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Myanmar`s Religious Segregation and Apartheid Policy Against Minority Muslims

In 2012, two eruptions of violence between Rohingyas and majority Buddhists in Rakhine State in western Myanmar killed at least 192 people and made 140,000 homeless.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - The Rohingya Muslim population is mostly concentrated in the three northern townships: Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung. The Rohingyas speak a Bengali dialect.

They suffer from several forms of restrictions and human rights violations. The vast majority of them have effectively been denied Myanmar citizenship.

Bengal Under English Rule - an Analysis

WHEN Bengal was colonised by the East India Company in the second half of the 18th century, it was the richest jewel on the British crown.

(PHILADELPHIA BDNews) - As a matter of fact, the inhabitants of Bengal had a much better standard of living compared to most Europeans living at the time.

But under the British rule, the tax burden became simply unbearable rising fivefold (from 10 per cent to 50 per cent of the value of the agricultural product) within a very short period of time.

Mra Raza Linn`s Racism Strike Again; Words Ignite Violence, Baby Dies in Fire

Rohingyas in Burma are under constant tyranny and persecution living in sub-human condition, worse than apartheid era of South Africa.

(SACRAMENTO) - Rohingya people in Burma saw another massive fire sweep through illegal Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps.

It happened today at 2:00 p.m. Burma time In Ngat Choung (Keraggiri) IDP camp, Pauktaw, Arakan. A fire quickly broke out, it reportedly started in a kitchen and 42 shelters burnt into ashes, killing a small baby.

The First Rohingya Conference in the USA
`Stop Genocide and Restore Rohingyas Citizenship Rights in Myanmar`

Rohingyas are a stateless Muslim minority who are victims of systematic ethnic cleansing and state-sponsored slow burning Genocide.

(MILWAUKEE) - We are delighted to announce the First Rohingya Conference in the USA which will be held on December 14th, 2013 (12:30 pm to 7:00 pm) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM).

The Conference is jointly sponsored by the Burmese Rohingya American Friendship Association (BRAFA) and the Rohingya Concern International (RCI). It is also co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Hmong Diaspora Studies Program and Risale Center of America.

Burma Times Editorial interview at Sahar TV2

No soul on the planet knows how many Rohingya people are disappeared and massacred in this fourth ethnic cleansing of Rohingya by state backed Burmese Buddhist radical monks and Rakhine extremists.

(FRANKFURT) - On 10th December 2013, world popular Sahar TV2 Insight hosted a show on editorial interview of Burma Times concerning the ongoing atrocities against the Rohingya ethnic minority in western Burma, Arakan, Rakhine state.

During the Insight Show of Sahar TV2, Our Chief editor of Burma Times Mr. Ibrahim Shah responded to the curious questions of the reputable Anchor of Sahar TV2 in accuracy according to what is taking place in the western part of Burma against Rohingya by Burma's genocidal regime.

11 Arakanese Charged for Thandwe Violence Released on Bail

Rohingyas can expect neither true justice or a fair verdict from Myanmar's government due to severe religious discrimination and the divide and rule policy of Myanmar's quasi Military backed govt.

(DHAKA) - Eleven ethnic Arakanese Buddhists have been released on bail after they were detained in connection with violence in Thandwe, Arakan State, in October, DVB reports.

The consensus on the ground is that the Rohingya Murder suspects (Rakhine Buddhists) were released because the victims were Muslims.

Does a Bengali Automatically Become Bangladeshi?

I believe that Myanmar will see true democracy if it would choose the path of love, trust, education, multi-nationalism, communal interaction by openness of freedom of wishes of the people.

(KUALA LAMPUR) - There is a saying or belief in people of Bangladesh that ‘all Bengalis are Bangladeshi but all Bangladeshi are not Bengalis’(Eade, 1994). It has been assumed that Bengalis are the sons of the soil of Bangla. On the other hand, Bengalis refer to Muslim population of Bangladesh uniquely and specifically and they are superior to other ethnic minorities.

According to this theory, all those Bangladeshis who are not Muslims, they are not Bengalis but they are Bangladeshis.

Rohingya Panel Discussion Held in European Parliament

After the 2012 Rakhine state riots, according to estimated data, 650 Rohingyas were killed, 1200 are missing and up to 140,000 have been displaced.

(LONDON Burma Times) - The panel’s main speaker, The EU Parliament MEP Jean lambert, said despite some progress in Burma the Rohingya community continues to be persecuted and more must be done.

Nevertheless, despite its commitments to the international community to prevent sectarian violence between the Rohingya and the ethnic Rakhine Buddhists, Burma’s government has yet failed to prevent another incident added to the long history of human rights violations and prosecution that follows to the Rohingyas.

Propaganda Piece on Aung San Suu Kyi

Parliamentary Democracy Party (Burma) has sent a letter to The Times Newspaper...

(RANGOON Burma Times) - I am again writing to you draw your attention to the propaganda news of Aung San Suu Kyi concerning the political situation and leadership of Burma.

We draw your attention to the manifest inaccuracies being used by your journalists covering the Burma political situation. Aung San Suu Kyi has never been the opposition leader, but as the leader of the NLD political party as there are other political parties – such as the Parliamentary Democracy Party...

Two Century Old Mosque Burned Down by Buddhist Extremists in Maung Daw

Amazingly, there is no report of the extremists who set fire to the market and mosque being arrested.

(RANGOON) - A villager from Maung daw reports that Rakhine extremists who earlier set fire at municipal market, burned down the two-century old Hakim Ali mosque, or Gabi Mosque as it is also called, around 9:30 p.m. Myanmar standard time.

The Rakhine extremists are burning Rohingya religious and non-religious building one after the other. The most recent mosque to go up in flames was located in Myo Thu Gyi (Hainda fara) village near 3 mile Maung Daw.