leading Muslims with ten other Muslims knocked to open the door. They can speak Myanmar language well, and said to check the census. The victim's brother and mother told to turn their back and pointed with gun. His mother shouted 'Robber, robber' fir help. She was beaten by steel rod. At that time one of his brothers, in the bed room, jumped out of window and ask the villagers for help. When the victim went to his mother for help, his back was fired by a gun. The villagers arrived and Muslims depart. The case happened in 1:00 AM, and he was brought to the hospital in next two hours, and survived.

Case #20

Occurred: 13^th May, 1988

Location: Maungdaw Township

Account: An attempt to perform genocide of Buddhist residents in Maungdaw by Muslim terrorists. Their plan is to settle 250,000 in Maungdaw if their conspiracy is successful. They planned to close all the nine main roads connecting Maungdaw and other places; about 50,000 Muslims hold wands and long swords. They set fire on monasteries and town guard sheds, yelling "Go away halalmaut, your land will be ours." Footpaths were blocked by stones and wooden pieces. They planned to set fire the houses in crowded areas in Maungdaw, and then to demolish all Rakhine villages around. Police force in Maungdaw informed it to the special police battalion in 4^th Mile after they fire guns to frighten Muslims and to clear route. Because of the bold prevention by polices and Special Forces, the communal Buddhist people became safe with no big loss. Two of the Muslim Terrorists were shot, and carried to the other side of borderline. They made press conference and informed others with wrong data and propagation.

Case #21

Occurred: 13^th May, 1987

Victim: Win Aung (Age- 30), police

Location: Police Staff Housing, Maungdaw.

Account: The victim was a motor vehicle police, Myanmar nationality, Taungtwingyi native. At 10:00 PM, while he and his friend went to Myoma Kanyindan village, where Muslim is majority, ten Muslims including Sergeant Badul Meah, a Bengali and U Ba Maung, chief of Myoma Kanyindan Village and a Bengali too, fought him. Win Aung fell, but his Rakhine friend escaped with wounds. Win Aung was dragged and chopped on a cut banyan tree till his head cut off. The two main criminal fled into Bangladesh overnight.

Case #22

Occurred: 12^th April, 1987

Victim: Aung Htun Kyaw (Age-20)

Location: Aungbala village, Maungdaw.

Account: At 10:00PM, four Muslims approached Aung Htun Kyaw where he hunted frogs for meal behind hospital. Though they suddenly attacked him with swords, he was careful when they approached. So he was not murdered, but got a serious injury on his back.

Case #23

Occurred: 24^th April, 1994

Victims: Maungdaw community

Account: Nine bombs were exploded every fifteen minutes during 11:00 PM and 2:30 AM next morning throughout the town. People got worried and lead to chaos, but Bengali wards were still calm. Muslim underground insurgents from RSO exploded the bombs to frighten the communal people and to leave the town.

Case #24

Occurred: 23^rd November, 2001

Victim: Sergeant Myint Yi and another four

Account: Four soldiers led by Sergeant Myint Yi took duty on the evening in Laungdon Police Guard. At 6:00 PM, they are about to prepare for lunch, of which the uncooked rice, chicken and a few bottles of alcohol sent by Bengalis who usually visit the police guard. Dinner was prepared by a Bengali woman. After ten bottles were drunk up, they sang horribly. At that time, a group of Muslims entered the place, and tied them all with ropes. They took all weapons, bullets, and police uniforms there. The soldiers were unconscious of alcohol. All of their throat were cut and murdered. Although they made screams, the neighbor thought that was because they were drunk. The murdered victims were 2 Myanmars and 3 Rakhines. The case was done without shooting a bullet. The woman who prepared dinner was also murdered.

Case #25

Occurred: 2^nd Spetember, 2004

Victim: Yan Aung, Police Sergeant (Age- 30)

Location: Myawadi Police Outpost, Maungdaw Township.

Account: Police Sergeant Yan Aung from No.2 Police Force, and Hla Myo, a policeman from Borderline Immigration Monitoring Unit No.2, whose duties are in Myawadi Police Outpost went to Thetkainghnyar market to fetch necessary things for their police outpost. Yan Aung brought his presto gun. He was accused of inappropriate behavior to a cowhand girl, and challenged by hundred Bengalis. He was stoned, beaten by wands. Hla Myo escaped. However Yan Aung, injured, was brought to Thetkainghnyar Mosque, and cut his wrists, outer ears, nose, and genital organ. He died of hemorrhage, and his gun lost.

Case #26

Occurred: 29^th February, 1992

Victim: U Pho Tun Oo, son of U Nyo Maung Yee, (Age- 64)

Location: Farm at northeast of Thittaw Village Monastery, No.6 Ward, Maungdaw Township.

Account: It took place during the conditions unstable while the farming lands were occupied from their owners to allocate more battalions in Butheedaung Township, and exile media incited to bring unrest. The buffelos, cows and goats, raised by residential Rakhine people in the outskirt areas were stolen frequently, and robberies too. U Pho Tun Oo's corpse was found in his mosquito-net, under his blanket at 6:00 AM on 1^st March, 1992. His throat was cut off, and there was a cut on his head. Another on his shoulder and even the collar bone could be seen. Other cuts were on his arms. But no blood stains in the bed, so it seemed to be moved from elsewhere after murdered. The murder case (crime registration no. 73/92) was opened in 3^rd March, 1992. The suspects, Hussein Ali, Abdul Shukur, and Qala, from No.6 Ward, were arrested and investigated. Abdul Shukur was released temporarily on 31^st March, 1992. On 8^th May, 1992, the case was reopened not as murder, but as 486. On the evening two of the suspects were released, and fled into other side of the borderline. However, they migrated again in Rakhine State as refugees.

Case #27

Occurred: 8^th July, 1995

Victim: Victim#1 (female) (Age- 23), Victim#2 (female) (Age 33)

Location: Yedwinpyin Village, Maungdaw Township.

Account: The two female, cloth vendors turned back home from their business around 4:30 PM on 8^th July, 1995. They were trapped by a group of Muslims, who brought swords, knives, and wands at Yeewinpyin village ferry gate. They were brought to a ravine, robbed their belongings, money, earrings, and raped. Victim#1 was a single, supporting her old aged parents. Victim#2 was a widow with four children, struggling to earn bread for family. What happened was reported by the ferry rower to Pyuuma village, and the villagers followed at 5:30PM. Victim#1's corpse was found blood-soaked, and cloths stripped. Victim#2 was weeping around, with cloths stripped too. A few villagers from Pyuuma went to Borderline Immigration Monitoring Unit (Zeepinchaung Outpost) which located two and a half miles far. The officers from the unit followed to the place, and recommended to open case in Kyeinchaung Police Station. They were sent to Kyeinchaung General Hospital, where victim#2's injuries and cuts were healed, and rape and murder cases were opened at Kyeinchaung Police Station six miles far. The suspects were arrested and investigated in Kyeinchaung Police Station, and transferred to Maungdaw Police Station. Borderline Immigration Monitoring Unit took actively part in the investigation. But the suspects answered the criminals were fled into Bangladesh, and the case was closed. Pyuuma Rakhine village once had over 40 households. However because of the farming animal thefts by Muslims, Rakhine communal people faced difficulties in farming. After 1942, there was a couple of significant robberies; one is in 2005, and another in 2008. Because of those criminal cases, the villages internally migrated to Maungdaw, and now there are only about ten household in Pyuuma village.

Butheetaung Township

Case #1

Occurred: 1952

Victim: U Maung Pwint (Age- 50)

 Location: Wra Island

Account: U Maung Pwint was a village re-founding communal chief in Wra Island village. Since then, Muslims made interferences by any means not to found the village again. A group of Muslims approached with torches at night, and burn U Maung Pwint's house, where he trapped and died.

Case #2

Occurred: 1970

Victim: U Mya Tun, son of U Kwin Kyan Aung, (Age- 35)

Location: Zeditaung Village, Butheetaung Township

Account: The victim was a farmer working at his farm between Theintaung and Zeditaung village.

Case #3

Occurred: 1970

Victim: U Kyaw Thaung, son of U Nyo Thee, (Age -65)

Account: He was chopped and murdered by Muslims while watching his rice fields.

Case #4

Occurred: 16^th June, 1982

Victim: U Oo Saw, son of U Ngwe Tun Oo, (Age -45)

Location: Kyaukyan village, Butheetaung Township.

Account: The victim was a chief in village council. While harrowing in his farm between Myaukyan and Phonnyolake villages, he was murdered by Muslims.

Case #5

Occurred: 1979

Victim: U Maung Tun Aung, son of U Pho Sein Oo, (Age -40)

Location: Nwaryonetaung Village, Butheetaung Township.

Account: At return from his farm at evening, he was murdered by Muslims.

Case #6

Occurred: 2001

Victim: U Maung Kyaw Han, son of U Hla Baw (Age -35)

Location: Nwaryonetaung Village, Butheetaung Township.

Account: He was attacked by Muslims in Sinthaypyin village, and his corpse, which was found the next day, was thrown into waterway. The criminals fled to the other side of borderline.

Case #7

Occurred: 1997

Victim: Daw Mya Khine, daughter of U Hla Tun Kyaw, (Age -45)

Location: Kyarnyopyin Village, Butheetaung Township.

Account: She was raped and her left breast was cut while she was gathering vegetables by Muslims in Ngatthe village. She died, and her corpse was found in waterway near Theintaung.

Case #8

Occurred: 1989

Victim: U Thar Kyaw Aung, son of U Maung Mya Tun, (Age -35), Mg Khin Maung, son of U Thar Kyaw Aung, (Age-17)

Location: Donethein Village, Butheetaung Township.

Account: The victims, father and son, were attacked by Muslims in Kintaung village. U Thar Kyaw Aung's head was cut before death. However, head piece of the son's corpse was never found.

Case #9

Occurred: 1962

Victim: U Tun Hla Aung (Age -65)

Location: Phayonchaung Village, Butheetaung Township.

Account: The victim was attacked and murdered by Muslims while he went out for wood.

Case #10

Occurred: 1979

Victim: U Pho Tun (Age- 55)

Location: Du Kinchaung Village, Butheetaung Township.

Account: The victim was attacked by Muslims while he was tending his cows. His leg was cut, and then his head piece. Criminals were arrested and sentenced.

Case #11

Occurred: 2007

Victim: U Mya Doe Aung (Age- 50)

Location: Arkarpyan Village, Butheetaung Township.

Account: The victim was attacked and beaten till death by Muslims on Taunggyaw street.

Case #12

Occurred: 1993

Victim: Ma Kya Nyo, daughter of U Gaung Kaing, (Age -18)

Location: Latpankaing Village, Butheetaung Township.

Account: The victim was raped by Muslims. For the passerby villagers called for help, the criminals fled to other side of borderline.

Case #13

Occurred: 1996

Victim: U Thar Zan Phyu (Age -45)

Location: Thapaittaung Village, Butheetaung Township.

Account: The victim was tied with rope, and punched by a sharp steel piece till death by Muslims, who fled into other side of borderline.

Case #14

Occurred: 2006

Victim: U Maung Zan (Age -33)

Location: Khalaroo(Saingtin), Butheetaung Township.

Account: The victim and his nine years old son were murdered in their farm house by Muslims.

Case #15

Occurred: 25^th February, 2009

Victim: Ma Hnin Yu (Age- 20) and one female friend

Location: Tharaphi (na-ta-la) Village, Thinganet Village Tract, Butheetaung Township.

Account: The victims were housewives from Tharaphi village. They sold vegetables. They went to buy chilly in Nau Hussein's farm. Nau Hussein and five other Muslims trapped, raped and murdered them. Nau Hussein was arrested, but five others fled into other side of borderline.

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[1] Professor Qanlungo said that 'Rohang' is a word for Rakhine people, used by Bengali Muslims, during AD 8^th Centaury and AD 18^th Century. (A History of Chittagone (Vol-1) by Dr. Bhushan Qanlungo, Published 1988, Page-232) Into that name, Ya was added as a suffix, tending to mean Rakhine Ethnicity (Rakhine-tha) It created the delusion that it was their own term and consistent with the Human Rights . However the reason why Rakhine people objected the term is that Rohang was simply a name just for Rakhine along the history. It is important to understand that the term 'Rohang' was stolen from the ordinary owners, violating UDHR 29.2 delibrately.

[2] The diplomatic records were quoting from Burma's Western Border: As Reported by the Diplomatic Correspondence by Dr. Aye Chan.

[3] Cases recorded in Appendix-D are documented the data at hand, it is not an exclusive record of criminal reports.

For security purpose, the particulars such as name, NRC and address, are omitted

HISTORY, ISSUES, AND TRUTH in ARAKAN/RAKHINE STATE, WESTERN MYANMAR(BURMA)

I am disturbed to see that there is so much deception, fraud, and manipulation of the media about the situation in Rakhine State, Myanmar(Burma). So many people - even those who seem to know a lot about Myanmar(Burma) - don’t know the history, and the truth and reality of the Buddhist Rakhine people. I am writing this to explain the real reasons, and the truth about what is happening in Rakhine State, in the western part of Myanmar(Burma). This is based on the history of the region, and upon real experience in Rakhine State.I was last there about 8 months ago - November, 2011.

Rakhine, (also spelt Rakhaing), and Arakan basically mean the same thing, and refer to the culture, language, ethnicity, and continuously populated homeland of the Buddhist people of the area. Rohingya is a new name for the more recent Muslim immigrants who were formerly called Bengali Muslims, or Chittagong Muslims (which indicate their roots).

Rakhine State of Myanmar(Burma) borders Bangladesh. The capital of Rakhine State is Sittwe (old name Akyab). The largest historical archeological site is Mrauk U, the last great Rakhine capital (1430-1784) at it's time one of the richest cities in Asia.

Bangladesh is a new country (1971), originally part of various ancient 'Indian' Hindu or Buddhist kingdoms, later Muslim conquests brought Islam, then it became part of the British Indian Empire, gained independence in 1947 as East Pakistan (as one country linked with West Pakistan 1000 miles away) and became independent as Bangladesh in 1971.

THE BASIC TRUTH

The basic truth (explained below with real history and facts) is that the Buddhist Rakhine people are under a real and brutal campaign to seize their centuries old cultural homeland and turn it into an Islamic State, without other people or religions tolerated. This has already happened in parts of Rakhine State near the Bangladesh border in the area of Maungdaw and Buthidaung. The Rakhine have never taken over or invaded other lands - they have lived in their ancient homeland continuously. The Buddhist Rakhine people have suffered massive slaughters, and been forced and burned out of hundreds of towns and villages in the last 100 years. They know - from bitter experience that the Muslims have NO respect for the Buddhist people and culture, and will destroy any Buddhist temples, monasteries, and holy places - as has happened already in parts of Rakhine. Below, I will explain why even Bangladesh hates the Rohingya, and will not help them, or let them live in Bangladesh.

The Rakhine people are in engaged in a struggle that is similar to other struggles in the area:

Southern Thailand: about 5000 Thai Buddhist - including Buddhist monks tortured and beheaded - killed in recent years by fanatic Muslims trying to drive out and eliminate the Buddhist population, and turn southern Thailand into an independent Islamic state.

Southern Philippines: constant kidnappings, beheadings, and killing of Christian Filipino's, goal to make an independent Islam-only separate country.

Non-Muslim parts of Indonesia: hundreds of Christian churches burned and destroyed, Christian school girls beheaded walking to school; currently imams and leaders are calling for Indonesians to go wage holy war on the Myanmar.

Bangladesh: fifty years ago it was about 28% Hindu, after forcing millions of Hindus to flee the Hindu population is less than 9%, and still becoming smaller. The small Buddhist population is treated terribly, and Buddhist temples and monasteries and homes are looted and burned. All the ancient temples, stupas, and ruins from nearly 2000 years of Buddhist kingdoms have been completely destroyed.

THE HISTORY

The Rakhine area has a history of kings and kingdoms dating back over 2000 years. It has had a deeply Buddhist tradition from the early centuries AD. The second largest ruined city and temple site in Burma - Mrauk U - is in Rakhine State, and is the spiritual center of the Rakhine identity.

Now I'll skip up to the British days, and how the British, unknowingly, helped create the present problems.

The British, in Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, and other places, brought in Indian and/or Chinese men to be the plantation or other business managers. The British brought many Muslim Indians from Bengal to Rakhine because Bengal was close and convenient. These managers - instead of hiring local Rakhine people to work - sent for thousands of their fellow Muslim Bengalis to come and work. Most of these Bengalis were influenced by the Islamic Faraidi movement in Bengal at that time (late 1800s) which was based on the ideology of the Wahhabis of Arabia (this is before the Saudi tribe took over and named Arabia after themselves). The Bengalis were instructed to build their own - Muslim only - villages near the water resources (so that they could later control the water, and deny it to the Buddhist). And, they were told to prepare to wage a holy war (jihad) when their leaders felt they were ready and strong enough.

In the Maungdaw Township alone, around 1910, only 15 Muslim managers brought in thousands of Bengali workers - starting a huge population shift - and began the campaign against the Buddhist.

In 1939 The British established a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the rapid increase of Bengali Muslims in Arakan from roughly 30,000 in 1825 to 220,000 in 1930. That Commission concluded that there would be violence in the very near future if the relentless Bengali Muslim movement across the border wasn't stopped or at least restricted.

And the Commission was right.

WORLD WAR II DAYS

In early 1942, as the Japanese were advancing towards Arakan, the British formed a battalion of Muslims - called the Bengali V Force - and gave them weapons. The British knew them as better fighters then the Rakhine. As the British suddenly retreated - the Bengali Muslims quickly used the weapons - not against the Japanese - but they used them to slaughter thousands and thousands of Buddhist and burned down all of the Buddhist villages, pagodas, temples and monasteries in the Maungdaw and Buthidaung areas. About 30,000 Rakhine Buddhist were killed in this absolute genocide, and tens of thousands were ethnically cleansed from their ancestral lands. By late 1942 the whole Maungdaw-Buthidaung region was firmly in the hands of Bengali Muslims - who were now well armed with abandoned Japanese and British weapons.

Since they controlled the border now, the movement of Muslims immigrants greatly increased - and this area, which had been almost entirely Buddhist for centuries was violently emptied of Buddhist in a very short time, and became nearly entirely Muslim - and with plans to take more land, and to make it entirely Muslim.

This is quoted from a British officer, at that time in 1942, who wrote a report: "I have been told the harrowing tales of cruelly and suffering inflicted on the Arakanese (Buddhist) villages in the Ratheedaung area. Most of the villages on the west bank of the Mayu river have been burnt and destroyed by the (Bengali-Muslim) V Force. The enemy (Japanese) never came near to these villages. Hundreds of villagers are said to be hiding in the hills. It will be the Arakanese who will be ousted from their ancestral land and if they cannot win over (the Muslims) in time, then there can be no hope of their salvation."

After the Japanese were driven out, Bo Yan Aung, one of the 'Thirty Comrades' was sent to Arakan to set up the administration in Sittwe district, and to stop the violence. He sent his two lieutenants, Bo Yan Naung and Bo Myo Nyunt to Maungdaw to negotiate with the radical Muslim leaders. Instead of talking to them the Muslim leaders killed both of them.

They wanted this land to be their own and they wanted to create a Dah-rul-Islam - an Islamic kingdom that will join with others, as Muslims eliminated the non-Muslims everywhere - and eventually create a world of pure Islam.

Now the Buddhist really saw what was happening - that they were going to lose their lives, their culture, their ancestral homeland, and their history if this kept going.

THE KORAN JUSTIFIES TAKING LAND FROM INFIDELS (NON-MUSLIMS)

Qur’an 33.27 And He made you heirs to their land and their dwellings and their property, and (to) a land which you have not yet trodden, and Allah has power over all things. Qur’an 21:44 Do they see Us advancing, gradually reducing the land (in their control), curtailing its borders on all sides? It is they who will be overcome.

As World War II ended, the British took control again, but the Muslims would not accept the Buddhist to come back to and live in their native villages (that they were forced out of). They now believed that they had their own area now that was to be a strict Muslim land ruled by Sharia Law, and they would not accept being in a country ruled by infidel British or infidel Burmese (infidel means non-believer, or non-Muslim). Instead they planned to join the soon-to-be Islamic country of Pakistan. As the British were preparing to give independence to Burma, the Muslim leadership -represented by the Jami-atul Ulema-e Islam party - made connections with the Muslim leaders of soon-to be Pakistan and formed an insurgency army - which would invade Arakan and attach it to East Pakistan (now known as Bangladesh). In 1946 they formed the Muslim Liberation Organization (MLO) and started their war. In 1948 they changed the name of the party to Mujahid Party and the insurgency then became known as the Mujahidin Insurgency. (Mujahadin means: Muslim fighters engaged in a Jihad). (Jihad means: holy war in the name of Islam).

In August of 1947 the Commissioner of Arakan wrote a report after an official was brutally murdered by Muslims in Maungdaw. He wrote: "The assassins were suspected to be employed by the Muslim Police Officer, and have been organizing strong Muslim feelings and dominating the whole area. This is a direct affront and open challenge to the lawful authority of the Burma Government, by the Muslim community of Buthidaung and Maungdaw Townships……Unless this most dastardly flouting of the government is firmly and severely dealt with, this alien community will try to annex this territory, or instigate Pakistan to annex it."

AFTER BURMA GAINED INDEPENDENCE

On January 4, 1948, Burma became independent. This meant nothing to the Muslims - they had other plans. On June 9, 1948 the Mujahid Party sent a letter to the new government of The Union of Burma. It was a list of demands, including:

1. The areas between the Kaladan and Naaf rivers must be recognized as the National Home of the Muslims of Burma (and this is the land they had ethnically cleansed of Buddhist in the last 6 years!)

2. The Mujahid Party must be granted legal status as a political organization in the new government of Burma (and this party preaches holy war against the Buddhist who have lived there for centuries!)

3. The Mujahidin fighters who had been captured and jailed (for slaughtering Buddhist, and burning and destroying villages, temples and monasteries) must be unconditionally released. and those were just three of the demands…..

The new central government, still trying to recover from the assassination of Bogyoke Aung San, refused these outrageous demands, and quickly the Muslims in northern Arakan declared jihad (holy war) on Burma.

The Mujahadin launched a vicious campaign and destroyed all the Buddhist villages in northern Maungdaw Township (the southern parts had been destroyed 6 years earlier). On July 19, 1948 they attacked Ngapruchaung, and villages around it, and used a new tactic - kidnapping Buddhist monks, and holding them as hostages, and killing them if they didn't get the money or conditions that they demanded.

U NU MISTAKINGLY FUELS THE PROBLEM

During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, most of Burma was tangled in rebellions, communist insurgencies, and much strife and confusion. The new government (after Bogyoke Aung San's assassination in 1947, and up to the coup and takeover by Ne Win in 1962) of the 'Union of Burma was barely in control and was in danger of collapsing entirely. The leader - U Nu - at a critical time, was in danger of the parliament issuing a 'vote of no-confidence' and stripping him of power. To survive, he needed all the help he could get. He could not count on support from the Rakhine parliamentarians, because the Rakhine supported the opposition against U Nu. There were some Muslims in the parliament, and U Nu was willing to promise them anything if he could get their much needed votes of confidence. In June 1958, U Nu's faction of the government, survived the very close vote, because he got the Muslim and Mon (and some others) to vote for him - because he promised to create states for the Mon people (on the east side of Burma) and for the Muslims (on the west side of Burma), and to grant citizenship to the 'Bengali Muslims' in Burma. (The word 'Rohingya' was still not widely known or used).

On July 31, 1958, U Nu offered an amnesty to all Mujahid insurgents who would surrender. Some Mujahid surrendered. They and other Bengali settlers asked for citizenship, but other events were quickly beginning to unfold. In September, 1958, high ranking officers of the Burma Army went to U Nu's residence and gave him an ultimatum - give up his power and accept the transfer of power to the military or there will be a military coup against him (which could imprison or kill him), and in fact these officers already had their troops take the airport and townships less than 10 miles away.

U Nu had no choice - he was out of power, and his promises of statehood and citizenship were out (and realize that these promises were calculated and made in desperation in order to stay in power). A military care-taker government, led by General Ne Win took over and promised elections in two years, and in 1960 held the promised elections - which actually voted U Nu back into power! He had to give those who helped him quick thanks, and he forced the reluctant Voice-of-Burma radio to broadcast a regular program in Bengali language to partly satisfy the Muslim Parliamentarian members who helped him.

They wanted more. Thousands and thousands of illegal Bengali Muslims demanded and received Burmese Identity Cards. And he established the Maungdaw Special-Border-District which would be controlled by the Muslims - which meant that the Muslims would now control the border! It's like the fox being told to guard the chickens!

Now the Bengali Muslim leaders tried to have their people defined as an 'indigenous ethnic group of Burma' like Kachin, Mon, Pa-O, Chin, Palaung, etc., and therefore be eligible for citizenship. Now, instead of using the terms Bengali-Muslim or Chittagong-Muslim (which indicate that they came from outside Burma) they generally used the term 'Arakan Muslims' to deceive people, and convince the world that they, also, are part of the Arakan identity.

The obvious problem was that all the other ethnicities had deep roots and long history in their homelands, but the 'Arakan Muslims' did not, and were the only ones who came in huge waves of immigrants, fought with and took land and property from the real indigenous people, and had an agenda to have only their own fellow Muslim people in a purely Islamic State that would not be a part of the infidel union of Burma. Their demands for recognition as an 'indigenous ethnic group' was turned down, on the grounds that they were never part of the indigenous people of Arakan, and that they were quite simply - recent, or recent enough (a generation or two) immigrants settling on land they had never been part of. The term 'Arakan Muslim' failed it's sly purpose, and now the term 'Royingya' started to be used.

U Nu was, once again, tangled in power struggles, and in the promises he made but couldn't or wouldn't fulfill.

On March 2, 1962, General Ne Win used this situation as reason to stage a military coup and seized power. The constitution was suspended, the Voice-of- Burma radio program in Bengali language (and in Mon language) were quickly stopped, and U Nu was imprisoned.

And, the name 'Rohingya' disappeared for 10 years.

THE INVENTION OF THE 'ROHINGYA' and THE MANIPULATION OF HISTORY AND FACTS

During the 1950's, the term 'Rohingya' was invented, and it started to spread around, slowly becoming a replacement word for Bengali-Muslim, or Chittagong-Muslim, but only much later it became the common name.

In 1960 the Mujahid insurgency was finally defeated by General Ne Win. Then the Muslim leadership realized that they needed a new story about the Muslims in Arakan - and they embraced a new identity - and they now called themselves 'Rohingya'.

This new word helped to make it much easier to manipulate media and opinion. The terms Bengali-Muslim and Chittagong-Muslim obviously indicate that they came from outside Burma, and that they had roots in, Bengal or Chittagong.

The term Rohingya carries no similar meaning, making it much easier to spread the 'new history' which now says that the Rohingya actually have been inhabitants of this land for a long time.

WHY BANGLADESH HATES THE ROHINGYA, AND WILL NOT HELP THEM

When India was granted independence in 1948, the two Muslim areas - on the west side and the east side of India- but not joined - were made into the Islamic country of Pakistan. (The Muslims demanded their own country).

Later, tensions and issues between them blew up into a bloody war and the eastern part fought to become independent from the dominant western part.

In late 1971 the eastern part became the new country of Bangladesh.

The Muslims in Arakan actually - and strangely - supported the far western part (Pakistan), and not the neighboring Bangladesh part, perhaps because they favored the more extreme Islam of Pakistan.

After Bangladesh became independent the Bangladeshis were furious at the Chittagong or Bengali-Muslims living in Burma, and disowned them, and treated them as traitors, and even still, now, Bangladesh will not forgive or forget that, and will not accept them. They ARE the same people - Bengali or Chittagong-Muslims - from the same area, and speak the same language.

There is no tribal or ethnic difference. But if your parents or grandparents supported Pakistan at that time you are not accepted. Many Rohingya manage to sneak into Bangladesh, and are in terrible refugee camps, where recently, Bangladesh has banned foreign aid organizations from helping the refugees!

So, the Muslims of Arakan needed an identity of their own - and a new word - the 'Rohingya' was invented.

And, a bit about Bangladesh, and Pakistan… and India -

Bangladesh and Pakistan are examples of what the Rakhine Buddhist do not want to see. In East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), in 1948, the population included 28% Hindu people. Now it is 9%. Why? Because the Hindus have been slaughtered many times, and threatened and pressured to leave.

In Pakistan, in 1948, there were about 20% Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh. Now they total about only 1%. India has actually built a 1790 mile long fortified steel and barbed wire fence along it's long border with Bangladesh - for the purpose of keeping out Islamic terrorist, migrant workers taking Indian jobs, and uncontrollable waves of Royingya or other Muslims.

India also has a similar 1000 mile long fence on its border with Pakistan - primarily to keep Muslim terrorist out. Burma has no such border fence on any of its borders.

DURING GENERAL NE WIN'S DICTATORSHIP

The word 'Rohingya’ disappeared when General Ne Win seized power in a coup in 1962, then reappeared in 1972, disappeared again after Muslim demands for an autonomous Islamic State were turned down (again), reappeared briefly in 1978 after a major offensive by the Burmese Army against another Mujahid insurgency (and in 'Ne Win style' it was bloody and severe, with many civilian casualties), and, again, it reappeared in 1991, after a second major offensive by the Burmese Army.

On May 13, 1988, the anniversary of the 1942 Bengali V-Force massacre of 30,000 native Rakhine Buddhist, the Rohingya Liberation Organization (RLO) led 50,000 Bengali-Muslims to try to quickly and violently take over the Maungdaw Township. They first destroyed a big Buddhist Monastery and then began to burn all the wards where Rakhine Buddhist lived, and attempted to kill ALL Rakhine people in this area. But, their genocidal plan was stopped by the local army reinforced police force, and ever since then some Burmese Army units have been permanently stationed there to prevent another genocidal attack by the Bengali-Muslims.

Disturbing to many is the fact that for several years leading up to this, Ahmed Shah, the Chairman of the RLO distributed copies of his cassette tape - for free - urging the Rohingya in Maungdaw township to drive all non-Muslims out of the district, basically calling for the genocide of Rakhine Buddhist, and any other non-Muslims in that area.

The RLO also made and distributed tens of thousands of leaflets - with photos of pretty Rakhine girls - to entice the Bengali-Muslims in Bangladesh to come to Burma, where there was plenty of food, and every Rohingya man should try to marry four Rakhine Buddhist Women and convert them into Islam, and help the bigger plan of making this land an Islamic State for Muslims only.

AL QAEDA AND TALIBAN TRAINING, EXPLOSIVES AND HEAVY WEAPONS COURSES IN AFGHANISTAN AND LIBYA

There have been numerous Rohingya captured in Afghanistan in battle, or at terrorist training camps. Intelligence services of several countries have reported such items as: 90 members of the Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) were selected to attend a guerrilla warfare course, explosives course, and heavy-weapons courses held in Libya and Afghanistan in August 2001. 5 members of ARNO attended a high-ranking officers' course with Al Qaeda representatives in May 2000. They discussed military affairs, weaponry, and getting financial help from Osama bin Laden. Numerous contacts and connections and assistance from Islamic jihad groups in southern Thailand, southern Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and others.

MANIPULATION OF MEDIA TO CREATE THE MYTH OF THE POOR GENTLE PEACEFUL MISUNDERSTOOD VICTIMS THAT EVERYBODY TREATS BADLY

By now, anybody who has investigated the 'stories' and 'photos' of recent atrocities against the Rohingya has seen and heard terrible things - BUT – most people, now, are seeing that it is all a game of deception, lies, and agenda. The photos, that supposedly show dead bodies of Rohingya are actually photos taken in Indonesia after the huge earthquake-caused tsunami, and even more sickening than that - there are gruesome photos of piles of bodies said to be Rohingya, BUT ACTUALLY they are CHRISTIAN Nigerians who were killed and burned recently by Nigerian MUSLIMS! Do your own google searches and you will see the wicked deception being used, around the world, and in many languages? (search with the words: Burma, jihad, Myanmar, genocide, Rohingya, fake photos, media manipulation, etc.).

WHY THE 'ROHINGYA' SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN CITIZENSHIP IN BURMA

The Rohingya, as a collective entity, want citizenship, but DO NOT want to live in the country of Burma/Myanmar which is governed and dominated by infidels.

They have no deep history, or cultural artifacts in Arakan - different then the many other ethnicities who DO have deep roots, culture and tradition in their homeland, and importantly, unlike the Rohingya, the other ethnicities do not have the goal of ethnic purity and fanaticism to fight holy war for their goals.

The Rohingya want citizenship, but NOT so they can happily live with other religions and ethnicities around them, and NOT so they can enjoy and participate in the other people’s festivals and traditions. They want citizenship so that they can then DEMAND their own Muslim State (which will quickly push out or kill the remaining infidels) and then DECLARE independence from infidel Burma. In other words, they see citizenship as a way, eventually, to NOT be a Burmese citizen.

Giving them citizenship would lead to a much greater disaster and much more killing, as they believe it is the duty of Muslims to purify their land by driving the infidels out, and destroying the remnants of the infidel history. And, the Muslims would cause the destruction of a recognized and historical Buddhist people and culture, and world class historical sites, such as Mrauk U.

They were born into a way of life which makes them inflexible and intolerant of other people and other faiths. Their faith, which cannot be questioned or criticized, allows them to do nearly anything to any non-believer, including killing them, and raping the women. Rape of Buddhist women is very high in Rakhine State because of this attitude towards infidel women and these ‘holy verses’ of Allah’s words. Qur’an 4.24 "All married women are prohibited to you, except those whom your right hand possesses (a way to say 'Captured') as the prisoners of war, who Allah has assigned to you.

They learn that a person who leaves Islam should be killed.

Al-Azhar (Cairo) Islamic Research Academy endorsed manual of Islamic Law, Umdat al-Salik (pp. 595-96) states: "Leaving Islam is the ugliest form of unbelief (kufr) and the worst....

When a person who has reached puberty and is sane voluntarily apostasizes from Islam, he deserves to be killed. In such a case, it is obligatory...to ask him to repent and return to Islam. If he does it is accepted from him, but if he refuses, he is immediately killed."

Their faith instructs them not to be friends with non-Muslims, and not to recognize or attend their religious festival and ceremonies. Qur’an 5:51 "O You who believe, take not the non-believers (Jews, Christians, Buddhist, Hindu, etc) for friends. They are friends of each other. And who amongst you takes them for friends he is indeed one of them.

And, from a very early age they hear and learn these 'holy' words - direct from Allah (they believe) that they must live by, and pursue to please Allah, and they cannot question or criticize the words of 'Allah':

Qur’an 8:55 “Surely the vilest of beasts in Allah's sight area those who disbelieve.”

Qur’an 8:39 “So, fight them till all opposition ends and the only religion is Islam.”

Qur’an 8:59 “The infidels should not think that they can get away from us. Prepare against them whatever arms and weaponry you can muster so that you may terrorize them. They are your enemy and Allah’s enemy.”

Qur’an 9:29 "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth"

Qur’an 48:29 "Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard (ruthless) against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves"

THE BUDDHIST HAVE NO SIMILAR TEXT ANYWHERE IN THE BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES

OTHER BUDDHIST CULTURES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED THIS WAY

Remember the 2 giant Buddhist statues carved into a cliff in central Afghanistan, that were blown up by the Islamic Taliban? That area, Bamiyan, was one of the earliest major Buddhist cultures. Other parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan have (or had) ancient Buddhist ruins, statues, cliff carvings, etc. Even Persia (now Iran) especially the eastern parts, had significant Buddhist peoples, temples, monasteries, stupas for many centuries - before the Muslim Arab invasions.

Why are there no Buddhist people in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan? And, no more Buddhist ruins in Iran and Afghanistan, and the ones still in Pakistan are being destroyed now?

Because the invading Muslims considered the Buddhist to be idol worshippers, infidels, and had no respect for Buddhism, and no need to live together with them. The Buddhist were forced out or killed down to the last one. And, the holy places were destroyed.

Actually, Bangladesh has had a long and deep history of Buddhism – starting about 1000 years before Islam even existed. Based on the Pali texts, Buddhism was thee number one religion of ancient Bengal (also known as Vanga) as early as the 3rd century BC, and continued to be until the 12 century AD. There are detailed records by famous Chinese monk scholars describing many huge monasteries, intricate stone and brick temples and stupas, and many thousands of monks. When Hindu armies came to conquer and rule (and the Hindus, then, were very intolerant of Buddhist) the Buddhist started to leave, and they moved into the hills and jungles of the Chittagong area. Next came Muslim invaders - who destroyed the monasteries and temples, killed thousands of monks, and forced the population to convert to Islam, or die.

WHY THE ROHINGYA SHOULD NOT GET CITIZENSHIP

SIMILARLY, TODAY, IN MAUNGDAW AND BUTHIDAUNG AREAS, ALMOST ALL OF THE MONASTERIES AND TEMPLES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, MONKS HAVE BEEN KILLED OR DRIVEN AWAY, AND THE BUDDHIST POPULATION OF THESE AREAS CHANGED FROM MOSTLY BUDDHIST............TO ALMOST NO BUDDHIST.

And if the Royingya are given citizenship then the world heritage site of Mrauk-U will fall under their control someday, and be completely destroyed.

WHY SHOULD AN ANCIENT AND DEEPLY ROOTED CULTURE AND PEOPLE HAVE TO LOSE THEIR HOMELAND, THEIR HOMES, THEIR HOLY PLACES, AND THEIR IDENTITY?

THE ROHINGYA SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN CITIZENSHIP, AND THEY DON’T DESERVE CITIZENSHIP, BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO BE A TRUE CITIZEN. A TRUE CITIZEN SEES HIMSELF OR HERSELF AS AN EQUAL MEMBER OF A COUNTRY, AND HAS THE DESIRE TO WORK TOGETHER, LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, AND RESPECT EACH OTHER, AND BUILD A BETTER COUNTRY FOR ALL.

IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF MINORITY BUDDHIST PEOPLE CAME INTO A MUSLIM COUNTRY, AND MADE DEMANDS…..

Let's say Buddhist starting coming into Bangladesh fifty years ago, in large numbers, pushing Muslims out of their villages and towns, slaughtering them, demanding their own independent Buddhist land? What would happen? Muslim armies would have moved quickly and killed every single one of them.

WHY REPORTERS AND OTHERS SEEM TO AUTOMATICALLY SIDE WITH THE ROHINGYA?

Most reporters are writers, not historians, and seek the emotional stories of struggle, discrimination, and tragedy. Some may know about Burma, and Burmese things, but hardly any of them know about Arakan and the Rakhaing history, and the real history and massive migration of the Muslims into Arakan.

The ruling generals and their regimes could never be trusted, so it was easy to conclude the story of the Rohingya is the truth - and it had plenty of emotional and tragic stories and photos. Disturbing to the Rakhine people, most Burmese people, and those of us Westerners who know the real situation, is how easily many people believe the incredible propaganda, media manipulation, deception, use of fake photos, fake stories, etc.

And, how easy it is for many people - even those who seem to know a lot about Burma - to quickly blame the Rakhine Buddhist people, and call them racist, violent, the ‘bad’ Buddhist, etc., when it is clear to us who know, that the Rakhine Buddhist people are solidly great people, with deep Buddhist values of compassion, tolerance, and patience, and that they have a remarkable legacy, and a unique place in Buddhist history and world history. But, they are struggling with a force that intends to eliminate them, and erase their history.

There is no indication that Muslims - anywhere in the world - want to learn about, study, admire, or integrate with the Rakhine. Instead, Muslims worldwide are calling for jihad (holy war) on the Burmese and the Rakhine, and even threatening Aung San Suu Kyi.

As the Rakhine now know, THEY CANNOT TOLERATE THE INTOLERANT!

And, few reporters are willing to address the 'elephant in the room' the real force behind what is happening to the Buddhist people in Arakan and southern Thailand, and to the Christians of the Philippines and Indonesia, Lebanon and Iraq, Nigeria and Egypt, and the Bahai and Zoroastrians of Iran - and that force is - Islam.

In all these cases there is Islam - from which is drawn the justification to wage jihad on the god-less Buddhist, and the infidel Christians, and all other non-Muslims. Disturbing to those who know and have seen it, in the towns and villages where the Rohingya have a majority or near majority women must be veiled, and will be beaten if they are not veiled enough (and that includes that non-Muslim women must dress like that also) the parents of young school age girls are pressured and threatened not to send their daughters to school, and many other restrictions on women. Boys are being trained in Islamic madrassa schools in hateful and discriminatory Islamic fundamentalist dogma, and Islamic supremacy, and being thoroughly trained from a young age NOT to question or examine the Koran and the teachings, and that all non-Muslims are to be shunned and eventually eliminated, and the world will be purely Islamic someday soon.

How about some stories on these things?

NOT ALL MUSLIMS ARE THE SAME, NOT ALL BELIEVE THE SAME WAY

Of course, I know that all Muslims are not the same; all Muslims are not extreme, etc. But I have my experience in Muslim parts of the world: Yemen, Egypt, Turkey, Kurdistan, Albania, Indonesia, Malaysia, Muslim part of China and India......... and, yes, I am critical of Islam, and not afraid to examine it, and say so.

Muslims are people that follow a religion. As I see it, the religion has some disturbing elements to it, and it depends on how a person follows these elements or doesn’t follow them.

Most Muslims would not stone a person to death or cut off their heads, but some would, and in some parts of the world the majority would. The role of Islam in the Arakan situation cannot be ignored.

WHO SHOULD ASSIST THE ROYHINGYA? WHERE SHOULD THEY GO?

Bangladesh SHOULD be the country where the Rohingya SHOULD live. But, Bangladesh refuses to let any more of them in, although many sneak in, and now Bangladesh is refusing to let aid organizations help or feed the Rohingya.

Bangladesh should be pressured and even somehow forced to take the Rohingya. There are 57 countries in the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC), but despite the wealth of some of them, not one of them - so far -is offering to pick up, transport and adopt the stateless Rohingya. What are these Muslim countries doing to help fellow muslims? Nothing. Shame on them.

Instead they are using all the fake photos and stories to stir people up, and imams and leaders are calling for severe action, and jihad against the Buddhist of Burma, and threatening to eliminate the god-less Buddhist.

Already in Malaysia and other places Muslim mobs have burst into Burmese restaurants and businesses, destroying the places and attacking and killing the Burmese. In Indonesia a violent mob nearly broke into the Burmese Embassy, and if it had succeeded it would have destroyed it and killed all the personnel.

THE ROHINGYA SHOULD ONLY BE SETTLED IN A MOSLEM COUNTRY (AND NOT IN A NON-MUSLIM PART OF A MUSLIM COUNTRY)

It is not right to let them live among non-Muslims, if that makes them think that for their own goals the other people have to ‘disappear’. It is not right.

The Rohingya created their own destiny. They must deal with what they created, and take responsibility for their dilemma. It’s possible that they could create a different reality someday. I hope so.

May the Rohingya, and the world know more about Metta (Loving Kindness).