Saudi as world human rights watch? Now they accuse Myanmar of 'ethnic cleansing'
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Saudi Arabia accused authorities in Buddhist-majority Myanmar on Monday of “ethnic cleansing” against the Muslim Rohingya minority in the west of the country, state media reported on Tuesday.
The Saudi cabinet said it “condemns the ethnic cleansing campaign and brutal attacks against Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya citizens, as well as violation of human rights by forcing them to leave their homeland,” in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
The cabinet, chaired by King Abdullah, urged the “international community to take up its responsibilities by providing needed protection and quality of life to Muslims in Myanmar and preventing further loss of life.”
Fighting in western Rakhine state between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya left three killed on Sunday, a government official in Yangon said.
The violence initially broke out following the rape and murder of a Rakhine woman and the subsequent lynching of 10 Muslims by a crowd of angry Buddhists.
The bloodshed has cast a shadow over widely praised reforms by President Thein Sein, that have included the release of hundreds of political prisoners and the election of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to parliament.
The head of the Saudi-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Sunday proposed sending an OIC mission to probe the “massacres” of Rohingya Muslims.
The OIC will try to persuade the government in Yangon to accept an OIC fact-finding mission, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu told an executive committee meeting of the world's largest Muslim grouping which is based in the Saudi city of Jeddah.
He “expressed disappointment over the failure of the international community to take action to stop the massacres, violations, oppression and ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the government of Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslims.”
“The OIC has directed its offices at the United Nations in New York to urge the Council to look into the suffering of the Rohingya minority,” he said, quoted in a statement issued by the 57-member organization.
Violence which erupted in June in Rakhine state between Buddhists and Rohingya left about 80 people dead from both sides, official figures showed.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch said that figure appeared “grossly underestimated,” however, and accused security forces of opening fire on Muslims and committing rape.
Hundreds of Rohingya men and boys have been rounded up and remain incommunicado in the western region of the country formerly known as Burma, it said in a report.
Members of both the Muslim and Buddhist communities committed horrific acts of violence with reports of beheadings, stabbings, shootings and widespread arson in Rakhine, also known as Arakan state, the report added
On Sunday, the Speaker of the Arab Parliament, Ali al-Salem al-Dekbasi said the violent incidents taking place in Myanmar against the Muslims were “ethnic cleansing”.
“Thousands of Muslims in Myanmar face massacre, genocide and ethnic cleansing. I call on all Muslim leaders to urgently intervene in the incidents,” al-Dekbasi said.
“I call on the Myanmar authorities to arrest those responsible for the attacks against the Muslims. All those responsible should be tried by the International Criminal Court,” al-Dekbasihe added/.
Myanmar’s government considers the estimated 800,000 Rohingya in the country to be foreigners, while many citizens see them as illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh and view them with hostility.
Decades of discrimination have left them stateless and they are viewed by the United Nations as one of the world’s most persecuted minorities.
Do you think Saudi should get involved? Is there own record on human rights a problem? Tell us what you think below.
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Its Human being not animal or plant ...so u can cut it at any convenient time.....those who did they will pay for it by nature ...god never forgive such acts .... that killing innocent ......shame shame shame
NOT ONLY SAUDI .....EVERY MUSLIM NATION MUST INVOLVE AND SAVE THE INNOCENT MUSLIMS & SCREWEUP BURMA'S HAPPINESS
This Cursed people of Burma Buddhist will suffer a painful death by nature. Allah will definitely show his terror. In this holy Month of Ramadan they have done merciless act which no caste would have done. But Buddhist so called peaceful ppl. These are all hypocrites bastards wait and watch for ALLAH's Curse on you worst than animals. Atleast if you were human being you would you have spared Women and children. These bastards are stain on Society. Whoever supports them are all evils.
It all started because some Muslims raped a Buddhist girl.
Saudi Arabia needs to much foreign labor. My suggestion:
In order to help the Rohinga, import them to Saudi Arabia!
meeting of 57members of OIC on 14 & 15th aug 2012 i simply request to this muslim leaders, this buddist hve no rights to rule anymore in mayanmar burma so goahead through them out.
yes
in every country there are different religious people are leaving , if action will not be taken against myanmar president , this will happen in other country also, who will responsible? where is human rights ?
Thankyou so much for posting your comment Aung , everyone should pray and Get toghter to stop this brutality ,
Not only Saudis but all those who have sympathy with human beings should get involved and avoid the terrorist and cursed Buddhists from killing the innocent women and children in that country. What you want from Saudi in regard to human rights is a Western style of democracy; however, in Burma a human being is being deprived of his/her life. The two are never comparable with each other.
all muslims countries should involve in this matter and throw buddhists out of burma n kill thm.
All Muslim Media should talk about the Muslims of Burma genocide, there are tens of thousands of people there have been killed inface in the 80's about 500.000 of them were killed.
I support Saudi Arabia descision, also all muslims countries should get involved and push this in the UN and cut all relations with Burma, also they should keep arming the muslims burmese as an option and the right of self determination as an option.
Pleees take the right actions and force dat budhhist burma to give the citizen ship to those innocent muslims who live ther from centuries and warn them to either protect muslims ther and stop killing or ready for attack .........
InshAllah all of them should get proper treatment like humans.....
Yes! not only all the muslim countries but also other countries should raise their voice againts this Brutal Muslim Killings in Burma.
This is a clear injustice. Complete inhuman and barbaric behavior. Please raise voice and take initiative against them.
Where is world human rights?
The Myanmar people who dislike Rohingya are very confusing people. They say that Rohingya are not Burmese people and they are not citizens but illegal aliens.
That still does not give you the right to persecute your minority. Moreover, your own President Thein Sein in told the Bangladeshi government that he will accept the Rohingya refugees back and back in his country he wants them to move out.
Myanmar wants to kick them out and Bangladesh will not let them in.
Are you Burmese people human.
Do you know you Buddha is not Burmese but an Indian prince.
Stop calling the Rohingya Kalar.
If you call Rohingya Kalar that then Buddha is a Kalar too!
Stop calling the Rohingya Kalar.
If you call Rohingya Kalar that then Buddha is a Kalar too!
Stop calling the Rohingya Kalar.
If you call Rohingya Kalar that then Buddha is a Kalar too!
Stop calling the Rohingya Kalar.
If you call Rohingya Kalar that then Buddha is a Kalar too!
Stop calling the Rohingya Kalar.
If you call Rohingya Kalar that then Buddha is a Kalar too!
In Buddhism you are not supposed to kill any animals, but your Burmese government is killing humans, especially Rohingya women and children.
Hitler dissolved citizenship of Jews.
Myanmar dissolved citizenship of Rohingya.
Hitler reclaimed property of Jews.
Myanmar reclaimed property of Rohingya.
Hitler erased history of Jews.
Myanmar is erasing history of Rohingya.
Hitler started ghettos camps for Jews.
Myanmar created ghettos and now President Thein Sein is suggesting camps for Rohingya.
Myanmar Junta = Fascism = Hitler = Enemy of Humanity = Disgrace to Buddhism.
Your Buddha is genetically closest to Rohingya than any other ethnic community on Myanmar. Before you call Rohingya Kalar, remember you are calling your Buddha kalar!
Even Americans give basic humans rights to Mexican illegal immigrants.
Do you know Rohingya all around the world still love Burma and keep buying products from Burma?
Rohingya are the best asset for Burma. If you give them citizen, they can help you boost trade with Muslim countries. 1 billion people for Burma to trade with.
Stop this illegal Bangali nonsense. Bangladesh will not accept them and majority have lived in Myanmar for decades if not centuries.
Even a citizen of Myanmar who comes to US illegally and gives birth to a child, Then that child is automatic US citizen.
Have some human dignity. At least remember that your Buddha is not part of any ethnic Burmese group and is genetically closest to the Rohingya.
From that perspective why are you killing and raping the cousins of Buddha! Your religion's founder is actually an Indian!
why should only muslim countries get involved in this matter in that case all other religions doesnt preach humanity
Yes of course they should, thousands of innocent people are being brutally killed - it's not right and everyone should try to stop this nasty genocide from continuing.
As for the comments regarding Saudi's own laws, foreigners have a choice to enter or not enter the country. The people in Burma have no choice, they have been living their for years and now they are either being killed or forced to leave their homes. Please check out the YouTube videos on the Burma killings and create awareness.
Muslims are not the PROBLEM,
But the rest of the WORLD is.
Bias news, Fake photos.
Rohingyas are not Myanmar Ethnic,
1. Rohingya language is Bangali ( Bangladesh Language )
2. There was no Term as " Rohingya " in British Era Burma, UK definitely knows.
3. There is not single photo evidence of Musilms Dead bodies ( Alll photos are Fake)
4. Ethnic Arakanese are the Victims too, why is the World silent about Arkanese Victims who have been murdered by Jihadists.
5. Demographic Problems, West knows more about that because they are seriously facing that issue, or for their Generation.
6. Clearly Bangladesh has Muslim population of 180 Million, Myanmar has 56 Million.
Bangladesh country size is one third of Myanmar Land.
So what ?? DEMOGRAPHIC STREAM... THEY ARE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTs, THEY ARE BENGALIs..
Can anyone of them speak Myanmar Language = 0%
Can all Rohingya speak Bangali Bangladesh Language = 100 %
Who tell me, What Country are they belong to ???
Since Myanmar is very Poor country, They are not in position to take care of this illegal Bangali immigrants.
Any Rich Country which is willing to help poor rohingyas, you are welcome to Take all of them to your Country, give food, shelter, and give citizenship of your Country.
Thanks, not in Myanmar
We Strongly Support Saudi PLAN.Saudi must persuade Present Myanamar by Giving Aids Loans etc,.
NOT ONLY SAUDI .....EVERY MUSLIM NATION MUST INVOLVE AND SAVE THE INNOCENT MUSLIMS & SCREWEUP BURMA'S HAPPINESS
Yes i request the Arabic countries to please get involve in this matter. Please our muslims brothers and sisters are getting killed.
Hope Saudi stop all this issues going in Burma and also stop Burma/Myanmar entering in Arabic Countries.
Thanks!
yes saudi arabia shoud be get involved in this metter and prevent Genosic of rohingya Muslims or stop killing innocent people in burma..
why don't all the muslim countries take them by quotas.
President Thein Sein is wise indeed. I am sure US and Europe like his idea. They just don't say it so.
This is rich, coming from a country which would not allow other religions to be practised in it and will prosecute those who do.
Saudi should also look into their own country where they harrassing/ killing innocent SHIA MUSLIMS and hurting thier faith too
Well i am against killing of any human being over religion but at the same time i believe that Saudis don't have right to question removal of minorities in other countries. First Do What you Preach and if you are only saying here that attrocites against muslims are bad and Allah is ok with attrocites on Non Muslims , then you better don't interfere with others business.