Omar Suleiman – Rohingya Genocide Explained Myanmar Muslim Massacres
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Just imagine that right in front of you,
your house is on fire. There's smoke everywhere.
Gunshots are being fired at you while your
own daughter is being burned alive right in
front of your eyes.
This might sound like a nightmare,
but this is actually an ongoing reality for
our brothers and sisters from the Rohingya.
7 years ago today, the military of Myanmar,
also known as Burma, launched a brutal campaign
against the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Rakhine
state.
This campaign destroyed villages, killed 1,000,
and forced over 700,000
Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh, targeting them solely
for their ethnic and religious identity.
Villages were systematically
burned to the ground and families were torn
apart
with countless men executed in cold blood,
women and girls subjected to unspeakable sexual violence,
and children mercilessly killed.
The military's actions were the culmination of decades
old calculated policies aimed at erasing the Rohingya
from the very fabric of that society.
Insidious propaganda painted them as outsiders and threats
from the 19 sixties onwards.
Draconian laws restricted every aspect of the Rohingya's
lives, marriage, childbearing,
and citizenship,
stripping them of their humanity
and turning them into ghosts in their own
lands.
In August 2017,
the military of Myanmar killed over 25,000
native Rohingya
and then forced over
700,000 of them to become refugees that now
find themselves scattered across the world in places
like Thailand, India, Bangladesh, and Malaysia.
The atrocities are staggering. An estimated
18,000
Rohingya women and girls were raped
and 36,000
were thrown into blazing fires.
The Rohingya were not only murdered, they were
subjected to acts of barbarism intended to instill
terror and hopelessness in them forever
so that they never find peace again.
We cannot let human displacement
that disproportionately targets Muslims become the norm of
the world. The coastal shores of Cox's Bazar
in Bangladesh holds over a 1000000 Rohingya living
in terrible conditions.
They are dependent on humanitarian
aid for survival.
They lack adequate shelter,
clean water, and access to education.
This area is climate vulnerable,
meaning all of the global impacts on climate
change has made this refugee zone even more
dangerous.
The area itself is prone to cyclones,
wildfires, and landslides.
And displaced Rohingya are on the front lines
of climate crisis.
Imagine their shelters being scraped together with tarps
and bamboo trying to fend off strong winds,
rains, and cyclones.
The refugees, already intense with bare belongings, now
have to flee from rising water and sudden
fires,
a constant dread they live with every moment
of their lives.
The influx of refugees has led to the
loss of over 8,000 acres of forest in
Bangladesh,
causing deforestation and erosion.
Their future remains shrouded in uncertainty,
and the world's response
has often lacked the substantive action needed to
bring about real change.
We must not treat this like an isolated
incident. The Rohingya,
like others that are suffering around the world
today, are certainly connected to the Palestinians
who have faced decades decades long military occupation,
displacement,
and discriminatory
policies.
Both groups are subjected to systematic efforts to
erase their cultural and national identities,
while also enduring the severe consequences
of environmental degradation
driven by cruel human actions.
In Palestine, long before October 7th, the Israeli
occupation has been guilty
of numerous climate related crimes with settlers trying
to remove us from our land one olive
tree at a time.
And for the climate activists that claim to
care, think about what havoc settlement expansion
wreaks upon the environments,
deforestation,
water depletion,
and soil degradation.
These actions directly contribute to a worsening global
climate crisis, undermining the ability of Palestinians in
particular
to sustain their land and livelihood.
These interconnected crises highlight the urgent need to
address not only human rights abuses,
but also the deliberate environmental harm that compounds
the suffering of these communities.
It is no surprise then to recognize that,
as we draw comparisons between the Rohingya and
the Palestinians,
they both happen to be betrayed by the
exact
same
country. The 2000 year old dream of a
Jewish state in Palestine
was born out of violence and bloodshed,
suffering and tragic death. The partitioning of Palestine
under the British mandate rule had been the
signal for open warfare.
Just as the British betrayed the Palestinians by
giving away their homeland,
they also betrayed the Rohingya.
During the period of World War II, Myanmar
was invaded by the Japanese.
The Burmese Buddhist majority had aligned with the
Japanese,
while the Rohingya
had actually stayed loyal to the British.
The British had in turn made promises to
the Rohingya with regards to land and autonomy
because of their loyalty during this conflict.
However, after the war ended, the promises were,
of course, not honored.
In the aftermath of World War 2, tensions
between the Burmese majority and the Rohingya became
intensified
due to what the Burmese viewed as conflicting
loyalty
on the part of the Rohingya.
Of course, today it wouldn't be hard to
find a statement of condemnation from the United
Kingdom of the human rights abuses of the
Rohingya. But does it sound familiar to you?
The international community has shown a pattern of
condemnation without consequence,
of promise without fulfillment.
We must recognize that the cycle of suffering
is perpetuated by dishonesty from the West, inaction
from global organizations,
and the pervasive shadow of Islamophobia.
Systemic dehumanization,
insidious propaganda, draconian laws, ethnic slaughter, burnt villages,
sexual violence, displacement,
all while enduring the roughest end of the
climate crisis.
The Rohingya crisis is indeed overwhelming,
but there are sparks of resilience.
In 2019, in the face of global impotence,
the Gambia, a small nation with a big
heart, led the charge under His Excellency Abubakr
Tambadu
by filing a case against Myanmar
at the International Court of Justice seeking justice
for the Rohingya.
Similarly of course, South Africa brought a case
against Israel at the ICJ in December of
2023.
These legal battles are a collective cry for
justice
and while they're not enough, they serve as
a testament
that hope still exists.
But as we wait for humanity to find
itself,
the Rohingya, like the Palestinians have been wondering
where are the Muslims? And so it's incumbent
upon every single Muslim that is supposed to
feel the pain of every single part of
this ummah to rise up and do what
it can for the Rohingya,
for the Palestinians,
and for every other suffering group of this
Ummah.
There are 4 things everyone should do to
help our brothers and sisters. Number 1, educate
ourselves.
Number 2, raise awareness.
Number 3, donate generously.
And number 4, make sincere du'a.
The Rohingya should not become another forgotten people.
The power of our united conscience paired with
decisive action and heartfelt prayer is the force
that can turn the tide towards justice.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said that the
parable of the believers in their affection, mercy,
and compassion for one another is that of
a single human body.
When any limb aches, the whole body reacts
with sleeplessness and fever.
Oh Allah, relieve us of our pain
and bring victory and relief to our brothers
and sisters from the Rohingya,
the Palestinians,
the people of Sudan,
the people of Yemen and around the world.
Amin.