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Gadir Jaafar
IP: Ethnicity
First Draft
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Mirror Mirror on The Wall, Whos The Victim of Them
All?
Islam is one of the three known monotheistic religions around the world. In
fact, when we think of Islam, we have that tendency to think of only Arab countries.
However, we forget that this religion is open to everyone, and does not have only
think of, such as Russia, Myanmar, and China. So, I am interested in the Muslim
Myanmars policies and events that impacted the lives of the Muslim minority in
Myanmar.
population of Myanmar. In fact, following the 1982 Citizenship Law of Myanmar, the
Even though this law occurred and was applied a long time in history, the election of
Thein Sein, previous president of Myanmar, in 2010 and in 2015, the discrimination
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P.260).
First, the aftermath of the 1982 Citizenship Law of Myanmar lead to a great
discrimination rage towards the Muslim community of Myanmar: they were denied
citizenship as Muslims and were not recognized as people from the country
individual in a different manner because of their race or ethnicity (Evett & Hakstian
simply requires people who are against or/and dont approve of difference in people;
those who discriminate treat others with disrespect and inhumanly to feel superior.
between the Muslim minority and the Rakhine Buddhist majority. Therefore, having
consequence, the majority took the rights of Rohingya away to prevent the Muslim
minority from having any control in the country. Discriminating laws surfaced ever
since 1982, and this impacted hugely the lives of Rohingya: discriminatory
kidnapping, all this by the Burmese security forces abusing human rights. In fact,
the previous president of Burma Thein Sein proposed to send Rohingya to third
him, the only solution (Brinham 2012, P.1). This only makes their lives miserable in
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addition to not having support from their so-called president, they get the opposite
of what a president is supposed to do, which is protect his people, and they get
bullied by the rest of the population. But apparently, the Rohingya are stateless in
the state of Rakhine, therefore they dont matter to the country, and history repeats
itself.
sending the Rohingya away, in other words, the presidential election resulted into
the segregation of this community. According to Louf and Barthelemy, the concept
(Louf& Barthelemy 2016, P.2). For instance, it is the action of separation different
groups in a country or community, for simple reasons such as they are different.
Ever since 2012, Myanmars Muslim population is being segregated: they are
segregated from the rest of the population to create Muslim-free areas; while
burning their properties, many have died and the rest has been sent to camps
administered under the Burmese government (Louf & Barthelemy 2016, P.2). In fact,
president. Plus, this only supports the idea of wanting the Rohingya to disappear
from the territory, or just take their freedom of movement away, to remain in power.
Shockingly, a political activist called Kyaw Zaw Oo has been implementing in the
minds of the rest Myanmars population that Rohingya are aliens (Louf &
Barthelemy 2016, P.3). This creates fear in the minds of the uneducated, and gives
Muslim minority, which all result into a vicious circle of endless hatred and
complications.
Hence, it all started with the citizenship law in 1982 that resulted into heavy
discrimination towards the Rohingya. This only helped the election of Myanmars
president by keeping it, and even implementing segregation policies towards this
visible minority. Therefore, the Rohingya experience in Rakhine state is not at its
best, the Muslim minority in China shares a better state of life, as seen in the
followings.