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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 ...

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Arbitrary squeezing money is being continued in Maungdaw Township by Burma’s border security force (Nasaka) from Rohingya villagers, according to a local leader who denied to be named. “On March 2, at about 10:00 pm, a group of Nasaka personnel from camp No. 14, under the Nasaka area No.6 went to Shwe Zaar village of Maungdaw Township and arrested Khaled (22), son of Mostaque Ahmed and Saley Ahmed (32), son of Sultan over the allegation that they were involved in the violence of June 8, 2012. Both of them belong to Shwe Zaar village of Maungdaw north.” “The violence between Rakhine and Rohingya communities was occurred nine months ago. So many Rohingya people were killed, arrested and jailed with this allegation. But, the concerned authorities are still arresting innocent Rohingya villagers to extract money in the guise of maintaining laws and orders.” The Nasaka officer demanded Kyat one million per each from the arrestees to be released. But, ...

Maungdaw, Arakan State: The concerned authority of Maungdaw south declared people can enjoy to perform their religious freely, but the Burma border security force (Nasaka) arrested a person who performed his religious duty in the religious place on February 27, according to a village administration officer who denied his named. “Abu Fayas , 55, son of Lal Mohad hailed from Warr Cha village, under Nasaka area number 7, was arrested after performed his religious duty in a Mosque after sunset time.” The Nasaka charged him for performing religious duty inside the Mosque, but he performed outside of Mosque, in the mosque compound. The Nasaka asked him to settle and they will free him to go. He refused to pay money as the commander declared that can performed religious duty inside the compound of Mosque, said an elder from village. “The Nasaka toke him to their outpost camp where the Nasaka officer, Military intelligent (Sarapa) and special branch of police (SB) were asking ...

Mohamed Farooq      Source    Bangla Times February 19, 2013  The Burmese Government banned all the Religious High School termed as Maddarasa since sectarian violence of last June, 2012.  Nobody can acquire and teach religious study. There are also so many Religious Basic Education Schools called Maqtab where children learn how to read Quran, how to perform five times prayer in a day and learn all the obligatory points of a Muslim in Islam. Unless proper basic education of Islam, no one can know what is Islam.   Burmese authority banned all the Religiuos Basic Education Schools in Saheb Bazar, Fokira Bazar, and all belonging villages of Nasaka Areas number one and two under the tract of Maungdaw Township, Arakan. The Burmese authority is going to demolish all the Muslim Religious Activities in the soil of Arakan, Burma. There is no permission to perform prayer in the Mosque unlike the global countries.   The Border Security...

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Maungdaw Township Administration Officer – TAO - issued an official writing order not to pray Namaz (five time prayers) in mosques on January 26, according to a religious leader from Maungdaw Town. “The official order with letterhead was issued to all Local Village Administration Officers – VAOs - in Maungdaw –kept on the wall of building.”