Statement of HTI On Rally To Express Solidarity For Rohingya Muslims

STATEMENT OF

HIZB-UT TAHRIR INDONESIA

ON

 

As reported, Muslims in the area of Rakhine or Arakan, Myanmar, were persecuted again. According to official data, 67 people have been killed in the latest unrest during the past few days. AFP reported on Sunday (27/10/2012),   that the spokesman of Rakhine state said that nearly half of the dead were women. The United Nations (UN) said that  the latest clashes forced around 3,200 people to live in refugee camps in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine, which is organized by the UN. Whereas some other 2,500 people were reportedly on their way to the camps.

After decades of discrimination, Muslim Rohingya who have lived in Rakhine or Arakan region since the 8th century, now become stateless. The Burmese government continues to persecute them ruthlessly: restrict their movements, not give them the right to possess land, not give them access for education and public services. The government forces them to flee to different countries such as Bangladesh, Malaysia or Thailand. It is estimated that there are more than 500.000Rohingya people living in the country. According to UNHCR, around 1 million Muslims Rohingya are now forced to live outside Myanmar, but there is no third country willing to accept them permanently.

With all of its policies, it is clear that the Myanmar government has the intention to make the muslim suffer and do religious cleansing of Rohingya Muslims. It is clear from the statement of the President of Myanmar, Thein Sein, that Myanmar will make the Rohingya Muslim flee “if there is a third country willing to accept them”. For this ruthless president who acts cruelly to his own people, there are only two solutions for Rohingya Muslim: living in refugee camps or being deported.

Certainly, this reality brings sadness. The Rohingya Muslims are an integral part of the Muslim world who are now more than 1.5 billion people. How could the so many Muslims are unable to protect their own brothers who are being persecuted brutally. Where is the Izzah or the glory of the Ummah? This fact, together with the similar affliction experienced by Muslims in Pattani, in southern Thailand, Moro, in Southern Philippines and Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine, shows one thing: that Muslims weak and powerless after the collapse of Khilafah, the protector of the Ummah,  in 1924.

Regarding this issue, on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012, Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia staged a rally to express solidarity for the Rohingya Muslim in front of Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta, and states:

1. Strongly condemns the acts of violence, destruction of property belonging to the Rohingya Muslims, massacres and expulsions carried out by the Buddhist extremists, backed by the priests and the Burmese government against the Rohingyas Muslims in Arakan, Burma, as an act of barbarism. Such actions should not be done by any civilized human beings.
2. Urge the Myanmar government to immediately stop this ruthless act and stop all policies that aim to clean up the existence of the Rohingya Muslims in Arakan region. Rohingyas Muslim have been in Arakan region several centuries before Myanmar exists as a state and  therefore,they should be recognized as the legitimate residents of the territory with all of their rights.
3. Urge the Indonesian government, as a country with the largest Muslim population, to take effective measures in order to stop the cruelty as well as to provide protection to Rohingya immigrants who arrivein the territory of Indonesia.
4. Call upon the Muslims everywhere to act hand in hand to express solidarity for Rohingya Muslim in all its forms. In addition, callupon the people to work hand in hand earnestly for the enforcement of sharia and the khilafah. Only under the shade of the Khilafah state can the 1.5 billion Muslims be strong and united, so that the protection to the dignity of Muslims in many areas, including that of the Rohingya Muslims can be done real, and avoid similar oppressions to happen in the future. Insha Allah.

Hasbunallah wa ni’mal wakiil, ni’mal mawla wa ni’man nashiir.

Spokesman of Hizb-ut Tahrir Indonesia

Muhammad Ismail Yusanto