News Desk/Living India : Myanmar leader & Nobel prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi had once said ”If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.” But, which kind of compromise, she never cleared, at least for the people of Myanmar. However, time was going ahead and suddenly, somewhat pre-planned, ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims erupted. In fact, this cruel movement had been led by a Buddhist Ashin Wirathu.
Right now, he has been labeled as the Buddhist Bin Laden, as thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been killed and about 1.30 lakh have left Myanmar to save their lives. At this point of time, many boats laden by Rohingya Muslims are entering into nearby country like Thailand, Malaysia. Above all, Bangladesh has been the main relocation point for most of them. Wirathu, who led the ethnic cleansing movement in Myanmar called it ‘969’. And, this was started by Buddhist monk since 2012 and took scores of lives of Rohingya Muslims.
Actually, the heinous act led by Wirathu has been backed by Myanmar government as the government considers Rohingya Muslims are intruders and they are residing here illegally. As, many Rohingya Muslims residing in Myanmar for generations, still government denied them to citizenship or the right to vote, they face severe restrictions related to marriage, movement and anything else. Even, this nationalist pseudo movement is being criticized worldwide, still the ethnic cleansing is brutally going on.
Wirathu playing a central and pivotal role to show all Rohingya exit door from Myanmar and his Islamophobia, hate speech, making worse to worsen situation for Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Wirathu served eight years in prison on charges of inciting religious violence, but later released in 2011 under an amnesty. Since then, the government cracked down many movements led by students and journalists, Wirathu allowed to do whatever he wished and planned. The Myanmar crisis deepens since then and Rohingya Muslims are losing their lives, lands and everything else.
As Wirathu pointed out “You can be full of kindness and love, but you can’t sleep next to a mad dog. If we are weak, our land will become Muslims.” The contemporary situation in Myanmar is not a matter of state or a country, in fact, it would surely and deeply affect the whole Asia and world too.