By Tariq A. Al Maeena Gulf News October 19, 2013 The international community must focus its attention on the atrocities unleashed on the minority Rohingya Muslim community in Myanmar The month of October has been very brutal towards the Muslim minority in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. While most of the media’s attention is focused on the chemical warfare in Syria, or the post-US deficit showdown scenario, very little was being reported on the continuing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. Perhaps it is because the unfortunate victims happen to be poor Muslims and there are no strategic gains to be garnered by trumpeting their sorry state. Recently, however, an AP journalist reported that a mob of Buddhists armed with swords and knives invaded a predominantly Muslim village, striking at Muslims as they went along and burned down their homes. Zaw Lay Khar, an eyewitness, said she was petrified when she saw a throng of about 40 armed Buddhists approaching her home. Unde