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M.S. Anwar | November 23, 2013 Rvisiontv.com Maungdaw, Arakan: Maungdaw Municipal Market was set ablaze at around 7PM today (i.e. 23rd November 2013) and is still burni ng. Most of the shops at the market are owned by Muslims, whereas only three to four are owned by Rakhines. Many shops are said to have been burnt down and the remaining shops are being looted by Rakhine extremists. “The muinicipal market at the downtown of Maungdaw caught fire at around 7PM today. Something unexpected had happened just before that. Government supplies electricity from 6:30PM to 11PM. But today, the electrictity came at 6:30PM as per schedule. And power was taken out some ten minutes after that. And the downtown sudddenly became totally dark. Soon after, the shops at the market caught fire. The fire started at the western-part of the market and later spread to the other parts. The western part of the market is facing a Rakhine village called “Dak-Rwa” under Quarter 1 of Maungdaw. H...

M.S. Anwar | November 23, 2013 Rrvisiontv.com Maungdaw, Arakan: At 9:30PM on 23rd November 2013, Rakhines terrorists burnt down a two-century-old mosque called Hakim Ali Masjid located at the village tract of Myo Thu Gyi (Hain-Da Fara) andnearby the monastery of “Three-Mile Quarter,” Maungdaw. The terrorists torched the mosque on their way back home after torching Maungdaw Municipal Market. (Earlier Report: HERE ). “The Rakhine terrorists who had earlier torched Rohingya shops at Maungdaw Municipal Market were apparently going back home. There is a two-century old mosque called Hakim Ali Masjid located at the southern part of Maungdaw-Buthidaung Highway and nearby the monastery of “Three-Mile Quarter.” It falls under the tract of the village of Myo Thu Gyi (Hain-Da Fara), Maungdaw. The terrorists were discontented as they were unable to burn down all Rohingyas’ shops at the Municipal Market due to the arrival of Military and taking in charge of the security. Electricit...

Burma Times – A villager from Maung daw reported that the Rakhine extremists who earlier gave fire at municipal market burn down a two century old mosque called Hakim Ali mosque or Gabi Mosque at around 9:30 pm Myanmar standard time. The Rakhine extremists are burning Rohingya religious and non-religious building one after one. The mosque is located in Myo Thu Gyi ( Hainda fara) village near  3 mile Maung daw. The Rakhine extremists are burning the Muslims’ buildings with master plan. The extremists touch the mosque while returning to their home because they were not satisfied of failing to burn down the whole market where 99 percent of shops belong to Rohingya. Amazingly there is no any report of arrest to those extremists who touch fire to the market and mosque.

MYARF Report  |  Written by M.S. Anwar October 30, 2013 rvisiontv.com Maung Daw, Arakan:   A t around 12:15AM on 30 th  October 2013,  some unknown people torched  the market of Bawli Bazaar (Kyein Chaung), northern Maung Daw. More than four hundred shops belonged to Muslim Rohingyas were set ablaze. A local of Kyein Chaung reported the whole account of the blaze of the shops as follow. “At around 12:15AM, the fire started from the roof of an electronic accessories shop at the north-eastern corner of the bawli bazaar market located nearby Kyein-Chaung monastery and Rakhine neighborhoods. More than four hundred shops belonged to Muslim Rohingyas were set ablaze, whereas more than eighty shops turned into ashes. Rohingya shop-owners (at the market) lost more than Kyat 1,500 millions worth of goods and other stuffs as the consequence of the blaze.” “The fire started from the roof, not from within the electronic shop. Some Rakhines had earlier b...

This file picture taken on June 12, 2012, shows a resident riding her bicycle past burned houses amid communal violence in Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar's western state of Rakhine. AFP PHOTO / FILES By Mratt Kyaw Thu          Mizzima News: July 1, 2013 At least three houses belonging to Muslims have been burned down in Ann Daw Township in the seaport city of Thandwe in Rakhine State, following an altercation between members of the Rohingya community and Buddhist Rakhines on Sunday evening. No deaths of injuries have so far been reported, and a curfew has now been called in the township. Mizzima confirmed at 9:30 pm on Sunday that three homes belonging to Muslim families were on fire. Rumors circulated that other buildings in the nearby quarter of Kalarsu had also been set alight. No security forces appeared to be present; sources said that police had been mobilized in the downtown area of Thandwe. Gangs of people carrying swords a...

By Mohamed Farooq Mayu Press:   March 25, 2013 A team of Buddhist extremists destroyed a Mosque, Muslim houses and shops in Oaak Tha Kone Town of Pago Division at mid-night on 24 March 2013. One day back, the racist had broken all the windows of Mosque with stones. They had also destroyed teashops, departmental shops, five houses and one Bakery, all were belong to Muslims. The Polices were unable to handle the brutal assaults but the situation was calm down by the Military personnel. In Yay Kyaw village, the Buddhist racists vandalized an Islamic religious school (Madarasa). The Buddhist terrorists attempted to burn down Mine Tauk village Mosque in Innlay lake region in Shan State. On the early morning of 24 March 2013, security forces alerted Muslims and Buddhists villagers not to interest any kind of religious unrest. In the mean time, the Buddhist terrorists torched up the ancient Mosque to the roof. It was the first   Mosque in Shan State built by Turkish M...

Muslims rest as they take refuge at a stadium amid riots in Meikhtila March 22, 2013. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun   Mayu Press: March 23, 2013 By Mohamed Farooq There are about 3,500 Muslims displaced to open sky before midnight of 21 March. Most of them are women and children in district stadium of Meiktila.                                                     In a quarter, there are about 500 people. Among them, 100 are children and 200 are women and elders. They are hiding in fear as Buddhists are gathering there and making noises since afternoon. They are fleeing and hiding out of food and water. In another ward, there are about 2,000 people consist of 600 families. Communication lines had been cut off. Another 1,50...

Black smoke rises from burning buildings as residents ride motorcycles in a street in riot-hit Meiktila, central Myanmar on March 21, 2013. — AFP Mayu Press: March 21, 2013 By Mohamed Farooq The Buddhist mobs killed 28 religious students and 4 teachers in Hamayatul Islam Religious Arabic School (Maddarasa) of Mingalar Zayyu village under Meiktilar Township at about 6.30 AM, 21st March 2013. Among the burnt down houses and buildings, Maddarasa Hamayatul Islam was the biggest one in Mingalar Zayyu village. The Buddhist extremists were entire night feeling free to mass kill, and attack Muslims and torch up houses with the Marshal Law Act-144 not to out but there is no barrier and attachment for Buddhist racists by security personnel and Army. At the night of 3 AM, a Buddhist merciful family situated near the Religious School had called and brought all the Muslim religious teachers and students to his house for the life safety. The Muslim religious school ...

The Rohingyas have no state to call their own. PHOTO: MASHIUR RAHAMAN BANGLADESH / TEKNAF: Six months ago, 89-year-old Abdul Matin fled the sectarian riots in the state of Rakhine, in Myanmar, to a refugee camp in Bangladesh. His house was burnt down during the unrest, along with all his belongings.  With nothing but cruel memories of a bleeding homeland, he and his family salvaged what they could and crossed over the River Naf.“We had no choice but to sell the jewllery my wife was wearing at the time we escaped to pay to cross the river,” Matin told The Express Tribune.

Al Jazeera December 9, 2012 This is the story of a people fleeing the land where they were born - the Muslim Rohingya of Myanmar. Earlier this year a Buddhist woman was raped and murdered in western Myanmar. The authorities charged three Muslim men. A week later, 10 Muslims were murdered in a revenge attack. What happened next was hidden from the outside world.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21, 2012) : The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is in the midst of arranging a visit to Myanmar for discussion on ways to resolve the crisis faced by minority Rohingya Muslims. According to OIC, the visit will be led by Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, and a number of foreign ministers from the member states. The ministers will assess the humanitarian needs of those affected by the violence in the Rakhine state, and also coordinate with the Myanmar authorities to develop a plan for it, it said in a statement.

                                     OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu Photo: OIC The 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has condemned the newest attacks on Muslim Rohingyas in Burma as reports arrived that an entire Rohingya section in Kyauk Phyu – up to 811 homes – was burned to the ground. OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said in a statement that the violence during a period marking the end of Ramadan, the annual haj pilgrimage to Mecca, “is deplorable and a blatant violation of human rights.”

Akyab, Arakan State: Over 1,800 Holy Quran and Hadith books were burnt down by Rakhine extremists with the collaboration of security forces, at about 2:00 pm, on October 7, in Akuab,( Sittwe), the capital of Arakan, said a local villager on condition of anonymity. “The Rakhine also tried to torch the central Mosque of Akyab, but security force, especially military gave protection from setting on fire. However, the Rakhine extremists burned down five houses in the compound of big Mosque. They also burned down a big library of over 1800 religious books- Holy Quran and Hadith books.”

28 th of May 2012 ,rape, robbery, and murder of Kyauknimaw,a Rakhine Buddhist female by a Rakhine Buddhist  was alleged to two teen ages of Muslims, and two Muslims kids were killed by dead penalty but actual murderer is still freely enjoying his life .  3 rd  of June 2012, killing of 10 Muslims ofTaungup Township in a passenger bus by 300 Rakhine racists  who were excused because there was no eye witness  to prove who actually killed those 10 Muslims. 8 th  of June 2012, Rakhine racists started burning and killing of Rohingya’s houses and Rohingya people in the whole Arakan State. Imposing of curfew orders  by the township general  administration department under section  144 code of criminal procedure in the townships of Arakan State, from ...