American Muslims launch Burma Task Force USA Demand an end to ethnic cleansing and for perpetrators to be charged with war crimes

Burma Task Force USA has thanked and congratulated the Turkish Foreign Minister and Turkish Prime Minister’s wife and daughter for travelling to visit the refugee camps of Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar (Burma) and bringing their plight to the world’s attention.
The Task Force also welcomed the announcement that the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will make the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingyas as the top item on the agenda of the Islamic summit conference.

Making the above statements on August 12, Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, the chairperson of Burma Task Force USA, pointed out that the OIC ambassador to the UN, Ufuk Gokcen had promised our founding member, Seemi Ahmed, in June during a meeting at the Long Island Islamic Centre, to give stopping the ethnic cleansing of Muslims of Burma the top priority.

“We demand that those responsible of mass rapes and mass murder of thousands of Rohingyas be charged with crimes against humanity and genocide by the International Court of Justice. Prominent Muslim American groups and leaders have launched an advocacy campaign by launching Burma Task Force USA to stop the ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Myanmar (Burma),” declared Imam Mujahid.

Ever since the news started trickling out of Burma this June concerning the new wave of ethnic cleansing, these Muslim leaders and activists have been horrified. They were disturbed by the fact that the Buddhist monks were behind this new pogrom against the Rohingya Muslims of Burma who are considered to be the most persecuted people in the world. They were greatly disappointed when the leader of the Burmese democratic movement Aung San Suu Kyi failed to condemn the ethnic cleansing and massacres.

The Burma Task Force has a successful model in the Bosnia Task Force, where the American Muslims worked with the interfaith leadership and women’s rights organisations against the genocide of Muslims in Bosnia. Another successful model may be found in the Coalition Against Genocide, where American Muslims of Indian origin worked with other communities to revoke the diplomatic visa of a powerful Indian politician, Narendra Modi, who was behind the pogrom of Muslims in Gujarat, India.

“We will be working with leaders of other faith groups, interfaith groups, women’s rights organisations, and peace movements to put pressure on the US government and the American business community to warn the Burmese government to stop the ethnic cleansing,” said Imam Mujahid.

Already, many regional Muslim umbrella groups have endorsed the Burma Task Force USA. Other national Muslim organisations and regional umbrella groups are expected to follow suit.
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