Is the massacre of Rohingya Muslims an indication of things to come in Myanmar?
Bertil Lintner4-05-2013, Issue 18 Volume 10
Myanmar’s political reform programme was just a year gone when old animosities came to the surface. In May and October last year, Buddhist mobs went on a rampage in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State, burning Muslim homes and displacing more than 125,000 people. As if that was not enough, anti-Muslim riots broke out in the central town of Meiktila in March this year.
(Reuters) – Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday decried Buddhist monks’ attacks on Muslims in Myanmar, saying killing in the name of religion was “unthinkable.”
Although there were criticisms to Aung San Suu Kyi because of her silence on violence against Muslims in Burma, in this video of Shingetsu news agency of Japan, we might find out that what Suu Kyi said is full of tactics and acceptable. But according to some analysts, there is also a worry that all sorts of Buddhists majority had been sealed their sights by military Junta and they might not be able to think well about what Suu Kyi is trying to point out.
When David Cameron backed the suspension of EU sanctions on Burma in April 2012, he emphasised in no uncertain terms that they would return if President Thein Sein’s administration reneged on democratic reforms. Spelling out the difference between suspending the sanctions and lifting them completely he said that the EU’s stance would “make it quite clear to those who are against reform that should they try to obstruct the way of the reformers, then sanctions could come back.”
In Myanmar, the word “kular” is an insult that you hear shouted at Muslims. You can see it printed in vicious pamphlets about the Rohingya, Myanmar’s largest Muslim ethnic group, calling for them to be kept away from towns, kicked out of the country or murdered.
Kular is a slang word for “dark-skinned” — a form of abuse I know something about. And I, like millions of South Africans, know that such abuse can never last. God did not create us for such hatred.
Luc Besson’s 2011 film The Lady is a heartfelt tribute to Aung San Suu Kyi, a humble stay-at-home mother who returned to Burma only to become caught up in political turmoil. Her relationship with her husband and their ultimate sacrifice for the people of Burma plays out in performances by Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis, which touched hearts of audiences all over the world — not least in Burma, where love for “the Lady” or “Auntie Suu” was unshakeable.
Today is Myanmar Military day or Tatmadaw day..This is specially for them as the top police officers and Home Ministers are all fro the Myanmar Military. This is dedicated to Min Aung Hlaing, Than Shwe and Maung Aye who are still controlling the Myanmar Tatmadaw.
Aung San Suu Kyi, seen among her beloved neo-Fascist officers, in Naypyidaw‘s parade ground on the Armed Forces Day (originally, anti-Fascist Japan Revolution Day), 27 Mar 2013
Despite, the military’s 50-years of genocidal records and human rights atrocities, Burma’s Nobel Peace Prize winner and former activist has repeatedly and reportedly expressed her “genuine fondness’ for the country’s neo-fascist military organization. Her martyred father Aung San founded the modern Burma Army with the help and patronage of Fascist militarists in Japan during the WWII.
The charge that the Rohingya are illegal immigrants to Myanmar is false, say Jose Ramos-Horta and Muhammed Yunus, respectively the 1996 and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winners.
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