Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label Christian Science Monitor

Buddhists from Bangladesh resettle in Myanmar, Rohingya Muslims cry foul

Christian Science Monitor: By Shaikh Azizur Rahman,  May 24, 2013 Minority Rohingya Muslims who have long alleged persecution by the Buddhists in Myanmar, say Buddhist families from Bangladesh are now being resettled on their land. Buddhist families from  Bangladesh  are quietly crossing the border into  Myanmar , where local Rakhine Buddhist groups and government agencies are helping them resettle. The move has created pressure on the minority Rohingya Muslims, who have long alleged persecution by the Buddhists to leave. Muslim Rohingyas, who are not recognized by the state, allege that the Buddhists and the  Myanmar government  are attempting to throw them out of their villages and take away their land. “The Buddhists from Bangladesh are being resettled around Rakhine’s  Rohingya villages  to create more pressure on the local minority community,” says Bangladesh-based Rohingya rights activist Khin Maung Lay. “Their men...