what are Buddhists doing to the Muslims of Myanmar? (OP)
Buddhist vigilantes kill 9 Muslims in Myanmar bus attack
Aung Hla Tun Reuters 6:00 a.m. CDT, June 4, 2012
YANGON (Reuters) - Buddhist vigilantes in western Myanmar attacked a bus and killed nine Muslims, police said on Monday, the deadliest communal violence in the region since a reformist government took power a year ago.
The bus was besieged near Taunggoke town in the western state of Rakhine on Sunday evening by a group who blamed some of its passengers for the murder of a Buddhist woman a week ago, said residents and politicians. One of those killed was travelling in a separate car.
Rakhine is home to Myanmar's largest concentration of Muslims, but their presence is often resented by the Buddhist majority. The resentment is particularly sharp for Rohingya Muslims, whose roots date back to the nineteenth century when they were brought to the country as laborers by colonial power Britain.
Ko Kyaw Lay, a Muslim human rights activist in the region who belongs to an opposition party, said none of those killed were Rohingyas.
Police could not immediately confirm details of the violence.
"An investigation is underway but I can't give you any further details," said a police official who requested anonymity.
In a separate incident on Sunday in Sittwe, the Rakhine capital, 10 people were shot and wounded when riot police tried to break up a protest, witnesses said. They said the rally by about 200 people was unrelated to the attack on the bus.
Protesters threw stones at police and a 13-year-old novice monk was among those wounded, witnesses said.
Myanmar is one of Southeast Asia's most ethnically diverse countries, where sectarian and ethnic tension persists despite a new political climate and broad reforms by a civilian-led government that says it has made peace and national unity a priority since it replaced a military junta 15 months ago.
In the case of the bus attack, Taunggoke resident Kyaw Min said the Buddhists "were angered by the authorities' handling" of an attack on a woman who people in the area said was raped by several men and then killed.
Just before Sunday's attack, leaflets bearing a photo of the woman and describing the rape were distributed in the area.
"ATTACK ON PILGRIMS"
Several residents, who declined to be identified, said the Muslims on the bus were not from the area and were on a visit to Rakhine state. They suggested those killed may not have been the perpetrators of the reported rape and murder.
In a joint statement, eight overseas-based Rohingya rights groups condemned the attack on "Muslim pilgrims", which they said came after months of anti-Rohingya propaganda stirred up by "extremists and xenophobes".
A spokesman for the coalition, Tun Khin, said that although those killed were not ethnic Rohingyas, the groups were concerned about the plight of Muslims in Myanmar. They called on the government to treat Muslims fairly and tackle "Rakhine terrorism".
Residents were also on edge after the Sittwe demonstration. Shopkeeper Thein Kyaw said the protest erupted outside a police station after hired thugs attacked and detained business operators who refused to pay over-inflated taxes.
Demonstrations were extremely rare under Myanmar's former military rulers but are becoming more frequent as the public voices discontent over issues such as land ownership and chronic power shortages, which led to peaceful marches by hundreds of people in several towns and cities last month.
Legalization of public protests is among reforms implemented by President Thein Sein, a former junta general.
But the speedy moves to liberalize are a test of the security forces' tolerance of dissent in the former Burma. The changing political landscape has also seen Internet and media censorship significantly reduced.
Hla Saw, secretary general of the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party, blamed the state government for "mismanagement" of the tax issue and said his party was due to meet state officials to try to resolve the conflict.
(Additional reporting by Andrew R. C. Marshall in Bangkok; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan and Robert Birsel)
^muslim countries shouldn't worry that the refugees will be a financial burden on them as barakah comes from Allah. Allah will put barakah and even increase the produce/income of the helping country.
I wish , poor countries could think like that . Rohinga refugess are coming to BD since many years .
I wonder , what rich Muslim countries are doing about it ? Can't they assure BD Govt . some financial support about it .
I also dont understnad , why there is no pressure on Mynmar Govt. from anyone to take back their citizens . Where are US , UK ? Why don't they threat Mynmar Govt. to bomb thier country for creating this crisis ? If non Muslims citizens in any Muslim country faced such problem since years , how the world would have reacted ?
Peace prize Winner Sui ki does not have time to visit these Muslims in her own country ...that's so strange .
Last edited by Muslim Woman; 06-14-2012 at 03:27 PM.
Christ will never be proud to reject to be a slave to God .....holy Quran, chapter Women , 4: 172
Re: what are Buddhists doing to the Muslims of Myanmar?
I am not surprised..England played a dirty game of giving Kashmir to India as is their game and in lieu of Bangladesh standing firm they sided with India against Pakistan for a split.. You want to split why the heck would you want to help your fellow Muslims? You've already decided some national identity is more important to you!
Hasbona Allah wa'nima alwakeel.. The coming after us under a 1000 raya is happening as we speak but I never expected it from Muslims or so called Muslim countries!
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format_quote Originally Posted by Muslim Woman
I wish , poor countries could think like that . Rohinga refugess are coming to BD since many years .
I wonder , what rich Muslim countries are doing about it ? Can't they assure BD Govt . some financial support about it .
Don't worry sister, when this news becomes popular, many charity organizations will start asking for funds for our brothers in Myanmar. then you can have hope. (Sarcasm)
or have they already started asking for charity? i wonder where the money charity organizations collects goes? if it doesn't go to help the refugees?
I also dont understnad , why there is no pressure on Mynmar Govt. from anyone to take back their citizens . Where are US , UK ? Why don't they threat Mynmar Govt. to bomb thier country for creating this crisis ? If non Muslims citizens in any Muslim country faced such problem since years , how the world would have reacted ?
Peace prize Winner Sui ki does not have time to visit these Muslims in her own country ...that's so strange .
they work for the peace of nonmuslims, which is why such get nobel peace prize. they don't have to do anything for muslims.
but what can you expect from nonmuslims? they aren't our wellwishers. the muslims should take responsibility for the muslims' wellbeing instead of relying on nonmuslims.
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format_quote Originally Posted by لميس
I am not surprised..England played a dirty game of giving Kashmir to India as is their game and in lieu of Bangladesh standing firm they sided with India against Pakistan for a split.. You want to split why the heck would you want to help your fellow Muslims? You've already decided some national identity is more important to you!
Hasbona Allah wa'nima alwakeel.. The coming after us under a 1000 raya is happening as we speak but I never expected it from Muslims or so called Muslim countries!
I m sorry , I did not understand ur post clearly ; Anyway why Bangaldesh had a liberation war and separated from Pakistan , that's a long history and would be off topic here .
Christ will never be proud to reject to be a slave to God .....holy Quran, chapter Women , 4: 172
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format_quote Originally Posted by Muslim Woman
I m sorry , I did not understand ur post clearly ; Anyway why Bangaldesh had a liberation war and separated from Pakistan , that's a long history and would be off topic here .
sis,
It means Bangladesh sided with kaffirs to split from Muslims so why should they care to give refuge to Muslims? Believe me I understand getting upset about hearing something negative of your mother country, but that's the reality of our world. Islam doesn't play a marginal role in the governance so everything of this nature is to be expected and it is related because everywhere there's oppression there's the hands of the devils from within and without. No different than Egypt closing the border to Gaza children is the case here.. Perhaps if we understand why so-called Muslim countries do that we can opt for a change rather than burying our head in the sand over ancient history.
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^it was messed up from the beginning. bangladesh and pakistan were bound to split since they are so far from each otehr. however, pakistan was unjust to bangladeshi ppl. its army did much cruelties there, killing many civilians. in the end india intervened and saved the bangladeshi ppl from cruel pakistani dictators and army.
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All of them are guilty of cruelty. Obviously the idealist in me believes we should simply overthrow those who cause injustice and Kashmir should belong to Muslims anyway and it is the cause of the split. As the British did before with Egypt giving a wedge of it to Sudan hoping it would be a cause of contention so they can extend their stay, thankfully it backfired on them... but that's always been their method and Muslims get wrapped up in national pride over what's right.
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format_quote Originally Posted by لميس
sis,
It means Bangladesh sided with kaffirs to split from Muslims
sis , don't spoil your own thread pl. If u want to discuss about freedom of Bangladesh , then pl. start a thread.
Of Course , I don't support that BD Govt. is not giving shelter to Rohinga . There are many criticism agaisnt Govt. decision . Not all Muslims are happy about this decision .
Christ will never be proud to reject to be a slave to God .....holy Quran, chapter Women , 4: 172
Re: what are Buddhists doing to the Muslims of Myanmar?
format_quote Originally Posted by لميس
It is upsetting the amount of crap out there against Muslims, just now on youtube vile ignorant comments, luckily I have a bit more freedom to dish it like I want to out there in a way I can't do here. But the hatred, violence and animosity not to mention lies is a war art form all its own.
Makes it very difficult for me to trust or like any kaffirs, I am starting to grow suspicious of my non-Muslim friends even.
Salaam,
Don't let it get to you.
I was looking at myself talking to myself and I realized this conversation...I was having with myself looking at myself was a conversation with myself that I needed to have with myself.
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format_quote Originally Posted by Tragic Typos
Salaam,
Don't let it get to you.
It isn't so much the comments anymore.. did you see what happened in Egypt today?
Perhaps we're indeed the worst of people and hence there's no victory or any semblance of good in our future.. People desire kuffr so why should Allah swt grant them justice or victory?
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format_quote Originally Posted by لميس
It isn't so much the comments anymore.. did you see what happened in Egypt today?
Perhaps we're indeed the worst of people and hence there's no victory or any semblance of good in our future.. People desire kuffr so why should Allah swt grant them justice or victory?
Indeed sis, you are right. Allah wont help us until we change ourselves, thats for sure. Victory is still far away. Remember when the mahdi arrives our ummah will be at a very low point. And wars will ravage through the muslim world, more wars then we just see now.
http://www.youtube.com/user/robinb4life?feature=mhee
I will not calm down until I will put one cheek of a tyrant on the ground and the other under my feet, and for the poor and weak, I will put my cheek on the ground. - Umar ibn khattab(Ra)
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format_quote Originally Posted by لميس
we shouldn't wait for the mahdi to have an ummah.. they didn't wait before why should we wait now? He should have an Ummah to unite not this hot mess!
I'm neither saying that we should wait for him, that will be the destruction of our ummah, no we need to take action now. Do what the egyptians , what the afghans, chechyans, yemenis are doing. (Not what the libyans have done, and what some syrian opposition groups are doing because thats not the solution, they ally themselves with the zionist kufar)
http://www.youtube.com/user/robinb4life?feature=mhee
I will not calm down until I will put one cheek of a tyrant on the ground and the other under my feet, and for the poor and weak, I will put my cheek on the ground. - Umar ibn khattab(Ra)
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