A Big Muslim Loss in Burma Continues

During the attack, the Burmese authority cut off all of the telephone lines of Muslims so they could not inform others to help.

Flames consume another Mosque in Burma in the latest round of Buddhist led violence. Mayu Press

(MEIKTILA, Burma Mayu Press) - Hundreds of Muslim women, children and elderly have been killed mercilessly and more than 20,000 displaced. Mosques and religious schools have been torched, Muslim properties have been looted since the latest violence broke out since 20 March 2013 in Meiktila, near villages and towns.

It is the worst sectarian strife since communal unrest between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims broke out in the western state of Arakan last year, leaving thousands of Rohingya people dead and more than 110,000 displaced.

This religious sectarian unrest today is not accidental. This is open genocide against Muslims by Buddhist mobs. Documented evidence proves that this government is intent on making Burma a Muslim free nation. The media personnel and journalists have been intimidated and asked to surrender cameras and recording device and memory chips to mobs led by Monks in Meiktila.

On 25 March 2013, the Burmese government issued a press release, saying:

The government is making concerted efforts in democratic reform and development undertakings with added momentum. That is why people are urged to avoid acts of violence and religious extremism that could disrupt the reform process and development tasks.

The Buddhist racists commit violence daily. When they resumed destroying Mosques and Muslim houses, the security forces did nothing. They just watched the violence. The security forces fire rubber bullets to maintain formality. And the security personnel tightened after the Buddhist mobs left. During the attack, the Burmese authority cut off all of the telephone lines of Muslims so they could not inform others to help. So, who is behind the racist attacks against Muslims?

The Police have been arresting the Muslim youth leaders who defend Muslims against this mass killing, they are held as political prisoners in High School No: 03 Refugee Camp in Meiktila.

Names of the arrestee are:

1. Haji Myo Win
2. Ko Myo Htun
3. Ko Myo Nyunt
4. Haji Rashid
5. Phoe Cho

List of the Mosques and Islamic religious schools destroyed:

1. Jamae Mosque (In Ashaepyin Quarter at the west of Bazaar)
2. Bengali Mosque (In Yadanar Maung Quarter)
3. Nyein Chan Yay Mosque ( In Yadanar Maung Quarter)
4. Turkish Mosque ( In Yadanar Maung Quarter, Tat Nae, Military ground)
5. Myoma Mosque ( In Yadanar Maung Quarter)
6. Hmanlone Mosque (a) Thiri Mingalar (Ka Gyi) Mosque ( In Thiri Mingalar Quarter)
7. Pakistan Mosque ( In Thiri Mingalar Quarter)
8. Myo Oo Mosque ( In Aung Zayyar Quarter)
9. Nandawgone Mosque and Arabic Institute ( In Nandawgone Quarter)
10. Tharyargone Mosque ( In Nandawgone Quarter)
11. Chan Aye Tharyar Mosque ( In Chan Aye Tharyar Quarter)
12. Pyi Tharyar and Pyi Tharyar , Places of Worship ( In Pyi Tharyar Expanded Quarter)
13. Mingalar Zayyone Mosque ( In Mingalar Zayyone Quarter)
14. Arabia Mudia School ( In Thiri Mingalar Quarter)
15. Azizia Arabic Institute ( In Nandawgone Quarter)
16. Arabi High School ( In Mingalar Zayyone Quarter)
17. Nattalin Mosque

Number of Muslim Refugees

1. 6,000 at District Stadium Refugees Camp
2. 8,000 at No.1 Police Station High School
3. 3,000 at Pyi Tharyar – Shan Tae High School, close to Army aviation base
4. 3,500 at place nearby villages and Mandalay

Mohamed Farooq is an activist and a B.Sc. Engineer on Electrical and Electronics.

First published by Mayu Press

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