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Rohingya Community Welcomes Initiatives of World Buddhist Leaders to End Violence Against Muslims in Burma

Rohingya Muslims applaud the responsibility...

(ALMERE, Netherlands) - We, European Rohingya Council (ERC), on behalf of the whole Rohingya Community, would like to extends heartfelt thanks to the World Buddhist Leaders.

Their initiative and suggestions for ending the decades-long persecutions and months-long violence against Rohingyas and other Muslim communities in Arakan State, Burma (Myanmar).

World Buddhist Leaders Response to the Growing Ethnic Violence Against Muslims in Myanmar

It has taken a while; world Buddhist leaders sign letter calling for calm, however it is not signed by the Dalai Lama or Aung San Suu Kyi (of course).

(RANGOON, Burma Mizzima News) - We wish to reaffirm to the world and to support you in practicing the most fundamental Buddhist principles of non-harming, mutual respect and compassion.

These fundamental principles taught by the Buddha are at the core of Buddhist practice...

Bangladesh Deports 19 Rohingyas to Burma

Rohingyas were spreading out from the slum in Kutubpal to different parts of Bangladesh in search of livelihoods.

(YANGON, Myanmar Mizzima) - Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) sent back 18 Rohingyas to Burma on Tuesday, according to Bangladeshi media.

The Rohingyas had been detained at different locations in Cox's Bazar, according to a named commanding officer of BGB 17 Battalion.

Burmese Rohingya Group Meets with Executive Director of Milwaukee Islamic Dawah Center

Rakhine Buddhist mobocracy and mob attacks on behalf of the government are eliminating the Arakan Muslim population for which the current Burmese.

(MILWAUKEE, WI) - The Burmese Rohingya American Friendship Association (BRAFA) held a meeting this week with staff from the Milwaukee Islamic Dawah Center.

BRAFA's Chairman further clarified at the meeting that the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing against the Arakanese Rohingya Muslims is a man-made tragedy...

Burma`s Buddhists determined to De-Romanticize Buddhism for West

Burma — from its president to its Nobel laureate — has failed to address Buddhist violence in its Rakhine state against Muslim Rohingyas.

(RANGOON, Burma Mizzima News) - Does any religion in the world have a cleaner rep than Buddhism?

With much of its efforts devoted to helping one realizing the divinity within him or her, it’s disinclined to repressive morality or proselytizing.

Announcement of the Burmese Rohingya American Friendship Association

Group exists to promote values of democracy, human rights, equality, justice and freedom, and strive for peace in Arakan-Burma and the world

(MILWAUKEE, WI) - On the basis of new development, the United States of America is now engaged to establishing a strong relationship with Burma after easing all sanctions from Burma which is also known as Myanmar.

The American government has already established full diplomatic relation with Burma too.

European Rohingya Council Receives Director General of Arakan Rohingya Union

Dr. Uddin says it will be a privilege for ARU to work in coordination and collaboration with ERC and other Rohingya and non-Rohingya organizations

(FRANKFURT) - Members of ERC, Burmese Rohingya Association in Deutschland (BRAD), representatives of Myanmar Muslim Organization based in Germany, and representatives of Turkish and Arab communities in Germany, gave a reception luncheon last week.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Obama Mentions the Rohingyas

It is at this crucial time to stand with the Muslim people of Burma.

(RANGOON, Burma Mizzima News) - US president Barack Obama made history recently by visiting Burma - a first by a US president - and met both Burmese president Thein Sein, and famed Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The White House described his visit to be one where he would “speak to civil society to encourage Burma's ongoing democratic transition".

Burmese Imams And a Trojan Horse

Myanmar government authority forced Rohingya Mosques Imams to sign as "Bengali" in Maungdaw.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - Two days ago, police, Nasaka, immigration and Rakhine leaders invited Muslim (Rohingya) Imams by luring them, to hold a discussion on the subject of reopening mosques.

The Mosques Imams from some villages of Maungdaw north enthusiastically met with the inquiry committee.

Will a Rohingya Armed Struggle Be Legitimate?

A great lesson in how resistance armies are formed in this world and why.

(BUFFALO, NY) - What should the Rohingyas do now as the victims of ethnic cleansing and inhuman atrocities being identified as Bangali foreigners in our own ancestral homeland by our own Government?

Think about the legitimacy of the armed struggle of the Rohingya people.