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The Muslims in Rakhine or Arakan, Burma, as
acknowledged by Amnesty International, until today have become the targets of
violence and mass killings by the extremist Buddhists witnessed by the Burmese
government.
The Rohingya Muslims who originally have been
living in Rakhine or Arakan since the 8th century, now become stateless. The
Burmese government continues to take ruthless actions: restricting the
movements of Rohingya Muslims, not giving them the rights to own land, denied their
rights to education and public services. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said
that due to the ongoing attacks, tens of thousands Muslims have been killed,
while hundreds of thousands of others have been forced to flee to different
countries such as Bangladesh, Malaysia or Thailand, and Indonesia. These people
called "boat people", are floated at sea to seek asylum in safe
countries, but are still driven away, as if there is no place on this earth as a
shelter for them. According to the UNHCR, about one million Rohingya Muslims
are now forced to live outside Myanmar, but so far there have been no third
countries willing to accept them permanently. With all the policies, it cannot
be denied that the Burmese government intends to slaughter all Rohingya Muslims
(Muslim cleansing). The state where there is a Nobel laureate for peace, who is
supposed to protect them, even calls the Rohingya Muslim "a threat to
national security ".
Most recently, on October 9, in Maungdauw District in
Northern Rakhine Province, a group of people attacked three police posts in the
Tatmadaw. The Government immediately held the Rohingya militants responsible
for the attack. As a response, curfews and military operations were imposed. As
a result, over 200 people have been killed in military operations for 2 weeks.
Human Rights Watch again reported that Rohingya resettlements became the
victims of the scorched-earth military campaign. The burning of the houses was
then followed by more vigorous military operations to the civilian Rohingya
with the pretext of fighting against the extremists. 30,000 had to flee and
even died. The access to aid and the external movements is restricted by this
ruthless regime. Where else can our brothers take refuge? While the rulers of
the Muslim countries are silent and do not do anything.
This fact is certainly
very heartbreaking. The Rohingya Muslims are an inseparable part of the Muslim
population in the world estimated at
more than 1.6 billion people. How is it possible that so many Muslims are not
able to protect their brothers who have been persecuted brutally. Where is the
izzah or the glory of the ummah? This fact, along with the similar afflictions
experienced by the Muslims in Pattani, in southern Thailand, in Moro, Southern
Philippines as well as in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine, shows one thing:
Muslims have been powerless after the umbrella of the Islamic world, Daulah
Khilafah, was collapsed in 1924.
Regarding the issue,
Hizb ut Tahrir
Indonesia today stages a rally #StopRohingyaGenocide in front of the Myanmar
Embassy that continued to the front of the Merdeka Palace, and
states:
1. Condemn the harsh
violence, destruction of properties belonging to Rohingya Muslims, massacres
and expulsions carried out by the extremist Buddhists, backed by the priests
and the Burmese government against the Rohingya Muslims in Arakan region of
Burma, as barbaric acts.
2. Urge the Burmese
government to immediately stop the brutal actions. And also stop all policies
that aim to clear off the existence of the Rohingya Muslims in Arakan region.
The Rohingya Muslims who have been there in the Arakan region for ages, even
longer than the state of Burma, should be recognized as legal residents in the
region with all their rights.
3.
Urge Indonesian government to take effective actions so
that these atrocities will not continue. Also provide protection and proper
treatment of the Rohingya immigrants who arrived in Indonesia territory, rather
than to drive them back to the sea.
4. Call upon the people to
move together to take action for the Rohingya Solidarity in all its forms. We
further call the ummah to sincerely,
hand-in-hand, strive together for the reestablishment of the Sharia and
Khilafah upon the method of the Prophethood. Only under the shade of the Daulah
Khilafah, the 1.6 billion Muslims can unite and be strong, so that the
protection of the dignity of the Muslims in various regions, including that of
the Rohingya Muslims, can be done realistically. And the similar oppressions
will not happen again. Insha Allah.
Hasbunallah wa ni’mal
wakiil, ni’mal mawla wa ni’man nashiir
Muhammad Ismail Yusanto
Official Spokesman of Hizb ut Tahrir in Indonesia
Mobile: 0811119796 Email: Ismailyusanto@gmail.com
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