Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state face ‘genocide’: OIC

We expect from US to convey a strong message to the government of Burma so they protect that minority: OIC.


Afp November 17, 2012
Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state face ‘genocide’: OIC

DJIBOUTI: The world's top Islamic body called Saturday for the international community to protect Muslims in Myanmar's unrest-hit Rakhine state from "genocide" as US President Barack Obama readied for a landmark trip to the country.

"We expect from the United states to convey a strong message to the government of Burma so they protect that minority, what is going on there is a genocide," said Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, who is the acting chairman of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

"We are telling things how they are, we believe that the United States and other ... countries ... should act quickly to save that minority which is submitted to an oppressive policy and a genocide," he said.

COMMENTS (2)

Arindom | 11 years ago | Reply

Dear OIC, you first bring even a semblence of human rights for non-Muslims in your countries first. Only then will any of what you say have any weight.

Something Clever | 11 years ago | Reply

"“We are telling things how they are, we believe that the United States and other … countries … should act quickly to save that minority which is submitted to an oppressive policy and a genocide."

Try and remember you requested it, for once, at the very least. The US/NATO have been doing that very thing in other Muslim countries but only get spit on and demonized for it.

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