Bangladesh and Rohingha Issue
Assaignment on Bangladeh And Securitization of Rohingya issue
Submitted to: Submitted by:
Dr. C.R. Abrar
Proffesor B.M. Shahriar Hasan, ZH-46
Department of international relations
Course no: 405
Course name: State,civil society and human rights
4 th year, 8th semester
Department of international relations
University of Dhaka
Session:2008-09
Date of submission: 15, December 2012
Introduction:
The Rohingya whom the BBC calls “ one of the world’s most persecuted minority groups”,are an ethnic, linguistic and Muslim people who reside in the Rakhine (historically known as Arakan) State , a geographically isolated area in western Burma, bordering Bangladesh.[1]They are related to the Indo-Aryan people of India and Bangladesh. As of 2012, 800,000 Rohingya live in Myanmar. The origin of the term "Rohingya" is disputed. Some Rohingya historians like Khalilur Rahman contend that the term Rohingya is derived from Arabic word 'Rahma' meaning 'mercy'. Burmese historians such as Khin Maung Saw have claimed that the term 'Rohingya' was unknown before the 1950s.
Nonetheless,an article on the "Burma Empire" published by the British Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1799 states, "the Mohammedans, who have long settled in Arakan," call themselves Rooinga, or natives of Arakan."[2] The Rohingya people profess Sunni Islam with elements of Sufi worship and are distinct from the majority Burmese population who are of East Asian stock and mostly Buddhists. Mosques and religious schools are present in most villages. Since Burma’s independence in 1948, the Rohingya have gradually been excluded from the process of nation-building.
Historical background of decades long persecution:
Cruelty toward the Rohingyas is not something new. It was When the Burmese conquered Arakan in 1785, that transformed this once vibrant kingdom into an oppressed
Submitted to: Submitted by:
Dr. C.R. Abrar
Proffesor B.M. Shahriar Hasan, ZH-46
Department of international relations
Course no: 405
Course name: State,civil society and human rights
4 th year, 8th semester
Department of international relations
University of Dhaka
Session:2008-09
Date of submission: 15, December 2012
Introduction:
The Rohingya whom the BBC calls “ one of the world’s most persecuted minority groups”,are an ethnic, linguistic and Muslim people who reside in the Rakhine (historically known as Arakan) State , a geographically isolated area in western Burma, bordering Bangladesh.[1]They are related to the Indo-Aryan people of India and Bangladesh. As of 2012, 800,000 Rohingya live in Myanmar. The origin of the term "Rohingya" is disputed. Some Rohingya historians like Khalilur Rahman contend that the term Rohingya is derived from Arabic word 'Rahma' meaning 'mercy'. Burmese historians such as Khin Maung Saw have claimed that the term 'Rohingya' was unknown before the 1950s.
Nonetheless,an article on the "Burma Empire" published by the British Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1799 states, "the Mohammedans, who have long settled in Arakan," call themselves Rooinga, or natives of Arakan."[2] The Rohingya people profess Sunni Islam with elements of Sufi worship and are distinct from the majority Burmese population who are of East Asian stock and mostly Buddhists. Mosques and religious schools are present in most villages. Since Burma’s independence in 1948, the Rohingya have gradually been excluded from the process of nation-building.
Historical background of decades long persecution:
Cruelty toward the Rohingyas is not something new. It was When the Burmese conquered Arakan in 1785, that transformed this once vibrant kingdom into an oppressed