Ethnic cleansing in Myanmar


The religious crisis in Myanmar (in Rakhine state) has been started since 2012 between Buddhists and Muslims by having the brutal clashes and rioting and caused many people died. The group Muslims have been identified as Rohingya who have been living in the state of Rakhine since 15th century and originated from neighboring Bengal (now included Bangladesh). First ofall I would like to let you know about the history of the conflict. Pursuant to the history of the Rakhine state, in 1784 this state was conquered by Burmese and led thousands of its ethnic group to death and displacement. Then in 1823 this state was captured by British, and it was also annexed and governed as the state of British Indian. During the World War II, Japanese forces occupied Burma and pushed British troops from the region of Rakhine state. In 1948 Burma granted independence from British and this region has been under the central power of the successive Burmese governments. Actually, a year before Burmese independence, a small group of Islamic movement (Mujahedeen) formed in Rakhine, but the Burmese military started using violence to against them in 1961. Ten years later, the Islamic insurgency was renewed and developed in Rahine state, but unfortunately in 1978 the Islamic insurgency (Rohingya) were killed brutally by Burmese military and more than 2000,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh. Since then Burmese government have kept committing the atrocity to the Islamic group because Burmese government believed that the Rohingya insurgents were supported by Al Qaeda. Until 2012, Religious and ethnic tensions between Muslims and Buddhists have been risen after the military ruled ended ,and consequently led many innocents die. The religious conflict has become an obstacle of Democratisation in Myanmar, and it should have to be solved peacefully and immediately and don't let them be the second Middle-East

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