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Sunday, October 28, 2012

[chottala.com] Three questions for Khaleda Zia



Three questions for Khaleda Zia

Rudroneel Ghosh

With Bangladeshi leader of opposition Khaleda Zia in New Delhi for a week-long visit, one can expect a flurry of substantive exchanges. There are two main reasons why Zia's visit is more than a courtesy call. First, Bangladesh goes to polls sometime late next year, and Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) could very well come to power. After all, a mere 3% difference in vote share is what separates the current opposition from the ruling Awami League regime. Given the massive anti-incumbency factor that all incumbent governments in Bangladesh face, that's hardly a comfortable margin. Besides, it hasn't helped the Awami one bit that its tenure has seen several (alleged) scams. The BNP will surely try and capitalise on these missteps.      

For New Delhi, the engagement with Zia is part of an effort to build ties with all stakeholders in Bangladesh. There is a growing understanding that for India-Bangladesh ties to become irreversible, New Delhi can't be seen as favouring one Bangladeshi political formation over another. Of course, New Delhi has its own interests and preferences. But it realises that it cannot choose which government is in power in Dhaka. Plus, India-Bangladesh ties have made significant progress over the last four years, notwithstanding room for improvement. New Delhi would want to protect and sustain the gains even if the BNP were to win the next election. 

So, what's on the agenda for Zia's visit? Yes, Teesta river water sharing, border killings, Tipaimukh dam and exchange of enclaves are all on the cards. But these are hardly surprising. According to my reading, New Delhi would want to know three things from Zia and her entourage:

Caretaker government: A topic of huge political debate in Bangladesh that is bound to get more pronounced as polls approach. Last year, the Awami government repealed the system that saw elections being held under a neutral, non-party caretaker government. The BNP wants the system reinstated and has even threatened to boycott the next election if it's not. However, the last time the system was in place, the caretaker government, backed by the military, plunged Bangladesh into a state of emergency that lasted for almost two years. A repeat of such suspension of democratic rights would be a problem. On the other hand, if the BNP sticks to its demand and boycotts the polls, it would certainly cast a shadow on the credibility of the next government. So, New Delhi would want to know what is the BNP's strategy going forward. Is it really serious about boycotting the polls? For, another round of political instability in Bangladesh won't do anyone any good. 

Transit or transshipment: One of the key economic advantages of enhanced bilateral ties is mutually beneficial transit facilities. India has agreed to facilitate transit between Bangladesh and Nepal, and between Bangladesh and Bhutan through its own territory. Bangladesh, on the other hand, is yet to finalise the modalities of the transit package it would like to offer India. While India would love nothing more than to have the rights to move goods and people through Bangladesh to its northeast or from the northeast to the Bangladeshi ports of Chittagong and Mongla, the BNP is not too keen on such unfettered transit facilities. It may be more amenable to transshipment, which would see Indian goods being transported across Bangladesh by Bangladeshi transporters. So, New Delhi would like to know from Zia what exactly is her position on providing transit to India. 

War crimes trials: Bangladeshi politics is fundamentally linked to its Liberation Struggle, and the ongoing trials of war criminals represent an effort to come to terms with the past. It is in the interest of a strong, secular Bangladesh that justice be done and those responsible for war crimes ranging from genocide, rape, arson, looting, torture, etc be suitably punished. Indeed, Bangladesh's secular credentials depend on the successful conclusion of the war crimes trials. But the fact that those on trial are former and incumbent leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami --- an ally of the BNP--- and the BNP itself means that the future of the trials under a BNP regime is in doubt. New Delhi would want to know from Zia her position on the war crimes trials and whether she would allow them to continue if she were to come to power. 

Khaleda Zia has an important decision to make. She could choose to stick to her traditional anti-India stance for narrow political gains. Or she could choose to effect a shift in her policy towards India and pursue equitable, friendly relations. In making that choice she would do well to heed the words of former Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee --- "We can choose our friends, but we cannot choose our neighbours."

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/talkingturkey/entry/three-questions-for-khaleda-zia


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[chottala.com] Muslim World Stunned by S. Arabia’s Plan to Destroy Prophet’s Mosque.



Muslim World Stunned by S. Arabia's Plan to Destroy Prophet's Mosque.
Sunday, October 28, 2012 7:11


Muslim World Stunned by S. Arabia's Plan to Destroy Prophet's Mosque.(Fars). TEHRAN (FNA)- The Saudi government plans to demolish Islamic sites, including Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)'s Mosque, taking a bulldozer to Islam's history and divine values. Saudi Arabia plans to destroy three of the world's oldest mosques in a multi-billion-pound expansion of Islam's second holiest site, a plan which has shocked the Muslim community worldwide, Independent said.
Work on the Masjid an-Nabawi in Medina, where the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) is buried, will start once the annual Hajj pilgrimage ends next month. When complete, the development will turn the mosque into the world's largest building, with the capacity for 1.6 million people.
But the Saudi plan to raze Islam's historical and most revered sites has stunned the Muslim world. Saudi King Abdullah's apparent disdain for preserving historical and archeological heritage of Mecca, the holiest city in the country and the world of Islam, has already fueled outrage. 
Most of the expansion of Masjid an-Nabawi will take place to the West of the existing mosque, which holds the tombs of Islam's founder and the first two Caliphs of Sunni Islam, Abu Bakr and Omar. Also Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs published a pamphlet in 2007 prepared by the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz al Sheikh who called for destruction of the mosque's dome and flattening the graves of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), Abu Bakr and Omar.
Dr. Irfan al-Alawi of the Islamic Heritage Research Foundation who has spent much of his past 10 years activities on highlighting the destruction of early Islamic sites said, "Muslim silence over the destruction of Mecca and Medina is both disastrous and hypocritical." "The recent movie about the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) caused worldwide protests… and yet the destruction of the Prophet's birthplace, where he prayed and founded Islam has been allowed to continue without any criticism," he added. Read the full story here.

2012-10-28 07:09:55

Source: http://www.mfs-theothernews.com/2012/10/muslim-world-stunned-by-s-arabias-plan.html

Saudis destroying Islamic sites in Medina

by Jerome Taylor
Source: The Independent

http://muslimvillage.com/2012/10/28/30774/saudis-destroying-islamic-sites-in-medina/

মসজিদে নববী'কে নিয়ে মহাউন্নয়ন পরিকল্পনা!

২৯ অক্টোবর,২০১২


বিশ্ব ডেস্ক, ২৯ অক্টোবর (রিয়েল-টাইম নিউজ ডটকম)-- সৌদি আরব সরকার 'মসজিদে নববী'কে বিশ্বের সর্ববৃহৎ ভবনে রুপান্তর করার পরিকল্পনা নিয়েছে। এ পরিকল্পনা বাস্তবায়ন হলে সুপ্রাচীন তিনটি মসজিদ ধ্বংস করতে হবে। দ্য ইন্ডিপেন্ডেন্ট এক প্রতিবেদনে এ দাবি করেছেন।

মহাউন্নয়ন পরিকল্পনায় যে তিনটি মসজিদ ধ্বংস করতে হবে তার একটি হচ্ছে, ঘামামা মসজিদ। এটি মসজিদে নববীর পশ্চিম পাশে অবস্থিত।

এই সেই মসজিদ যেখানে মহানবী হযরত মুহাম্মদ (সা.) ঈদের নামাজ পড়িয়েছিলেন।

সম্প্রতি মসজিদে নববী'র সম্প্রসারণ কাজের উদ্বোধন করা হয়েছে। তবে সম্প্রসারণ পরিকল্পনা বাস্তবায়নের জন্য ঐতিহাসিক মসজিদ ধ্বংস করা হবে কিনা নাকি তা অক্ষত রেখেই উন্নয়ন পরিকল্পনা বাস্তবায়ন করা হবে সে বিষয় স্পষ্ট কিছু বা কোনো আনুষ্ঠানিক ঘোষণা দেয়নি সৌদি কর্তৃপক্ষ।

এদিকে মহানবী (সা.)'র স্মৃতি বিজড়িত মসজিদ ধ্বংসের পরিকল্পনার খবর প্রকাশ হওয়ার পর বিভিন্ন মহল তীব্র প্রতিক্রিয়া জানিয়েছে।

ইসলামিক হেরিটেজ রিসার্চ ফাউন্ডেশনের শীর্ষকর্তা ড. ইরফান আল আলাভি বলেছেন, সৌদি আরব সরকার ওই সব ইসলামী স্থাপনা নষ্ট না করেই মসজিদে নববীর সম্প্রসারণ সম্পন্ন করতে পারতো, কিন্তু তারা তা করছে না।

ওয়াশিংটন ভিত্তিক পার্সিয়ান গাল্‌ফ ইনস্টিটিউট বলেছে, সৌদি আরব সরকার গত ২০ বছরে মক্কা ও মদিনা শহরে অবস্থিত হাজার বছরের প্রাচীন ভবনগুলোর ৯৫ শতাংশই ধ্বংস করেছে।

তিনি বলেন, এগুলো করা হয়েছে শপিং সেন্টার, বহুতল ভবন ও বিলাসবহুল হোটেল তৈরির জন্য।

এখন প্রতিবছর হাজির সংখ্যা বাড়ছে এবং এ বাড়তি চাপ মেটানোর জন্যে পরিকল্পনার অংশ হিসেবে বলা হচ্ছে, ঐতিহ্যবাহী যে তিনটি মসজিদ ভাঙ্গা হবে এবং সেখানে সম্প্রসারণ কাজ শেষ হলে বাড়তি ষোল লাখ হাজি হজ করার সুযোগ পাবেন।

কিন্তু এজন্যে মসজিদে নববীর যে পশ্চিম অংশ ভেঙ্গে ফেলতে হবে সেখানে গম্বুজের ভিত্তি স্খাপন করেছিলেন স্বয়ং মহানবী (সা.)।

আর ঘামামা মসজিদে মহানবী(সা.) ঈদের নামাজে ইমামতি করেছিলেন। মজজিদে নববীর পশ্চিম অংশের দেয়াল সংলগ্ন স্থানে নবীজী নামাজ আদায় করেন।

কিন্তু এ মহাপরিকল্পনার কিছুই আগেভাগে প্রকাশ করছে না সৌদি কর্তৃপক্ষ। অটোমান সাম্রাজ্যের বহু স্মৃতিবিজড়িত ইতিহাস এসব মসজিদ ও স্থাপনার সাথে জড়িয়ে আছে।

তবে এসব মহাপরিকল্পনা বাস্তবায়নে সৌদি আরব সরকার আন্তর্জাতিক খ্যাতি রয়েছে এমন বিশ্বমানের প্রকৌশলী ও নগর উন্নয়ন পরিকল্পনাবিদদের নিয়ে খুবই গোপনে কাজ করছে। অথচ সৌদি আরবের সরকার মক্কা ও মদীনার সমস্ত ইসলামী সংস্কৃতি, ঐতিহ্য রক্ষা ও দেখভাল করার বিশ্ব স্বীকৃত অভিভাবক।

ইসলামিক হেরিটেজ রিসার্চ ফাউন্ডেশনের শীর্ষকর্তা ড. ইরফান আল আলাভি বলেন, যেভাবে পরিকল্পনা আগাচ্ছে তাতে মনে হচ্ছে সৌদি আরব ইসলামের ইতিহাস ও ঐতিহ্য রক্ষা না করে দ্রুত উন্নয়ন পরিকল্পনা বাস্তবায়ন করতে চাচ্ছে।

এর আগে এধরনের উন্নয়ন পরিকল্পনা বাস্তবায়নে মক্কা ও মদীনার হাজার বছরের পুরাতন ভবন ভেঙ্গে ফেলা হয়। আর এগুলো করা হয়েছে শপিং সেন্টার, গগনচু্ম্বি অট্টালিকা আর বিলাসবহুল হোটেল তৈরির জন্যে।

মক্কায় জাবাল ওমর কমপ্লেক্স তৈরির সময় মসজিদ আল হারাম সংলগ্ন অনেক স্থাপনা সরিয়ে ফেলা হয়ে যার মধ্যে মহানবী (সা.)'র জন্মস্থান, মহানবী (সা.)এর প্রথম বিবি  খাদিজা (রা.)এর বাড়ি ও বহু ঐতিহ্যবাহী নিদর্শন ভেঙ্গে ফেলা হয়। এরপর সেখানে লাইব্রেরী, টয়লেটসহ অনেক উন্নয়ন পরিকল্পনা বাস্তবায়ন করা হয়েছে।

খন্দকের যুদ্ধের স্মৃতি বিজড়িত স্থানে যেখানে ওই যুদ্ধে সাতজন সাহাবীকে মোতায়েন করেছিলেন মহানবী (সা.) এবং এরপর ওই সাতটি স্থানে সাতটি মসজিদ নির্মাণ করা হয়। অথচ দশ বছর আগে ওসব স্থানে ডিনামাইট ব্যবহার করে অনেক উন্নয়ন পরিকল্পনা বাস্তবায়ন করা হয়েছে।

এসব উন্নয়ন পরিকল্পনা বরাবরাই সৌদি আরব সরকার খুবই গোপনভাবে বাস্তবায়ন করে।

অভিযোগ উঠেছে সৌদ আরব সরকার ও রাজতন্ত্রের সাথে জড়িত ব্যক্তিবর্গের কেউ কেউ এধরনের মহাপরিকল্পনা বাস্তবায়নের জন্যে বিশেষ তাগিদ দেন।

নবীজীর রওজা মোবারক সংলগ্ন যে বিখ্যাত সবুজ গম্বুজটি রয়েছে, নতুন সম্প্রসারণ পরিকল্পনায় তা ভেঙ্গে ফেলার কথা বলা হয়েছে। অর্থাৎ মসজিদে নববীর উন্নয়ন পরিকল্পনার বাস্তবায়নের পর ওই গম্বুজ বর্তমান স্থান থেকে আরো পূর্ব দিকে সরিয়ে নেয়া হবে যার ফলে মসজিদের কেন্দ্রস্থলে নামাজের সুযোগ আর থাকবে না।

অথচ ওই এলাকায় রিয়াদ আল জান্নাহ বা জান্নাতের বাগান বলে পরিচিত যা ছিল মহানবী(সা.)'র স্মৃতি বিজড়িতে স্থান।

রিয়েল-টাইম নিউজ ডটকম/দ্য ইন্ডিপেন্ডেন্ট /আরআই_ ০০১০ ঘ

http://www.real-timenews.com/newsdetail/detail/8/40/53784#.UI30p2_A_LY


Saudis destroy Islam's holy sites — War in Context

warincontext.org/2012/10/27/saudis-destroy-islams-holy-sites/
1 day ago – When complete, the development will turn the mosque into the world's ... the historical and archaeologicalheritage of the country's holiest city, Mecca. ... The Saudis have announced no plans to preserve or move the three ...

Muslim World Stunned by S. Arabia's Plan to Destroy Prophet's ...

1 day ago – Saudi Arabia plans to destroy three of the world's oldest mosques in a ... When complete, the development will turn the mosque into the world's largest ... historical andarcheological heritage of Mecca, the holiest city in the ...

Saudis Take a Bulldozer to Islam`s History Jerome Taylor The - Duhur

www.duhur.com/saudis-take-a-bulldozer-to-islams-history-jerome-ta...
22 hours ago – When complete, the development will turn the mosque into the world`s ... the historical and archaeologicalheritage of the country`s holiest city, Mecca. .... Saudi Arabiaplans to destroy three of the world`s oldest mosques in a ...

 Haram Mosque After Four Years

Medina`s authorities are building a mosque so big it will hold 1.6m people – but demolishing irreplaceable monuments to do it. Jerome Taylor reports

Three of the world`s oldest mosques are about to be destroyed as Saudi Arabia embarks on a multi-billion-pound expansion of Islam`s second holiest site. Work on the Masjid an-Nabawi in Medina, where the Prophet Mohamed is buried, will start once the annual Hajj pilgrimage ends next month. When complete, the development will turn the mosque into the world`s largest building, with the capacity for 1.6 million worshippers.

[Details at:http://www.duhur.com/saudis-take-a-bulldozer-to-islams-history-jerome-taylor-the-independent/







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[chottala.com] Are the Saudis Bankrolling Israel’s Mossad?



Are the Saudis Bankrolling Israel's Mossad?

by BARRY LANDO

Paris.

A friend, with good sources in the Israeli government, claims that the head of Israel's Mossad has made several trips to deal with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia—one of the results: an agreement that the Saudis would bankroll the series of assassinations of several of Iran's top nuclear experts that have occurred over the past couple of years.  The amount involved, my friend claims, was $1 billion dollars. A sum, he says, the Saudis considered cheap for the damage done to Iran's nuclear program.

At first blush, the tale sounds preposterous. On the other hand. it makes eminent sense. The murky swamp of Middle East politics has nothing to do with the easy slogans and 30 second sound bites of presidential debates.

After all, nowhere more than in the Middle East does the maxim hold true: the enemy of my enemy is my friend. And both Israel and the Saudis have always detested Iran's Shiite fundamentalist leaders. The feeling is mutual. Tehran has long been accused of stirring up trouble among Saudi's restless Shiites.

Israeli and Saudi leaders particularly fear Iran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons. Thus, it would only be natural that (along with the U.S.) they would back a coordinated program to at least slow up, if not permanently cripple, Iran's nuclear ambitions.

It also makes perfect sense, that, in retaliation for the cyber attacks on their  centrifuges, the Iranians reportedly launched their own cyber attack on a Saudi state-owned target: Saudi Aramco, the world's most valuable company.  Last August 15th, someone with privileged access to Aramco's computers was able to unleash a virus that wreaked havoc with the company's systems. U.S. intelligence experts point their finger at Tehran.

Indeed, a report earlier this year by Tel Aviv University cites Saudi Arabia as the  last hope and defense line for Israel. With most of Israel's traditional allies in the region sent packing or undermined by the Arab Spring, the Saudis are the Jewish State's last chance to protect its political interests in the Arab world.

Barry M. Lando, a graduate of Harvard and Columbia University, spent 25 years as an award-winning investigative producer with 60 Minutes. His latest book is "Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush." Lando is currently completing a novel, "The Watchman's File", concerning Israel's most closely guarded secret (it's not the bomb.) He can be reached through his blog.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/10/26/are-the-saudis-bankrolling-israels-mossad/



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          As all of us have already been notified about the deadly Hurricane's possible hitting down in Virginai, Maryland and Washington DC area. Please be alert and prepared to face the disaster situation. Stay very close to each other within the family. Watch! if your little babies are in safety condition. Listen weather update frequently.

          Get the necessary stuffs earlier, such as flashlight, Candles, bottle water, Dry foods etc and fill the car tank with gasoline. Make sure your phone has enough charge or buy a car charger. Stay in contact with your friends, relatives and try helping each other if someone needs your help. Above all; pray hard to the God to take this dangerous tornado away from us. Thank you and be safe and secured.

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[chottala.com] TOP TEN RAKHINE WAR CRIMINALS BEHIND THE RECENT ROHINGYA MASSACRE: IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR WAR CRIMES TRIAL (A WORKING PAPER)



TOP TEN RAKHINE WAR CRIMINALS BEHIND THE RECENT ROHINGYA MASSACRE: IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR WAR CRIMES TRIAL (A WORKING PAPER)

Abid Bahar

Crimes against humanity and war crimes were committed in Arakan of Burma. Many international observers of Arakan are asking: What made Arakanese Rakhine population to unitedly fight against their Rohingya neighbors to its ongoing ethnic cleansing? Research shows it is their dream of establishing a Rakhine kingdom that was destroyed by Burmese king in 1784. It is the Rakhine war criminal's sense of their ethnic identity over humanity that turns them into acting like monsters. It seems like the story of the former Yugoslavia revisits in Arakan again. After all we are all human beings with the darker side of our brain capable of causing death and destruction to our fellow beings. The Reakhine leadership sees Rohingyas in their dehumanized existence sees the Rohingyas as the intruders into Arakan and as the most dreadful enemy in their dream for an eventual independent Rakhine state.


The armed Arakan Liberation Party members run its operation from Bandorbon of Bangladesh


Historically speaking, Rakhine leadership is good at bluffing and alliance building. During the medieval period they through forming alliance with the Portuguese built a strong force in the Bay of Bengal, causing great distress to the Bengali people. It continued to be a menace for over two centuries. Indeed, historian Alamgir Serajuddin expresses rather bluntly the reasons behind the Arakan problem by saying, "The Arakanese [Rakhines] were a daring and turbulent people, a terror at once to themselves and to their neighbours. They fought among themselves and changed masters at will. Peace at home under a strong ruler signaled danger for neighbors." In our contemporary period, the alliance has been built with the Buma having the excuse of their common Buddhist faith. The Rakhine leader Aye Kyaw even could successfully convinced the dictator Ne Win to constitutionally declare the Rohingya as the non citizens of Burma.

From 1962 till today there are approximately 60 thousand Rohingya death and over a million Rohingya exterminated from their homeland Arakan. The atrocities still continues.The world can not sit watching a bunch of Rakhine war criminals killing, raping women and razing Rohingya houses to the ground. Here we are identifying the war criminals: These criminals acts like turtle heads hide under the Burmese Buma shell. Well, now that we know their names, they can run but can't hide. They have to face justice for their crimes. For now is the time to take them out from their safe hiding places. In the following we have identified top ten war criminals and their organizations.


RNDP and its sister organization "Wan-thar-nu-rakita" Rakhine Patriotic association (a seperatist group), Arakan liberation army, Arakan women's organization and Rakhine exiled groups in Bangladesh are the leading organizations responsible for the war crimes in Arakan,


THE WAR CRIMINALS IN THE POLITICAL FRONT


1. Aye Maung, master mind behind the Rohingya genocide is the Chairman of the RNDP.
"Dr. Aye Maung, a Bangladeshi by birth is member of parliament and chairman of the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (RNDP) because in his interview with Venus News Journal on June 14, 2012, he said, "The Rakhine state should be established in the way Israel was initially established." 



 
"RNDP was formed comprising with the people of mass and class Rakhine fanatic, terrorists, religious faked monks, student union, women's association, Rakhine cultural association, merchants, Karate youth club, and high level intellectuals who are working in government offices and harboring networks with those outsiders (local and international) who have involved full time activities under the direction of RNDP in this carnage trick.

"The party's master-plan, it secretly organized Bengal Rakhine fanatics via RNDP's network from Bangladesh, where nearly a million Bangladeshi Rakhine indigenous resides in accord U Aye Maung, the Rakhine RNDP party lets the Rohingyas villages and people from each township destroyed, burned, torched, killed and driven away from their original places for unknown, mysterious destination as internally displaced persons by Rakhine fanatic brought Bangladesh with a combined help of local Rakhine hooligans who are mostly Ra-Ma-La, ex-Rakhine liberation forces."

2. RNDP's Secretary General, U-Oo-Hla-Saw.jpg


3. KO KO GYI, the big mouth anti Rohingya provocateur and his gang


4.
U Hla Maung Tin rule the Rakhine state as the style of "mobo-cracy

"The entire Rakhine State administration was put into the hand of the mob, which included –Rakhine fanatic, armed terrorists, rude people, disguised yellow ribbon monks, secret police, merchant, karate association, so called educated man and women and so called intellectual academic, journalists, reporters and so on — by U Hla Maung Tin to rule Rakhine state as the style of "mobo-cracy" at this situation and which Nay-Pyay-Daw government is wait and see position.


"RNDP's sister organization called "Wan-thar-nu-rakita" Rakhine Patriotic association of Taung-goup has lynched 10 Muslims religious pilgrims on 28 May, 2012—then posing a great threat to all over the Rakhine state to date. Though these people were lynched by three hundred people in front of the police, none of the perpetrators of the Ten Pilgrim has yet been arrested while it was widely known via Myanmar state owned media that some 300 or so armed Rakhine terrorist attacked them in front of police & security  forces.

5.
Rakhine state Hluttaw which is run by U Hla Maung Tin.  Most policemen along the Rakhine state are involved. Most district and township administrative officers and staffers are also involved.

6. Saw Mra Zar Lin is the chairperson of the Rakhine Women Union (RWU) based in Bangladesh as well as a central committee member of Arakan Liberation Party(ALP).


Saw-Mra-Raza-Lin


  WAR CRIMINALS IN THE INTELLECTUAL FRONT

7. Aye Chan, whose father was a Bangladeshi Buddhist coauthored a book identifying the Rohingyas as "Influx Virus"recommended that they ne required to be exterminated.
"In recent months, there have been an increasing number of anti-Rohingya activities, including seminars in Rangoon and Arakan state organized by the RNDP and anti-Rohingya demonstrations," Tun Khin, president of the Burmese Rohingya Organization UK, recently said in the British parliament.

IN THE RELIGIOUS FRONT:
DHAMMA TALK AND PREMEDITATED KILLING
8. Ashin Nayaka and "many Rakhine monks who engage in community riots asking for expulsion of national people and always instigating communal rampage rather than propagation of Buddhism in a monastery.
"

"In recent days, monks have emerged in a leading role to enforce denial of humanitarian assistance to Muslims, in support of policy statements by politicians,"
said Chris Lewa, director of the Arakan project, a regional NGO. "A member of a humanitarian agency in Sittwe told me that some monks were posted near Muslim displacement camps, checking on and turning away people they suspected would visit for assistance."
The Young Monks' Association of Sittwe and Mrauk Oo Monks' Association have both released statements in recent days urging locals not to associate with the group.

IN THE LAW AND ORDER FRONT:

9. NaSaKa Chief Commander- Aung Gyi


10. Rakhine state Attorney General Hla Thein




11.The Rohingya killer Hmuu Zaw, of the security forces



The Burmese "regime imposed many restrictions on Rohingya marriage, travel, religious freedom, forced labor, etc. The Rohingya have been denied citizenship since the 1982 citizenship act was passed when the dictator Ne Win was in power. Two out of three lawmakers at the time of the 1982 citizenship act were Rakhines."

IMMIGRATION ISSUE AND CURFEW ONLY FOR ROHINGYA

The mastermind of the Rohingya massacre Aye Maung of RNDP's "parents only emigrated to Arakan state in 1953-54 from Bangladesh. If citizenship should be verified as he is a non-citizen Bengali-Magh," said Htay Lwin Oo, an activist from the United States. There were many Buddhist settlers in Arakan state after the independence of Burma, but the regime never raised the issue because the agenda is only to drive out the Muslims. The Rakhine people are officially accepted as an ethnic people of Burma and in Bangladesh too, while Rohingyas are denied citizenship in Burma and recognized as refugees in Bangladesh".

Arakan Liberation Party (ALP). It is an armed group of Rakhines works from Bangladesh. "The Arakan Liberation Party (ALP), which was founded in 1968, struggling to get back its lost Kingdom, held meetings in Malaysia last year where an attendee asked a question about the struggles and aims of ALP, which wants an independent Arakan state. ALP's struggle is not for federalism but for independence, ALP members told the Bangladesh-based Narinjara news agency. ALP and the Rakhine state government held peace talks early this year, but the two sides have still not reached a cease-fire agreement. A recent RNDP statement said, "The government and Rakhines must combine forces to lay down a security protocol for Rakhine state and the Rakhine people." It seems that the RNDP wants to bring ALP's forces into the region to oversee the Muslims."

Violence continues

Recently, "in Buthidaung Jail 43 dead bodies of Rohingyas were buried in a mass grave near the jail's fencing on the 24th of July.  They were tortured jointly by the Rakhine and jail's authorities. There are over 500 Rohingya prisoners arrested from Maung Daw and Buthidaung recently,  have been tortured and leaving without food and drink."
Similar concern of "Summary Execution In Buthidaung Prison", was raised by Burmese Rohingya Association in Thailand (BRAT) during a memorandum submission at Government House on the same day of Burmese Junta Thein Sein visit on 23 July 2012. The statement said,
"The information received from a prisoner who got released recently on Saturday- 22 July 2012 after completion of two years sentences, confirmed that there are 650 Rohingya detainees in a compound of Buthidaung Jail. 5 Rohingyas are dying daily from inhumane tortures. The dead bodies were packed by gunny and Rakhines carried away by bamboo pole in every early morning. It is very horrible that none of these Rohingyas prisoners can walk well and stand strait. They
sent messages to their families that they could not be able to back alive and the wounds they got were damaged inner parts of organs."www.arakanforward.com



Recommendations
Rakhine police failed to keep order for the Rohingyas. They became part of the problem. "All Rakhine police should be balanced employing Muslims staff in this department or instead of Rakhine police in Rakhine state, other ethnic policemen should be replaced who would not be biased in the protection and the rule  of law in the future.



"In an attempt to control further violence spreading to others, president Thein Seing has issued an emergency order (144) on June 10,2012– benefiting the issue for Rakhine terrorists to arson, killed, torched and threat even in day light on Rohingyas people — in the other hand, the Rakhine state government's tools such as police and security forces displacing, oppressing, harassing and stopping the food and foodstuff into the Muslim community and freely people' movement within blocks in Sittwe — reasoning insecurity of Rakhine people while letting Rakhine freely establishing livelihood for their cheerful survival and starving scheme for Rohingya Muslims in one hand — what a double standard dealing and the gratitude of the issuance of (144) by the president who has even been praised for Nobel peace prize in international arena for a additional promotion of carnage—exactly happened after returning back from the United Nations Assembly meeting.





"Rakhine state affairs should be handled by the Union directly because these Rakhine fanatics do not deserve to rule the state, if the affairs put in the hand of Rakhine people, the entire state's integrity would be tarnished in the sight of the international community again and again, only because of Rakhine people, the fate of the union should not be stained over and over. All Rakhine police should be balanced employing Muslims staff in this department or instead of Rakhine police in Rakhine state, other ethnic policemen should be replaced who would not be biased in the protection and the rule  of law in the future."



It is unfortunate that neither Burma, nor Bangladesh understand the long term ambition of these war criminals. To stop the Rakhine province to secede from Burma, Rakhine leadership is right that it is only Rohingyas that can help Burma stay together. It is important to know that Rakhines are only 5% of Burmese population but are 30% in the Burmese army. If they go to jungle, it will be a major challenge for Burma.  Also for Bangladesh, research shows, the rebellion in Chittagong Hill Tracts has been instigated largely by the Rakhine separatists. Some innocent looking Rakhine monks were found to carry weapons in Bangladesh. For its internal security it would be good for Bangladesh to monitor these war criminals and their movemets within Bangladesh.For the Rohingyas, if the international community ignores the Rohingya killing by the Rakhine leaders, they and the international community must have the right to arrest them and send them to the ICC and stop their criminal bugging in that part of the world. Surely, if timely actions are not taken, there is a price to pay by both Burma and Bangladesh for silence!

REFERENCES:

www.dictatorwatch.org

http://rohingyathai.blogspot.ca/2012/07/update-news-of-arakan.html
http://indonesia4rohingya.org/2012/08/09/dr-aye-maung-mastermind-behind-the-rohingya-ethnic-cleansing/

http://www.narinjara.com/main/index.php/exiled-female-arakanese-leader-returns-from-bangladesh/saw-mra-raza-lin/

http://danyawadi.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/%E1%81%83%E1%81%85%E1%81%85%E1%81%8B-burmese-invasion-of-arakan-and-the-rise-of-non-bengali-settlements-in-bangladesh/

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/08/201288114724103607.html

http://rohingyaonlinenewsgroup.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/president-thein-sein-ready-to-declare-a-new-rule-of-law-in-rakhine-state/

Burma killings shocking video: Must See and Share !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_cKhxPzVjE&feature=related)
Rohingya Massacre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2XED9cs7Z8&feature=related
Bangladesh PM says Bangladesh cannot help Rohingya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IF_wu4dxUk&feature=relmfu

http://rohingyathai.blogspot.ca/2012/07/burmas-monks-call-for-muslim-community.html

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Warm Eid Greetings to all my friends and well-wishers. May the spirit of sacrifice live in our heart forever. Have a nice day. -- _________________________________Abdul MannanEducator-Researcher-Writer-AnalystDhakaBangladesh


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[chottala.com] BABA Band Festival/Concert - Saturday, 11/17/2012, 7PM Sharp



v BABA has decided to dedicate this year's BABA band festvial/concert to all our Buddhist brothers and sisters and donate all our profits to help rebuilding the Buddhist temples in Bangladesh!

 
§ Several Bands Will Rock 1 Stage
 
 
 
v Please come and show your support!
 
 
§ Venue: John Adams Elementary School, 5651 Rayburn Avenue, Alexandria, VA
 
 
 
v Goat Biryani
v Chicken Kabob on the bread
v Jhaal Muri/Chanachur/Boot
v Vegetable Samosa/Shingara
v Water/Soda/Hot Tea
 
Contacts:
Suhas: 410-320-4961
   Miro: 571-205-1811
 
 
 
 
BABAMUSIC.NET (online tickets)
 
 
 


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