Sub-title:
The Rohingya are a people under attack in their place of birth. India wants to deport them, a marked departure in its response towards asylum seekers.
Description:
"Myanmar’s historically intriguing Rohingya question is one of the most
misunderstood and ill-informed international crises of our time. So much ignorance
is attached to the subject that the world is blind even to the precise headcount of
Rohingyas. From the first ever census in 1872 to the latest in 2014 there is no
record of the Rohingya numbers.
W. W. Hunter, the census commissioner of 1872 noted that a total of 64,315
Muhammadans—not Rohingya—were living in Arakan (now Rakhine state). In
1931, the last combined census of British-held India and Burma, J. J. Bennison,
superintendent of census operations for Burma, reported that the total Muslim
population was 584,839. No census ever used the word Rohingya. Therefore, the
numbers, from one million to three million Rohingya Muslims, as claimed by
various agencies and media houses are imaginary or based on hearsay.
Even the origin of the pervasive but unverified phrase “ethnic Rohingyas are
among the most persecuted minority groups in the world” ascribed to the United
Nations, is shrouded in mystery. There is no record available that has ever linked
the statement to any of the UN organs, therefore making it a propagandist’s tool to
influence world opinion.
Enmity between followers of Theravada Buddhism and the
Rohingya Muslims stems from the latter’s alleged treachery,
betrayal and secessionist behaviour in Burma’s freedom
struggle..."
Source/publisher:
"Academia.edu" (USA)
Date of Publication:
2017-12-06
Date of entry:
2019-12-08
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- Individual Documents
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Countries:
Myanmar, Bangladesh
Language:
English
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