Myanmar

British Colonialism, Burmese Hyper-Natonalism, both played a role

Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: “The Army… burned down my house.”

TeleSur | – – “The army came and burned down my house. I was inside the house at that time,” one survivor said. Rohingya refugees arriving at treatment centers in Bangladesh covered in burns have told of an increased wave of violence against Muslims by the government’s military offensive. “The army came and they burned […]

Buddhism

Can Turkey’s Erdogan ride Rohingya Crisis to global Muslim Leadership?

Juan Cole

Turkey’s President has ambitions to lead the Muslim world

Buddhism

Burma Muslims: Dear Peace Nobelist Kyi, It’s too Late

contributors

Myanmar’s Peace Prize Winner will finally address issue of persecution of Rohingya

Displaced and Refugees

UN: Rohingya Crisis ‘Textbook Example’ of Ethnic Cleansing

contributors

Ethnic Cleansing, human rights, Islam, Buddhism, Myanmar, Burma

Displaced and Refugees

Burma: Rohingya Describe Military Atrocities

contributors

Human Rights Watch | – – Military’s ‘Unfinished Business’ Has Hallmarks of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ (New York) – Ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing Burmese security forces in Burma’s Rakhine State have described killings, shelling, and arson in their villages that have all the hallmarks of a campaign of “ethnic cleansing,” Human Rights Watch said today. Burmese army, […]

Displaced and Refugees

Are Muslims allowed to be Sympathetic Victims in US Media, or only Perpetrators?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Libyan activist Hend Amry makes an important point about the relative lack of interest of television news in stories such as the persecution of the Burmese (Myanmar) Muslims by the Buddhist establishment: When Muslims are the victims of terrorism, there isn't the fraction of western attention […]

Buddhism

Burma: Satellite Shows Massive Arson against Muslims by Buddhists

contributors

Human Rights Watch . | – – 700 Buildings Destroyed in Single Muslim Village in Rakhine State (New York) – New satellite imagery shows several hundred buildings burned in Burma’s Rakhine State, Human Rights Watch said today. Imagery from the Rohingya Muslim village of Chein Khar Li in Rathedaung township shows 700 buildings burned, a […]

Bangladesh

Muslim Rohingya Refugees Drown as They flee Buddhist Persecution in Myanmar

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TeleSur | – – Around 27,400 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar since Friday. Bangladeshi border guards have recovered two dozen bodies from the country’s shore in the last two days, as tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims flee violence in Myanmar. The bodies of 11 Rohingya children and nine women washed up […]