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Rohingya Save STOP GENOCIDE SAVE ROHINGYA NOW BURMA TASK FORCE BURMA TASK FORCE Burma Task Force (BTF) works to stop genocide in Burma. It is a coalition of 18 Muslim organizations which came together in 2012 at the invitation of Sound Vision in response to systematic attacks by the ultra-nationalist Buddhists supported by government military and security forces in the August of 2012 against the Rohingya. The Coalition Members: CAIR, ISNA, Burmese Rohingya Association of North America, Free Rohingya Campaign, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC), Islamic Council of New England (ICNE), Islamic Organization of North America (IONA), Justice For All, DawaNet, Majlis Shura of Atlanta, Michigan Muslim Community Council, Muslim Alliance of North America (MANA), Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), Muslim Leadership Council of New York, Muslim American Society, and Muslim Peace Coalition. Justice For All is our fiscal agent which is a 501 (C) 3 organization for you tax deductible donations. Burma Task Force is housed at Sound Vision as were Bosnia Task Force and the Kosovo Task Force. Burma or Myanmar? In 1989, the ruling military government changed the name from Burma (pronounced Bama) to Myanmar (pronounced Myama). However, most people use both names. The US government and pro-democracy supporters use the name Burma. Booklet Designed by Aqsa Tahir and Hafsa Siddiqi. Written by Imam Malik Mujahid with contributions by others. Edited by Hena Zuberi. Photos by Bubbay Murray, Abdul Malik Mujahid and Shafiur Rahman. Repatriation infographics by Shakil Nundal and researched by Maung Zarni. © 2018 Justice For All Burma Task Force USA office: 27 E. Monroe St., #700, Chicago, IL 60603, USA (312) 750-1178 • www.BurmaTaskForce.org Burma Task Force Canada Office: Task Force on Peace and Justice Canada 100-4310 Sherwoodtowne Boulevard, Mississauga, Ontario [email protected] • http://www.burmataskforce.ca/ 2 WE CANNOT SAY WE DID NOT KNOW genocide is happening right in front of our eyes. Before and after satellite images are documenting A the genocide of Rohingyas live, as villages are torched by the Burmese military and then bulldozed to destroy evidence of the genocide. No genocide has been as well documented in history as this one. But the world is once again failing to stop a genocide. Never again is happening again. Failure to act is encouraging other extremists. Burma, intoxicated by the world’s inaction, is now bombing a Christian ethnic group; India has declared 13 million of its people—mostly Muslims —non-citizens and as I write this, 300 properties of Muslims including mosques have been attacked in Sri Lanka. Thanks to your efforts the United States House of Representatives has the unique distinction of passing two resolutions in support of Rohingya security and citizenship. This is an excellent start. But we must encourage our government to do more. Stakes are high. The whole region may ignite. We can definitely do better. But that will require all people of conscience to demand action - as we did in Bosnia. God controls the world. We don’t. But we will be asked what we did to stand up for the oppressed and uphold justice. Please join us today by signing up for our 10 minutes to stop genocide campaign. Peace, Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid Chair P.S. And please don’t forget to donate, share this booklet with others, and ask your religious institution to contribute. 3 WHO ARE THE ROHINGYAS? The Rohingya are indigenous people of Burma, living in their ancestral homeland. he Rohingya are indigenous peo- Bangladesh ple living in their ancestral home- land—Arakan. Arakan state, now Tcalled Rakhine, has been an independent Burma/ state where Buddhist and Muslims co-ex- Myanmar isted for centuries ruling themselves. Historically, Burma was never a coun- Rakhine try but a group of kingdoms. Burmans State occupied Arakan for a mere 40 years before they were defeated by the British, and modern borders drawn. In this sense, Rohingya did not come to Burma but Burma came to them. Currently, 40% of the population of Myanmar are minorities and 60% are Burman. Rohingyas were citizens in Burma: voted, elected their representatives, served in the military, in government and the police force. However, the 1982 Citizen- ship Act, passed by the military regime, took away their citizenship. This policy launched a slow, increasingly destructive genocide which is in full swing now. Ro- hingyas have been living under apartheid for decades. They cannot attend school, hold jobs, marry, or travel freely. A coin with Muslim inscriptions from Arakan. Most Rohingya are Muslims. There are Buddhist kings of Arakan some Hindu and Christian Rohingyas as held Muslim titles and often employed Muslims well, many were among those attacked in prestigious positions and forced to flee to Bangladesh. Since within the administration. 1982, repeated military attacks have dis- [Ref. Yegar, Moshe. Between placed over a million Rohingyas. integration and secession: The Muslim communities of the The U.N. considers Rohingyas the most Southern Philippines, Southern persecuted minority in the world. Thailand, and Western Burma] BURMA It is Illegal to use the word “Rohingya” in Myanmar becasue the TASK FORCE government wants the Rohingya to be known as illegal Bengalis. 4 WHO ARE THE ROHINGYAS? GENOCIDE NUMBERS 1,100,160 Rohingyas Refugees registered by the Government of Bangladesh as of April 11, 2018 687,000 129,000 300,000 Rohingya Rohingyas Other Rohingyas refugees who in Burmese inside Burma arrived after concentration Aug 25, 2017 camps 700,000 144,000 43,000 100,000 Rohingyas Single Missing parents Killed by in Pakistan, mothers Burmese Saudi Arabia, military Malaysia and other countries 200,000 138,866 52% 350 At risk Children Of Rohingya Villages because of with acute women bulldozed Monsoon malnutrition surveyed season by the U.N. were raped 72,500 75,584 951 906 Housed Houses Madrasah Masjid’s Destroyed Looted Destroyed burnt Prof. Penny Green says that Rohingyas detained in Burma are given BURMA calories similar to Nazi camps. Nicholas Kristof of New York Times calls TASK FORCE these camps the “Concentration Camps of 21st Century.” 5 WHAT FATIMA DID NOT TELL US WAS THE REAL STORY! mam Mujahid of Burma Task Force met Fatima a few days after her rickety boat was Irescued by Indonesian fishermen. Why did this young Rohingya girl leave Burma on her own? Why did her parents sell everything they owned to put their beloved daughter on a wooden boat transversing treacherous seas and an uncertain future? Fatima shared her real name and other details. She, like others, was “I will go anywhere fleeing the genocide in Burma. my Rab would take me.” Throughout the conversation, her eyes remained furious and her face tense. I wish I had remained quiet. Her lowered eyes, her haya or modesty, As rape has become an instrument was enough to convey her trauma. of genocide in Burma, parents in I asked Fatima about her future. Myanmar are selling all they have to “Where would you like to go?” send their daughters out of Burma so that they are not raped by the military The furious eyes were back. or Buddhist extremists. She looked up. Still silent as if questioning my wisdom, her eyes “That was not in my mind when I asking me why. She finally spoke, asked Fatima why she left Burma. “Anywhere my Rab would take That was the first time her furious me.” eyes started looking downward. It was, however, her silence that spoke My heaving shook my phone as loud and clear, as my heart sank,” I recorded her story. Her face shares Imam Mujahid. blurred. I had to stop. But Fatima was tearless. Her tears long gone. “Ya Allah, I told myself. I did not mean May Allah keep her safe. May Allah to raise that question. I raced to help us keep her in our hearts change the topic and made another and duas. May Allah help us all mistake as a Rohingya refugee to translate our anger into an teacher translating for me started energy of thoughtful struggle to giving words to her silence, telling me liberate the enslaved Rohingyas how the Rohingya women are raped. and to end the genocide.” BURMAAung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Burma, dismisses sexual assaults BURMA BURMATASK FORCEby the Burmese military as “fake rape”, blames fake news and a TASK FORCE TASK FORCE misinformation campaign for fueling the crisis. 6 UN: 52% RAPED I Would rather throw myself under a truck! Anwara is a 13 year old victim of gang rape by Burmese military soliders who came in shifts all night long. Both of her parents and all siblings were murdered. She has learned tailoring in the camps thanks to Burma Task Force. This was her response to the repatriation plans. Thanks to their united efforts under BTF, Muslims in America were able to get rape declared as a war crime under international law during the Bosnian genocide. Many criminals since have been tried and punished. • The brochure on the left is designed to tell the stories of Rohingya women. Please order in quantity for your community. The Rohingya Rape Victims of the Burmese Military • We are looking for women volunteer to take this cause forward. Please volunteer today! www.BurmaTaskForce.org BTF-Booklet-FINAL-1.indd 1 6/23/17 10:49 PM I have been to 7 disaster zones around the world. I have never seen anywhere what is done to Rohingya “ women.” A nurse with Doctors Without Borders BURMA BURMA TASK FORCE TASKBURMA FORCE The UN investigative team is banned from Burma. Why is TASK FORCE Burma banning them if they say there is nothing going on? 7 HOW BURMA TASK FORCE HAS HELPED ROHINGYAS Alhamdulillah, thanks to your support we have accomplished a lot for Rohingya Muslims.
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