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The Rohingya people (/ r oʊ ˈ h ɪ n dʒ ə,-ɪ ŋ j ə /; Rohingya: 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝, romanized: ruáingga; IPA: [rʊˈɜi̯ɲ.ɟə]) or historically called Arakanese Indians [14] [15] are a stateless ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam [8] [16] [17] and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar.
The following is a list of notable Rohingya people: Abu Dhar Azzam; Abul Khair; Anita Schug; Ataullah abu Ammar Jununi, leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army; Chit Lwin Ebrahim (born 1946) Fazal Ahmed (born 1941) Gani Markan; Jaivet Ealom; Jasmin Akter; M. A. Gaffar (1910–1966) Mohammad Hanif, creator of the Hanifi Rohingya script; Nay ...
The Rohingya conflict is an ongoing conflict in the northern part of Rakhine State, Myanmar (formerly known as Arakan, Burma), [37] characterised by sectarian violence between the Rohingya Muslim and Rakhine Buddhist communities, a military crackdown on Rohingya civilians by Myanmar's security forces, [38] [39] [40] and militant attacks by Rohingya insurgents in Buthidaung, Maungdaw, and ...
There is a history of persecution of Muslims in Myanmar that continues to the present day. [2] Myanmar is a Buddhist majority country, with significant Christian and Muslim minorities. While Muslims served in the government of Prime Minister U Nu (1948–63), the situation changed with the 1962 Burmese coup d'état.
Two boats carrying two groups of more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, reached Indonesia’s northernmost Aceh province on Sunday. Rohingya Muslims in Indonesia ...
The head of Bangladesh's interim government, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, on Sunday called for a fast-tracked third-country resettlement of Rohingya Muslims living in the south Asian ...
The Rohingya genocide is a series of ongoing persecutions and killings of the Muslim Rohingya people by the military of Myanmar.The genocide has consisted of two phases [3] [4] to date: the first was a military crackdown that occurred from October 2016 to January 2017, and the second has been occurring since August 2017. [5]
Rohingyas are a Muslim minority in Myanmar regarded by many Myanmar Buddhists as illegal migrants from Bangladesh, a controversial claim without strong evidence. [7] [22] The Rohingyas have lived in Myanmar for generations and the Bangladesh government has called on Myanmar to take them back. [23]