The Two Faces of Democratization in Myanmar: A Case Study of the Rohingya and Burmese Nationalism

Akins, Harrison

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“…Rakhine, a state on the west coast state of Myanmar, 2 is separated from Bangladesh by the two-kilometer-wide Naf River (Akins, 2018). The state's border with Bangladesh is almost 168 km long (Parnini, 2013) Ullah & Chattoraj, 2018).…”

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“…The state's border with Bangladesh is almost 168 km long (Parnini, 2013) Ullah & Chattoraj, 2018). Rohingya Muslims, numbering overall million, are considered to the second-largest ethnic group (Letchamanan, 2013), and they live in the cities of Maungdaw, Buthidaung, and Rathedaung in Rakhine (Akins, 2018;Leider, 2018). About 15% of the total population of Myanmar is Muslim, and almost 50% of them live in Rakhine (Mohajan, 2018).…”

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“…Contests over ethnicity and nationalism are at the core of Burmese national identity currently dominated by the Buddhist Bamars (Taylor, 1982;Walton, 2008). However Buddhist nationalism was reinforced in the country during the colonial period and by the military regime (Akins, 2018). The Rohingya Muslim religious minority has been increasingly persecuted under the growing power of Burmese Buddhist nationalism that has resulted in ethnoreligious divisions (Alam, 2018).…”

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“…According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the act of killing children, women, and civilians is a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing" (Ullah & Chattoraj, 2018). As a result, the Rohingya have been compelled to flee Myanmar (Akins, 2018;Mohajan, 2018) and relocate to Thailand, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and mostly Bangladesh (Parnini, 2013).…”

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The “stateless” Rohingya in Bangladesh: Crisis management and policy responses

Habib

2021

Asian Politics and Policy

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Since 1978, subjugation, discrimination, and human rights violations have forced the Rohingya to flee Myanmar and seek refuge in Bangladesh. The legalized "statelessness" and marginalized ethnoreligious status of the Rohingya in Myanmar and their violent expulsion eventually determined their status in Bangladesh and the government response. Initially, the Bangladesh government and local communities took a liberal attitude towards the humanitarian crisis, accommodated the refugees in camps along the border region, and offered assistance. However, there are over a million Rohingya in the country now, and its resources limited, to begin with, are under enormous strain. The tensions between the Rohingya and host communities have led the government to oppose the integration and encourage the voluntary repatriation of refugees to Myanmar. This study analyses the shift in Bangladesh government domestic, as well as regional policies such as Look East policy, in managing the Rohingya crisis and proffers policy recommendations at the end.

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Section: Contested Identity and Legal "Statelessness" Of Rohingya In Myanmarmentioning

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The “stateless” Rohingya in Bangladesh: Crisis management and policy responses

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2021

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“…e essentially nationalist-racist Myanmar-Rohingya crisis, which is being misconstrued as being religious, will prove deadly for the future of Muslim-Buddhist relations in the ASEAN region (Akins 2018). It is also being in uenced and shaped by the violent, communalized Muslim-Buddhist-Hindu con icts of Sri Lanka and India, and Islamic radicalism from the Middle East.…”

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Three Faces of the Rohingya Crisis: Religious Nationalism, Asian Islamophobia, and Delegitimizing Citizenship

Yusuf

2018

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Myanmar is a non-secular Buddhist majority country born out of the ashes of the murder of their leader of independence struggle, General Aung San, was assassinated on July 19, 1947, a few months before the independence of Burma on January 4, 1948. His failed legacy in integrating Myanmar into a multicultural nation which contains of Burmans as ethnic majority and non-Burman minorities continues to obsess Myanmar’s people. The Rohingya crisis is not a religious conflict between Islam and Buddhism because both of them have a long-shared history of peaceful coexistence. Furthermore, it is also not only a case of Buddhist persecution against Muslims as recognized by the Rohingyan nationalists. Actually, it is a clash between two views of nationalism over the claim to Myanmar citizenship. The conflict invokes Buddhist and Muslim nationalist in order to protect and preserve national ethnicities as religious identities in turn causing the rise of the new phenomena of Asian Islamophobia.

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The Rohingya Crisis: Background on Myanmar, the Current Conflict, and Relevant Actors

Salehin

2024

Gendered Vulnerabilities and Violence in Forced Migration

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The chapter delves into the history behind the Rohingya crisis, tracing its roots beyond the events of 2017. Although the Myanmar government established the year 1824 as the cut-off date for citizenship, historical evidence suggests that the term ‘Rohingya’ was used prior to this period, indicating the longstanding presence of this Muslim minority group in the region. Furthermore, the chapter sheds light on the multifaceted nature of the crisis, involving actors such as the state, the military, Buddhist monks, and the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA). Of particular significance is the unlikely alliance formed between ultranationalist Buddhists and the military, who were once adversaries but joined forces against the Rohingya population, leading to intensified violence and displacement. This historical context provides crucial insights into the complexities and underlying factors driving the ongoing Rohingya crisis.

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The Two Faces of Democratization in Myanmar: A Case Study of the Rohingya and Burmese Nationalism

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The “stateless” Rohingya in Bangladesh: Crisis management and policy responses

The “stateless” Rohingya in Bangladesh: Crisis management and policy responses

Three Faces of the Rohingya Crisis: Religious Nationalism, Asian Islamophobia, and Delegitimizing Citizenship

The Rohingya Crisis: Background on Myanmar, the Current Conflict, and Relevant Actors

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