Islam and Minority in Myanmar

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PRESENTEDBY:

ABU TAHAY

SEPTEMBER25,2014.


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for 1000 years or 1200 years ago by means of

of sasana book published by Directorate of

,

1997.


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ItalsodescribedasfollowsinrespectofintroductionofIslaminto

Arakan.

(1)

Around

700AD

to

1500AD,

many

Arabs,

Persians

and

Roman

TradersarrivedMyanmarcoastalareasandeasternChinawithsail

.

)islandofArakan settleddownthereforgood.

(2)During

the

reign

of

King

Mahataing Sandra

in

788

810

AD,

manys pswerewrec e near amree an manypeop ew o a t

inIslamweresenttomainlandMyanmarforpermanent

settlement.

(3)Myanmar

coastal

towns

such

as

Kyauk Pyu,

Pathein,

Thanlyin,

Moattama andMraik hadoccasionallyexperiencedsuchkindof

sailshipwrecks.


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Therefore,builttemplesinthehonour ofMuslimsaintscanbeseenalongthe

coastalareas

and

Numbers

of

Mosques,

Religious

schools

in

1997

are

shown

as

below;

S,No, Location Nos ofMosque Nos ofReligiousschool

Remark

1. Kachin state 20 23

2. Kayah state 2 5

3.

Kayin state

48

69

4. Chinstate 1 3

5. Sagaing Region 94 38

6. Thaninthary Region 76 47

7. Pagu Region 56 55

8.

Magwe Region

29

299. MandalayRegion 200 107

10. Monstate 94 68

11. Arakan (Rakhine state) 1238 105

12. YangonRegion 171 111

13. Shanstate 85 35

14.

Ayeyarwady Region

152

64Total 2266 759

Note:a. AMosquesocalledSindi Khanwasbuiltin1433nearkawalong villagein

MraukU.

b. 60Mosquesand50Religiousschoolsweredestroyedduringtheviolence

in2012inRakhine state.


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Islam mainly of sunni is practiced by 4 percent of population according to

Government census but Muslim source estimated that as much as 16percent of population. Myanmar Muslim are comprising of

.

2. Pathe ethnic group/ Burmese Muslim

3. Pathay ethnic group ( Burmese Chinese Muslim )

4. Pashu ethnic group (Muslim Malay ancestry living in kawthaung )

.

6. Myedu ethnic group and

7. Rohingya ethnic group


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Rohin a are a minorit ethnic Muslim rou livin in

Northern Rakhine state, western Myanmar. The

Rohingya population is mostly concentrated in eight

Northern townships of Rakhine state formerly knownas Arakan as Maungdaw, Buthitaung, Rathedaung,

we, au aw, npya, rau an yau aw.

Ro ingya were ancient sett ers o In oAryan

descendant converted into Islam in 8th century AD

801 AD) plus Persian (700AD1500AD) plus Bangali

1400AD1736AD lus Mo ul in 16th centur AD.


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Although some of them were war victims, slaves and

, .obivious that they were not comers under the British Age.

n anc en me e a ne s a e was ca e o ang an

the people in Rohang were called as Rohingya so thatRohingya was a name of an ethnic group only occurred

.politics and not the same as Mujahids, armed group.

oug o ngya s spo en a ec are no same asRakhine's spoken words, it ought to be taken care of thefact that their words are same as ancient waithali ( vesali )

Stone Monument translated by Oxford university in 1935

42 which was erected in 8th century.


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Islam attracted the local eo le to come to thefold of Islam en masse all over the Arakan. Since

Islam had played an important part towards the

advancement of civilization in Arakan whereMuslim, Buddhists and Hindus lived side by side

for centuries with amity and concord as one

family and ruled the country together. Coins andMedallions were used bearing Kalima (the

profession of faith in Islam) in Arabic language

an pers an scr p . ers an was cour anguage oArakan and it was common of the King to adpot

.


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Rohingya Muslim of Arakan who have their

,

indigenous races of Myanmar and was

series of cabinet decisions and there is no

the simple reason that they profess Islam and

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Rohingya have long settled down in Arakan as

to Asiatic Research vol. 5 in 1799, Classical

Collectiones of Vocabulorum published in

Burma Empire by Henry G. Bell ESQ in 1852.


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According to 1872 census of British Burma, Census of India in 1911

,Indigenous races of Burma in the name of Arakanese Muslim but

degrading as illegal immigrants and accusation also made on

o ngya as g ra e o grow . s no prove ase on a s or

report of Arakan in 1826 by Charles Paton, subcommissioner of

Arakan as below but feel only because of confining them at

restricte area or years.

Population of Muhammadin ( Rohingya ) in 1826 = 30000

Duration in ears = 20131826 = 187

Normal birth rate = 2.4 percent (Neglected married more than

one and dozen of children taken)

y con nuous ncremen a ormu a, Population of Rohingya = 30000 ( 1+0.024 )^187

= 2530540 > 1200000

Note : It is shown that Rohingya were expelled or fled.


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The Muslim Rohingyas are highly threatened under the provocativerhetoric of ultra

nationalism and racism. Anti

Muslim sentiment is

used for political gain by different factions of Myanmar soceity andrestrictions such as movement, higher learning, health care,

,on Rohingya since 1993 remain unaddressed. Rohingya in Arakan donot have access for the right of worship at Mosques, observance,practice, expression and learning at religious schools since violenceerup e n .

A community is genuinely healthy when all people, not only one, .needs and legitimate aspirations of our groups and even of generalwelfare of the entire human family. This concept of common goodseems to be missing in action in our contemporary Myanmar public

life, not the utilitarian formula of the greatest good for greatestnumbers, but normal formula of greatest good for all, simply on thebasis that they are human beings and therefore inherently worthy

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So do participate and contribute to

'

challenges to establish peaceful

of Myanmar.

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