Firebrand Myanmar monk Wirathu released from prison
In this Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018 file photo, Buddhist monk and anti-Muslim community leader Wirathu speaks during a pro-military rally in front of city hall in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP) Short […]
Cultural memory centre seeks to preserve Rohingya heritage
Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority fear that their culture is also under threat. The Geneva-based International Organization for Migration (IOM) has stepped in with the launch of a cultural memory […]
OIC has chance to take the lead in resolving Rohingya crisis
DR. AZEEM IBRAHIMJuly 06, 2021 22:22550 Short Url https://arab.news/zkyfk Since the military coup in Myanmar in February, an umbrella opposition group, the national unity government, has been formed and has made […]
Best soups from around the world
BY DAILY SABAH JUN 17, 2021 12:27 PM +03 +03:00 Tarhana This fermented soup from Turkey is the oldest instant soup in existence and it can be found throughout the region. Menudo The Mexican […]
Bangladesh’s support of Rohingya genocide suit a welcome move
Author DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM December 02, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/2yhap Rohingya refugees at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, April 8, 2019. (Reuters) The International Court of Justice genocide suit […]
Can Biden move the Rohingya crisis toward a resolution?
Author DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM November 24, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/5zzhj Rohingya refugee workers carry bags of salt in a processing yard in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Reuters) After four years of […]
Anti-migrant sentiment fanned on Facebook in Malaysia
By Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi © Reuters/LAI SENG SIN FILE PHOTO: Rohingyas living in Malaysia protest against the treatment of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims near the Myanmar embassy in Kuala Lumpur […]
‘Safe zones’ plan shows Bangladesh is accepting Rohingya reality
DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM September 29, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/8auwn Rohingya refugees stretch their hands to receive aid at Balukhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Sept. 14, 2017. (Reuters) […]
Justice and the Rohingya people are the losers in Asia’s new cold war
Simon Tisdall © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ReutersThe persecution, ethnic cleansing, and attempted genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is an affront to the rule of […]
Almost 300 Rohingya found on beach in Indonesia’s Aceh
By YAYAN ZAMZAMI, Associated Press © Provided by Associated Press Ethnic Rohingya people rest after the boat carrying them landed in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, Indonesia, early Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. […]
Rohingya survivors tell of misery and death at sea; hundreds still adrift
World Monday, 04 May 2020 By A.S.M Suza Uddin and Poppy McPherson COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Rohingya refugee Shahab Uddin thought the wooden trawler he boarded in February […]
Suu Kyi tell U.N.’s top court charge of Rohingya genocide is “misleading”
Dec 11, 2019 – 13:14 By Shoon Lei Win Naing and Toby Sterling THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday rejected accusations of genocide committed […]
Myanmar: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association holds ‘Prophet Muhammad Day’ in Yangon
Source: globalnewlightofmyanmar.com | Posted by Myanmar News Agency Organized by Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Myanmar, the Prophet Muhammad Day was held in Yangon yesterday. At the event held at M3 Food Centre, U Maung Maung Khin of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association recited the Quran and U Zarni Min Aung and group sung religious song […]
War crimes court OKs probe into deportation of Myanmar’s Rohingya
Nov 14, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court said on Thursday it had approved a prosecution request to investigate crimes against humanity against Myanmar’s Rohingya […]
Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at World Court – justice minister
Nov 11, 2019 – swissinfo.ch By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Gambia said on Monday it had filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) […]
Thura U Aung Ko urges people to avoid hate speech – Religious Founders Day – Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Myanmar
Tuesday, September 03, 2019 The Myanmar Times Kyaw Ko Ko 03 Sep 2019 Thura U Aung Ko speaks in Mandalay on Sunday. Kyaw Ko Ko/The Myanmar Times Myanmar’s Religious […]
These Rohingya women were raped and had to watch their children being murdered – listen to their stories
The guilt of coming home to my own three- and five-year-old left me unable to sleep at night. Why should their lives be of more value to the world than […]
Arrest warrant issued for Myanmar hardline monk Wirathu
May 29, 2019 – 06:23 By Zaw Naing Oo YANGON (Reuters) – A court in Myanmar has issued an arrest warrant for a nationalist Buddhist monk, Wirathu, on a charge […]
‘We can’t go anywhere’ – Myanmar closes Rohingya camps but ‘entrenches segregation’
Dec 6, 2018 http://www.swissinfo.ch By Thu Thu Aung and Simon Lewis YANGON (Reuters) – As the world was focused on abortive efforts to begin repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya […]
Diplomacy in action: Meet the Swiss women charged with bringing peace to Myanmar
By Julia Crawford This content was published on November 30, 2018 How do you help a country from which nearly a million people have fled, where the government is […]