Rohingya
Muslim’s issue has been a lot in news where Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San
Suu Kyi was criticised heavily for her silence in international media as if she
was alone responsible for violence. Though her silence is not appreciated,
however till when the world will keep on overburdening the responsible and
ignore the real trouble maker? The world always gets one sided when it comes to
justice. To understand deeply about the issue, first have an understanding
about the Rohingya People.
Who are
Rohingya People?
Rohingya
people are people from Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Internationally Rohingya
seems synonym of being Muslim. However Rohingya people have three religious
backgrounds. The major portion is from Muslim communities. Hindus and Buddhist
are in Minorities.
International
Criticism Vs. Myanmar’s Government
International
Media has some satellite images of villages being burnt where Rohingya
resides. There were some viral videos of Myanmar’s army beating Rohingya
Muslims. However when asked from the Myanmar’s Government, the government responded
that they there had been acts of terrorism in the country like attacking on
Police stations. A violent mob of Rohingyas even fired at Hindu labourers who
had no connection with Military. Government is still on the way of registering
the population of Myanmar. Aung San Suu Kyi responded that there were certain
fake photos in circulation so were the fake news.
A look
inside: Causes
History
witnesses universal rule of war and hate. It is often done in religious hatred,
for land and power. These issues do not remain untouched here. The democracy is
an infant and people do not have access to basic facilities yet which newly
form government has been trying to provide since its establishment.
The
Buddhism which itself has non violence principles and source of wisdom could not
remain isolated from radicalism. Perhaps this is the universal truth. Even though
my generation does not agree with it, or turn a blind eye to see this but
religious radicalism is an outcome of religion.
Buddhism
vs. Muslims and this was enough to hate the other human being who shared the
same genetic evolution like one and another. People are scared to speak when it comes to
religious extremism. The truth is sometimes not spoken because it may offend a
major portion of crowd. There is deep
routed hate towards other religions, and it exists even if the whole world
turns a blind eye to it.
Second, Myanmar is an infant democracy. It has
been under army rules for decades. New country faces various challenges and
political stability takes time in evolution. Due to political efforts, the hard
won partial democracy has arrived in which military fills 25% place of the
Parliament as well as it controls the matter such as defence and communication.
The country has problems like electricity supply, infrastructure and other
facilities. These may be reason the government to be stuck in such issue while
Rohingya issue stays at arm’s length.
Suu Kyi has been an advocate of human
rights. She played a major role in Myanmar’s Politics and played a crucial role
in turning Myanmar democracy. Her silence about Rohingya issue has been
criticised widely.
My thoughts as a conclusion- Criticising Aung San Suu Kyi does
not lead to any solution. Though, no doubt it had been appreciated if she had
spoken loud about it. However, it is
human nature that sometimes leaders also get silent about certain things. The
major emphasize should be on the restricting the Army from creating such
havocs. As well as helping the government in handling issues like terrorism.
Many would not agree
with it, but that does not make it lesser important. The way media has made it
Muslim Crisis, I think in long run, it will be misused by communal leaders to
mislead the youth.
It is a human right crisis, and crises
are at both side. Weighting it to one side is not going to help.
Religion should not exist in public, if
someone believes that should be utterly personal. So when media or any other
segment represents such delicate issues, I just hope they refrain from attaching
is with religious tags because Muslims are not lone sufferers. There are others
as well, who are into graves unaddressed.
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