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Two Mosques in Kokarat, Karen state, Thananzari District, Myanmar were destroyed by Bombing Last Night by Buddhists

In Burma, Thein Sein's government is neither taking action against those who are responsible for bombing Mosques and torching Muslim houses nor allocated funds to repair Mosques and rehabilitation.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - Last night at 11:00 p.m., Buddhists suddenly arrived in front of a Mosque in Kokarat, Karen state, Thananzari district, Myanmar, on the border with Thailand and threw bombs.

After this attack, they then threw more bombs at another Mosque in Kokarat, destroying both buildings.

Making Rohingya Statelessness

In a recent parliament session, when some MPs raised the issue of Rohingya, the immigration minister U Khin Yee said that “there is no Rohingya in Burma”.

(FRANKFURT) - In his article, “A friend’s appeal to Burma”, published on 19 June 2012, Benedict Rogers noted that the first President of Burma, Sao Shwe Thaike, a Shan, said that:

“Muslims of Arakan certainly belong to the indigenous races of Burma. If they do not belong to the indigenous races, we also cannot be taken as indigenous races”.

Whole Rohingya Enclave Burned to the Ground: HRW

The United Nations, which considers the Rohingyas as of the most persecuted groups in the world, has warned that Burma's fledgling democracy could be “irreparably damaged” by the clashes.

(WASHINGTON DC Mizzima News) - The 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has condemned the newest attacks on Muslim Rohingyas in Burma.

Reports state that an entire Rohingya section in Kyauk Phyu – up to 811 homes – was burned to the ground.

Myanmar is Behaving Inhumanly Toward the Rohingya Muslims

Buddhist monks are supporting the plan of exterminating the whole Rohingya ethnic community from Arakan.

(FRANKFURT) - I do not agree with the views of international media and their various news articles, for the last few months, on the conflicts between Rakhine Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims.

It is true that Rohingyas are majority in Maungdaw and Buthidaung while they are not more than 10% in Mrauk Oo , Minbya, Kyauk Phyu, Myae Bon and Pauk Taw.

Foreign Secretary Comments on Continued Violence in Rakhine State, Burma‏

Hague: "We deplore the latest spate of attacks which has caused many casualties and left tens of thousands of people displaced."

(LONDON) - Following renewed outbreaks of violence in Rakhine state in recent days, the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said:

"I am deeply concerned about reports from Burma this weekend on the continued violence in Rakhine state..."

Save the Arakan Muslim Population from Genocide in Arakan-Burma

Hundreds of Muslim girls and women were attacked by rogue Buddhist mobs who also burned villages.

(LONDON) - Members of the Rohingya Diaspora strongly denounce and condemn and we express our serious concern over the current news that Buddhist Rakhine extremists started mass killings again.

They're targeting th Muslim population of Arakan and burning and destroying Muslims villages and houses...

US State Department Must Stop Rohingya Ethnic Cleansing in Burma: Initiate Sending UN Peacekeeping Force

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(WASHINGTON DC) - Since October 21, organized mobs of Rakhine Buddhist extremist headed by fanatic monks declared a campaign to wipe out ethnic Rohingya Muslim from their ancestral lands of Burma.

The local, state and national government of U Thein Sein are supporting crime against humanity to achieve their dream of Muslim free Arakan and Burma.

Another Muslim Village, Kinipran, Burns Under Buddhist Flame

Incident in Pauk Taw township work of Rakhines in collaboration of Nasaka forces. Is it not enough for UN to deploy its army in Arakan?

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - We have learned from reliable sources over the telephone that today the Rakhines from Pauk Taw township, torched a big Muslim Rohingya village of about 1200 homes with the collaboration of Nasaka forces at 12.00 noon today.

The name of the village is "Kinipran", in Pauk Taw.

Myanmar Refugees: Babies are Dying Aboard Boats that Can`t Come Ashore

It doesn't have to be this way... people in this world are calling for justice.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - In spite of fragmented efforts by the Burmese government to quell violence stemming from religious unrest, a long, systematic series of attacks from the Rakhine Buddhists continue.

Rohingya Muslims are suffering under the most brutal conditions while U.S. media and politicians turn a blind eye.

100 Rohingya Muslims Killed in Myanmar

Aid is not reaching Rohingya Muslims.

(YANGON, Myanmar Tehran Times) - At least 100 Rohingya Muslims have been killed in a recent wave of sectarian violence in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine, a Muslim party leader says.

Hla Thein, the vice chairman of the National Democratic Party for Development (NDPD), said on Friday that over 100 Muslims have lost their lives over the past week.