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Assalaamu alaikum,
I found the following on the website www.burmamuslims.org
Rohingya women are kept as sex slaves by Burmese military
A British reporter in Burma has found firsthand accounts of Rohingya women being held as sex slaves by the Burmese military.
"Eyewitness testimony of a military camp situated a few miles from Sittwe town(and home to Regiment 270) describes around 20 women ... being held at the camp. One of the witnesses, Amina (name changed), described walking past the camp when she heard voices calling out to her. The imprisoned women asked Amina if she was Muslim; she is.
'Please help us. If you can help us escape from here you will go to jannah (heaven),' one woman told her. 'Many military men come, we can't breathe. We want to become Muslim again. If we stay like this we will go to hell.' The intended meaning of what was said was, Amina felt, clear: these women are being raped,and they don't have to say it explicitly for anyone to understand what's taking place."
The Rohingya are an ethnic and religious (Muslim) minority in Burma. There used to be 5 million of them. There are now 3 million. What has been happening? If you want to know, check out this site. It will tell you... and it will also tell you how you can help (and no, not just with money).
One thing I'd like to address, though, is these women's fear that they are not Muslims and are destined for Hell (are disobeying/rejectingAllah and so will be Rejected by Him)) because they are being forced into sexual relationships outside of marriage. For all women out there who have been coerced into such relationships: this is not true.
Allah says in 24:33 (talking to men):
…Do not force your young women into prostitution/unlawful sexualactivity* if they wish to be chaste, in order that you may seek the frivolities of this worldly life. And if someone forces them, (know that) Allah is Forgiving, Merciful (to the women) after they have been forced.
To all women who are suffering under the guilt that they are sinning when they are coerced...you are not sinning. You are obviously very much Muslims if you want so much to please Allah, that you are agonizing in guilt over what is being done/has been done to you. In fact, not only is Allah Merciful to you, but the word used (rahim), means that He Loves you. He Loves you...
The guilt is not yours. The shame is not yours. The sin is not yours.
The person who is guilty of the major sin of unlawful sexual activity is the man (unless he, too, is being coerced).
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Anyway, thank you for reading. And please, if you can do anything to help the Rohingya, please do. The above organization can help you to help them.
Jazakallah khairan.
*I translated 'ala-al-bighaa'i as “into unlawful sexual activity”, as the root also offers fornication as a meaning. It also offers oppression and unjust treatment. It is my view that this points to a condemnation not only specifically of prostitution, but any kind of sexual activity that is not permitted. It also, it seems to me, implies that such sexual activity (if non-consensual) is a form of oppression (If consensual, it seems to me, that this implies that the sinners are wronging their own selves). But only Allah truly Knows.
I found the following on the website www.burmamuslims.org
Rohingya women are kept as sex slaves by Burmese military
A British reporter in Burma has found firsthand accounts of Rohingya women being held as sex slaves by the Burmese military.
"Eyewitness testimony of a military camp situated a few miles from Sittwe town(and home to Regiment 270) describes around 20 women ... being held at the camp. One of the witnesses, Amina (name changed), described walking past the camp when she heard voices calling out to her. The imprisoned women asked Amina if she was Muslim; she is.
'Please help us. If you can help us escape from here you will go to jannah (heaven),' one woman told her. 'Many military men come, we can't breathe. We want to become Muslim again. If we stay like this we will go to hell.' The intended meaning of what was said was, Amina felt, clear: these women are being raped,and they don't have to say it explicitly for anyone to understand what's taking place."
The Rohingya are an ethnic and religious (Muslim) minority in Burma. There used to be 5 million of them. There are now 3 million. What has been happening? If you want to know, check out this site. It will tell you... and it will also tell you how you can help (and no, not just with money).
One thing I'd like to address, though, is these women's fear that they are not Muslims and are destined for Hell (are disobeying/rejectingAllah and so will be Rejected by Him)) because they are being forced into sexual relationships outside of marriage. For all women out there who have been coerced into such relationships: this is not true.
Allah says in 24:33 (talking to men):
…Do not force your young women into prostitution/unlawful sexualactivity* if they wish to be chaste, in order that you may seek the frivolities of this worldly life. And if someone forces them, (know that) Allah is Forgiving, Merciful (to the women) after they have been forced.
To all women who are suffering under the guilt that they are sinning when they are coerced...you are not sinning. You are obviously very much Muslims if you want so much to please Allah, that you are agonizing in guilt over what is being done/has been done to you. In fact, not only is Allah Merciful to you, but the word used (rahim), means that He Loves you. He Loves you...
The guilt is not yours. The shame is not yours. The sin is not yours.
The person who is guilty of the major sin of unlawful sexual activity is the man (unless he, too, is being coerced).
---
Anyway, thank you for reading. And please, if you can do anything to help the Rohingya, please do. The above organization can help you to help them.
Jazakallah khairan.
*I translated 'ala-al-bighaa'i as “into unlawful sexual activity”, as the root also offers fornication as a meaning. It also offers oppression and unjust treatment. It is my view that this points to a condemnation not only specifically of prostitution, but any kind of sexual activity that is not permitted. It also, it seems to me, implies that such sexual activity (if non-consensual) is a form of oppression (If consensual, it seems to me, that this implies that the sinners are wronging their own selves). But only Allah truly Knows.
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