The Muslim Plot That Wasn’t
A secret document purporting to expose an undercover Muslim conspiracy to take over schools in Birmingham hit national news recently, prompting journalists to fall over themselves heralding a sinister ‘Islamic plot’, while eliciting both public statements from the Prime Minister and snap Ofsted inspections for the places of learning allegedly targeted by the conspirators. From […]
Myanmar: Meiktila memories still fresh one year on
Many Muslim victims continue to live in Internally Displaced People camps, still dreaming of returning home. RANGOON, Myanmar It’s been one year since a Buddhist mob rampaged through the central Myanmar town of Meiktila, killing local residents and setting fire to their homes. Today, the violence is over, but many of the Muslim victims continue […]
Myanmar’s Apartheid: Healthcare and memories of violence
The Rohingya of Myanmar are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world according to the United Nations. SITTWE, Myanmar Myanmar’s Rohingya are mainly located in the Western state of Rakhine. There, violence against the minority in 2012 resulted in hundreds of deaths and, according to Human Rights Watch, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity were […]
Myanmar’s Apartheid: Arbitrary arrest & torture
In a series of features, Anadolu Agency correspondent Assed Baig, reveals the extent of oppression inflicted on the Rohingya. SITTWE, Myanmar In 2013, in preparation for Myanmar’s census the government asked the Rohingya Muslims of western Myanmar to sign papers declaring that they were illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. The result would have been the Rohingya identity being wiped from […]
Myanmar’s Apartheid: The camps & gaining an education
In a series of features, Anadolu Agency correspondent Assed Baig, reveals the extent of oppression inflicted on Rohingya Muslims. SITTWE, Myanmar In Sittwe, the capital of the Rakhine state in Western Myanmar, reaching Rohingya camps and villages means navigating past police checkpoints manned by armed officers. The Rohingya are not allowed beyond this point. They […]
16-year old Rohingya Muslim girl allegedly raped by Myanmar police
A 16-year-old Rohingya Muslim girl has told AA that she was gang raped by police and a group of Rakhine villagers. MYANMAR A 16-year-old Rohingya Muslim girl has told Anadolu Agency that she was gang raped by police and local Rakhine villagers following an alleged massacre in Du Chee Yar Tan village, Rakhine state, Myanmar. According to […]
40 Rohingya confirmed dead after violence in Myanmar
Protests take place in UK against violence and arbitary arrests of Rohingya men and boys. LONDON At least 40 Rohingya Muslims are now believed to have been killed in last week’s violence in Myanmar, according to a human rights group Fortify Rights. The group said that hundreds of Rohıngya Muslıms have been forcibly displaced and warned that the number of […]
CAR Christians stage pro-France protest, 1 killed
Scores of Christians staged a pro-France protest near the airport in Bangui, capital of the troubled Central African Republic. BANGUI Scores of Christians on Monday staged a pro-France protest near the airport in Bangui, capital of the troubled Central African Republic (CAR). One person was killed when the demonstration was fired upon. Shots were fired […]
Bangui imam claims French killed 3 Muslims
BANGUI An imam in a predominantly Muslim neighborhood of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), claimed on Sunday that French troops had killed three Muslims. Isa Hassan, the imam of Masjid Al Noor in Kilometer 5, claimed French soldiers had shot all three men through the head. He said the men were […]
Chadians flee CAR violence
Dozens of Chadian citizens trickle to a military base for African peacekeepers near Bangui airport in the hope of catching a military plane out of the war-ravaged CAR BANGUI Dozens of Chadian citizens, including women and children, continue to trickle to a military base for African peacekeepers near Bangui airport in the hope of catching a military […]