Topic:
citizenship, colonialism, crisis, identity, Myanmar, Rohingya.
Description:
"The people who call themselves Rohingya are the Muslims of Mayu Frontier area,
present-day Buthidaung and Maungdaw Townships of Arakan (Rakhine) State, an
isolated province in the western part of Myanmar across Naaf River as boundary from
Bangladesh (Chan, 2005). For the past three decades, the Rohingya have been seeking to
restore their unrecognised ethnic identity, for any ethnic group has the right to identify
itself or decide what name it should be called. Rohingya identity crisis began when they
were divested from their cultural, national and ethnic identity in 1982, while Cheesman
(2017) argues that 1982 citizenship law did not affect the Rohingya though he mentioned
in the abstract that ‘people who reside in Myanmar but are collectively denied citizenship
– like anyone identifying or identified as Rohingya – pursue claims to be taingyintha so
as to rejoin the community.’
Recently, almost all news channels and agencies, social and human right activists,
journalists etc. have addressed and tackled the Rohingya crisis. Much of the focus was on
the ongoing violence and systematic ethnic cleansing committed by some fanatic
Buddhists and military forces. Thus, this 21st century most outrageous tragedy has nearly
prevailed all social media, depicting the worst discrimination and bloodiest atrocities
ever..."
Source/publisher:
"Academia.edu" (USA)
Date of Publication:
2018-05-31
Date of entry:
2019-09-22
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Countries:
Myanmar, Bangladesh
Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar:
Rakhine State
Language:
English
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pdf
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188.62 KB
Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good