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A 74-Years Old Karen Man Died – Beaten By Monks in September

October 22, 2012
M-Media
Reporting by Zarni

ဘုန္းၾကီးမ်ား ဝိုင္းရိုက္ခံရမႈေၾကာင့္ ေဆးရံုတြင္ ကုသမႈခံယူေနစဥ္က ဓါတ္ပံု
the victim was in the hospital in last month

A 74 years old Karen Muslim man who was beaten by Buddhist monks in Pa-an (Karen State) last month has passed away.

On September 5th, the man was coming home from a mosque after morning prayer. He was beaten up by three or four monks who accused him of crossing through the line of monks accepting morning donation.

The beating injured him seriously and left him with broken ribs. He was left along on the ground.

The Myanmar Muslim National League (Karen State branch) reported this incident to local authorities including deputy director of religious ministry, local police department, and the chief township office in Karen State. No effective actions were taken.

He was the resident of a small village name Nitchin in Karen state. He was visiting his daughter in Pa-an where he was beaten last month, and passed away on October 22nd.

Related report about the incident is available here: http://news.mmsy.info/news/5746

October 23, 2012
Rakhines Burnt Down Six Muslim Villages in Minpyar: 7 People Died

October 23, 2012
M-Media
Reporting by Tun Taut

Buddhist Rakhines burnt down six villages in Minpyar, according to a local resident from Minpyar.

“Muslim villages named Pait Sit, Turali, Samli, Aungdai, Latma and another one have gone completely because Rakhine terrorists burnt them down. Pait Sit had 500 to 600 houses and 3 mosques. Entire village is gone now. In Turali, there were 700 to 800 houses and two mosques. That village was also burnt down completely. The military shot dead 3 Mawlawi (religious leaders) and 4 other persons. Two other villages, Samli and Aungdai, were burnt down since yesterday evening”

The resident told M-Media, “Latma village is currently burning. It has more than 1,500 houses and 9 mosques. I had contact earlier [with the village], but I lost contact”. There are military units in those villages, but the army shoot if Muslims react. People have no where to go, so they can only run and hide in the forest”.

M-Media learns that there are 14 villages in Minpyar. Out of 14 villages, six have been burnt down completely.

October 23, 2012
More Muslim Homes Set on Fire in Mrauk U

October 23, 2012
M-Media
Reporting by Htun Tauk

Muslims’ homes in Mrauk U, Arakan state, are being burnt down since this morning.

Buddhist Arakans have already burnt down houses in Purain village, which is a Muslim village with more than 1,200 houses and 8 mosques.

More than half of the houses and a mosque were burnt to ground.

A man and a woman were also killed today. There are more injured and death including children but exact numbers cannot be confirmed yet.

At the moment of this interview, Buddhist Arakans have also started burning houses in Rantae and Zeeza villages. Rantae has more than 800 houses and four mosques, and Zeeza has about 800 houses and five mosques.

Our local contact informs us that Arakans are now planning to attack Pipinyin village.

“In Arakan state, there were more Muslims than Buddhist Rakhings before the conflict. Now there are only one third of the Muslim population left because of terrors and murders by Rakhings. I heard there are already one million Muslims who have escaped to Bangladesh. We are feeling sad and sorry. We heard they will attack the town of Kyautphy at noon. Please pray for us”, a local contact told M-Media in tears.

October 23, 2012
Rakhine Terrorists Burnt Down A Mosque in Kyauk Phyu

October 22, 2012
M-Media
News reported by Htun Tauk

Kyauk Phyu Township

There are 12 wards in Kyauk Phyu Township, Rakhine State and a mosque in West Ward was burnt down by Rakhine extremists at night on 22nd Oct. Very few Muslims live near that mosque. As a result, Muslims were not ready to protect the mosque against this arson. The authorities of Kyauk Phyu District have confirmed this news. At the present, army squads have covered that ward.

Most of those terrorists are not local residents but came from other townships. Only a handful of local people co-operated that mob to commit this crime. Rakhine Buddhists and Muslims had harmoniously co-existed in Kyauk Phyu Township before this criminal offence.

A Kyauk Phyu resident told M-Media that Thantwe Muslims now become worried about a consequential catalogue of terrorist attacks because of this terrorist outrage in Kyauk Phyu although solely two townships-Thantwe and Kyauk Phyu do not involve in Rakhine conflict.

October 23, 2012
Muslims in Myanmar will Not Celebrate Eid ul-Adha

October 23, 2012
M-Media

A coalition of four major Islamic organizations in Myanmar jointly announces today that Myanmar Muslims will not celebrate this year’s Eid ul-Adha, a holy religious event scheduled for October 27 in Myanmar.

The statement, signed by the Olama Muslim Theologians, the Islamic Affairs Council, the Myanmar Muslim Youth’s Religious Organization (Ma-Ma-La), and the Myanmar Muslim National League, said that Muslims in Arakan state are being killed; their homes, properties and religious schools are being burnt down and destroyed.

The statement highlights that new rules and restrictions regarding Eid ul-Adha have been imposed in several states and divisions.

Moreover, communal organizations are spreading threats and anti-Muslim messages in Pa-an (Karen state), Mawlamyein (Mon state), Mandalay and some other places in the country.

The Islamic Affairs Council have reported these anti-Muslim activities to the government several times, but the government did not respond, said the statement.

The four organizations thus urge Myanmar Muslims not to celebrate Eid ul-Adha due to on-going situations as well as the government’s inability to provide security to Muslims.

October 23, 2012