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<\/a>Rohingya are ethnic Muslims in Myanmar (formerly Burma) which, as you can see from the map below, borders Laos, Thailand, China, Bangladesh, and India.<\/p>\n
The Rohingya are not among the 134 minorities recognized by the Myanmar government. Radical Buddhist<\/a> monks, led by Ashin Wirathu, charge that the Rohingya Muslims want to create an Islamic state.<\/p>\n Wirathu, who once called himself the \u201cBurmese bin Laden,\u201d wants to make sure that doesn\u2019t happen. \u00a0He leads a movement, called the 969 movement, that wants to dispel the Rohingya \u00a0from \u00a0Myanmar.<\/p>\n The 969 movement uses terror like looting and arson in an attempt to force the Muslims out. In addition, they have forced most Rohingya into so-called refugee camps. Many in the press say these camps are not refugee camps but concentration camps.<\/p>\n One characteristic of these camps, according to Reuters, in a special report<\/a>, is the movement of Rohingya Muslims into trafficking rings. \u00a0That happens when the Rohingya flee into neighboring Thailand.<\/p>\n As thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar to escape religious persecution, a Reuters investigation in three countries has uncovered a clandestine policy to remove Rohingya refugees from Thailand\u2019s immigration detention centers and deliver them to human traffickers waiting at sea.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n For all these reasons, the United Nations call the Rohingya Muslims one of the most persecuted minorities in the world.<\/p>\n Two of the three videos clips below, the first from the BBC<\/a>, and the second from Rohingya Video News, review who the Rohingya are and why they are being persecuted. \u00a0The third clip, from the Guardian, discusses Ashin Wirauthu and is definitely worth watching.<\/p>\n In addition here are links to excellent stories about \u00a0the Rohingya and the Panthay and their tragic plight.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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