1 of 4 | Ethnic Rohingya disembark from their boat upon landing in Ulee Madon, North Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Some 240 Rohingya Muslims, including women and children, are […]
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 BY SAMIRAH MAJUMDAR Social hostilities around the world involving religion declined in 2019 to the lowest level in five years, while government restrictions on religion remained at a […]
Arakan army. Are you k idding? HAKKI ÖCAL @hakkiocal A Rohingya refugee woman with her child walks on a muddy path after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Sept. 7. The drama of the Arakan Muslims didn’t start now. Nor has what they call the Arakan insurgency happened in […]
Reuters International NOV 16, 2016 – Men clean fishing nets near a Rohingya refugee camp outside Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar November 15, 2016. Picture taken on November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (reuters_tickers) By Serajul Quadir and Wa Lone DHAKA/SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) – Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims are fleeing a […]
Religion News Service | By Brian Pellot Posted: 05/19/2015 2:56 pm EDT Updated: 05/19/2015 2:59 pm EDT (RNS) Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims live in squalor in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State. That number has been falling fast as thousands flee by land and sea in search of better lives […]
Huff Post: by Antonia Blumberg — Bangladesh law minister Syed Anisul Haque announced on Thursday that the country would cease officiating marriages for Rohingya Muslims, an ethnic minority group that has been displaced from Myanmar due to persecution. The marriage ban affects Rohingyas attempting to wed one another and those seeking unions with Bangladeshi […]
by Tun Khin President of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK HUFFINGTON POST Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s interview with the BBC during her visit to the UK, has shocked many of her admirers. Despite being repeatedly pressed to do so, she repeatedly avoided giving a clear unequivocal condemnation of the […]
Source: Bangkok Post A huge procession of Thai people turned out to deliver food, cash and necessities to help Rohingya migrants confined in various shelters yesterday. Muhammad Sabare, 14, weeps in gratitude as he represents Rohingya youngsters who gathered to give thanks to people who donated food and other necessities […]
Source: DNA The U.N. General Assembly expressed serious concern on Monday over violence between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar and called upon its government to address reports of human rights abuses by some authorities. The 193-nation General Assembly approved by consensus a non-binding resolution, which Myanmar said last month […]
Source: OnIslam & Newspapers Muslim and Buddhist groups in India called Tuesday, July 17, for the Indian government to intervene to end the ongoing atrocities committed against Muslims in neighboring Myanmar. “There are continuous news reports of atrocities and killing of ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar which has caused a […]
By Family Editorial Board Source: OnIslam The OIC Secretary General said that the recent restoration of democracy in Myanmar had raised hopes in the international community that oppression against Rohingya Muslims citizens would end and that they would be able to enjoy equal rights and opportunities. However, the renewed violence […]