By TCN News,
New Delhi: In a letter addressed to Arab and other Muslim countries, through their embassies in India, Jamiat Ulama-i- Hind general secretary Maulana Mahmood Madani, called for putting pressure on the Myanmar government for an end to attacks on the Rohingya Muslims and protection of their lives, liberties and properties.
The former MP has also demanded an international inquiry into the recent violence, granting free access to humanitarian aid groups and international media.
The letter also demanded restoration of citizenship rights which has been denied to the Rohingyas under citizenship law of 1982, which is incompatible with international human rights standards enshrined in UN charts and also against UN declarations, he pointed out.
Referring to the UN report which dealt in details that more than 22,000 people from mainly Muslim community have been displaced in western Myanmar this month alone, besides 75,000 people displaced in earlier clashes in June, he described the phenomenon as slow burning genocide, which aims at ethnic cleansing or driving the Rohingyas into Bangladesh.
“The UN views in its report the Rohingyas as among the most persecuted stateless minorities on the planet,” he cited.
Maulana Madani has also criticised Aung San Suu Kyi for not doing enough for the minorities. “Such attitude from a Nobel Peace laureate was not expected,” he writes.
He has also taken exception to the Indian government for its ‘unreasonable silence over the violence despite being the major power in the region.’ Such attitude will diminish its prestige and image in South Asia and in the International community, he elaborates.
“Owing to this uncertain status of citizenship, the tens of thousands of Rohingyas fled to neighboring Bangladesh and India to escape the brutal attacks have ended up as unregistered refugees with little access to aid or assistance. They have been refused any aids. Scores of them are languishing in jail in Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia,” Maulana recounts.
He also demanded that all those who have taken refuse in other countries should be acknowledged as citizens of Myanmar enabling them to acquire refugee status and protection by UN agencies and influence upon the UN for setting a deadline for Myanmar to change its attitude. In case of non- abiding, it should be warned against the military action and economic blockage.