According to conversation over telephone with reliable sources from Maungdaw Town, it is learnt that on 24th November,
2012 an inquiry committee comprising members of police, Nasaka,
immigration and Rakhine leaders invited Muslim(Rohingya) Mosques Imams
by luring that the have to discuss on the subject of reopening Mosques.
The
Mosques Imams from some villages of Maungdaw north enthusiastically met
with the inquiry committee. But the team cheated with Imams and forced
them to sign as Bengali. But the Imams refused to sign as Bengali and
they claimed that our fore fathers were Rohingya and we are also
Rohingya. At that time the Nasaka and the police beaten some imams.
Finally other Imams left the sense after realizing the actual aim of
invitation. But Still the team are being tried to convince imams. In
fact, a team also arrived in Sittwe and probably the team will visit the
refugee camps soon and force the displaced Rohingyas to sign as
"Bengali". The Myanmar first started the Nationality inquiry in Mrauk U.
But later failed to reach the goal there. Now, the Muslim Rohingyas
from Sittwe and Maungdaw are worrying and feeling high tension in this
regards. The Myanmar govt has taken steps to convince Rohingyas to sign as "Bengali" for which being used tougher mechanism. The world community and the Muslim world should come forward to halt the contentious and tougher mechanism of Myanmar government that being used against the entity and identity of Muslim Rohingyas.
Nurul Islam,
A Human Rights Activist &
Media coordinator, ARU
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