Who are Rohingya Muslims

The Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s western Rakhine province has a population of about one million. But his life is nothing more than harassment, discrimination, helplessness and failure. Let’s know who the Rohingya people are.

There is no country of Rohingya people. That is, they do not have citizenship of any country. While living in Myanmar, he considers them just illegal Bangladeshi migrants.

The majority of Myanmar Buddhist people and security forces are often accused of torturing Rohingya Muslims. These people have no rights. The United Nations considers them the most oppressed ethnic group in the world.

These people can neither move from one place to another on their own free will nor can they work on their own free will. The place where they live is sometimes asked to evacuate. There is no hearing of these people in Myanmar.

These people have been living in Rakhine province for decades, but the Buddhists there call them “Bengali”. These people who speak the dialect are spoken in Chittagong, Southeast Bangladesh. Rohingya people are Sunni Muslims.

The United Nations says that since the beginning of the cycle of religious violence in 2012, about one lakh twenty thousand Rohingya people have left Rakhine. Many of these people have died due to drowning in the sea.

Several mass graves of Rohingya people have been found near the border of Malaysia and Thailand. In 2015, when some strictness was done, thousands of Rohingya aboard the boats were stuck in the sea for several days.

Human traffickers take advantage of the helplessness of Rohingya people. These people are forced to risk their lives for a safe place by handing over everything to them.

There are about eight lakh Rohingya people living in Bangladesh adjoining Myanmar. Most of them have reached there after saving their lives from Myanmar. In Bangladesh, recently there are plans to settle Rohingyas on an island.

Bangladesh recognizes only a few Rohingya people as refugees. He returns many Rohingya people trying to enter Bangladesh by boat.

Apart from Bangladesh, Rohingya people are also turning to countries like India, Thailand, Malaysia and China.

Many recent attacks in Myanmar have been reported to involve Rohingya people. In response to the action against them, the security forces say that they want to stop such attacks.

Human rights groups appeal to Myanmar to give citizenship to the Rohingya people and prevent their suppression.

The Rohingya people in Myanmar are not recognized as an ethnic group. One reason for this is also the 1982 law according to which any ethnic group has to prove that they have been living in Myanmar since before 1823 to get citizenship.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the ruling party in Myanmar, is often criticized for being almost silent on the problem of the Rohingya people. It is believed that she does not want to confront the powerful army on this issue. Su Chi Hague has had to go to an international court to face charges related to the genocide of Rohingya Muslims.

Where are the Rohingya Muslims settled in the world

These Rohingya Muslims, who are living a life of poverty and failure in Myanmar, consider Rakhine province of the country as their home country. According to statistics, there are about 6 lakh Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.

There are about 40 thousand Rohingya Muslims in the country. The Modi government of India has termed Rohingya Muslims as a threat to the internal security of the country and has said to send them back. At present, the matter is in the Supreme Court.

Refugees fleeing Myanmar are taking refuge in Bangladesh itself. There are about 9 lakh Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh government has been repeatedly asking Myanmar to take them back, but the Myanmar government calls them Bangladeshi.

All the Muslim countries of the world are questioning the condition of Rohingya Muslims, but the condition of the Rohingya community is not very good even among Muslim nations. Rohingya Muslims live in Pakistan from 40 thousand to 2.50 lakhs.

Thailand, which is culturally connected with India, also has about 5000 Rohingya Muslims. Most of them are refugees who fled Myanmar to Thailand and settled there.

The violence in Rakhine province of Myanmar was also opposed in Malaysia. There are about one lakh Rohingya Muslims in Malaysia who sympathize with the Rohingya community living in Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Saudi Arabia, which has a Sunni majority Muslim community, also has about 2 lakh Rohingya Muslims. But due to his business interests with Myanmar, the attitude of Saudi Arabia does not like the other Muslim countries are adopting.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has appeared in the international court of the Hague to face charges related to the genocide of the Rohingya Muslims. Nobel laureate Su Chi is facing severe criticism over the Rohingya issue.

Since the actions of security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar in 2017, millions of people have taken refuge in neighbouring countries. Myanmar’s government is facing allegations of the genocide of the Rohingya people. An entire delegation with Suu Kyi has arrived in The Hague’s court and will defend the charges against their country.

Sui Chi has fought a long battle for democracy in his country. Therefore, she has been highly respected internationally. But her silence on the Rohingya community has hurt her reputation. Human rights organizations say that she did not take appropriate steps to protect the Rohingya people.

Sui Chi has been summoned to appear in a lawsuit filed by a Muslim-majority African country, Gambia. On behalf of the 57-member Muslim Cooperation Organization, Gambia will ask the court to take emergency measures to stop the “genocidal actions” in Myanmar. The Gambia has accused Myanmar of violating the 1949 Genocide Treaty.

There is no country of Rohingya people. That is, they do not have citizenship of any country. While living in Myanmar, she considers them just illegal Bangladeshi migrants.

Gambia told the court, “The massacre activities that have taken place during these actions are aimed at the complete or partial elimination of the Rohingya people as a group. For this mass murder, rape and sexual violence Resort is being taken. “

A hearing on this issue will go on for three days in an international court. During this time, demonstrations are expected from both his supporters and opponents. Suu Kyi will have to defend military generals who kept him under house arrest for years. Sui Chi has said that she will defend the interests of her country. According to her, this case does not come under the jurisdiction of an international court. She argues that Myanmar is only targeting extremists.

More than 7.3 lakh people have fled the border Rakhine province since the action against the Rohingya people in Myanmar in 2017. Most of these people are living in very bad condition in the refugee camps of Bangladesh. Some people have also gone towards India, Malaysia and Indonesia.

International law was enacted in 1948 after the Jewish genocide in Nazi Germany, which defined the genocide of national, ethnic, racial and religious groups. It refers to the mass murder of group members, torturing them physically and mentally, deliberately creating malevolent conditions for them, preventing reproduction in the group or forcibly giving children to other groups.

Originally published at https://www.mubahisa.in.