Rohingya Muslims In Buthidaung Warned By Authorities Not To Pray On Eid Day
RB News
October 14, 2013
Buthidaung, Arakan – Township Administrator of Buthidaung Township in Arakan State warned Rohingya Muslims in Buthidaung that they must not pray the Congregational Eid Prayer on Eid day. The authorities will take serious action if more than five people gathered.
Today Buthidaung Township Administrator Than Shwe held a meeting with 85 village tract administrators and some local elders at Township Administration office. He told them that the Muslims in Buthidaung are not allowed to pray congregational prayer for Eid day at any mosque and madarassa (religious school). He added that they will take serious action if more than five people gathered.
District Administrator and Township Administrators in Maungdaw District ordered in writing to custodians of mosques not to open mosques. They must keep doors locked.
Curfew section 144 in Northern Arakan State is just for the Muslims. Buddhists can gather more than 500 people at monasteries at any time and they are allowed to do anything. The curfew section 144 is there to oppress the Muslims only and is legal act to discriminate the Muslims religiously.
According to locals in Buthidaung the Township Administrator Than Shwe is the worst administrator in Arakan State. He secretly engages with Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (RNDP) as an executive member. He has earned more than 200 million Kyats by torturing and extorting Rohingyas in the region. Although the locals sent complaint letters to the President Thein Sein, State Chief Minister Hla Maung Tin and the MPs against him, no any action has been taken. The local people are suffering more, day by day.
Zeya Aung contributed in reporting.
We need the World to be aware more and more from unlawful treatment of administrators
of Myanmar government with the Rohingyas, that curfew section 144 created, approved
for whole people of a country,and must obey it when announced, now ! after announcing curfew,moreover forbidding sturdily,Rohingyas can't go out from their houses ,but Buddhists can do anything freely, even can gather at monasteries or anywhere they need any number "IT IS LAW,RULE"?
Mr. Aung Mint Soe, First of all I would like to wish you to carry out what you have said " On Eid Prayer".It is very good job. Bravo....
Sometime I think you are thinking like you are a god, as I know only God can do anything and you are trying like HIM that is why You have plan to do anything, something "Stupid"
I don't know what you are talking about but I am a Baali of Arakan and I am neither a Rakhine nor Rohingya or Bengali but I am Baali from Arakan, a Muslim as well, so what you say that I cannot go for prayer and you can go for prayer... who are you...Stupid.
Is Arakan belong to you and your father alone. Can you tell from where you came?
Don't forget you have another father... Baali, So I therefore request you to act like human being , not like animal.
You know people like you will bring only curse on Rakhines and in General on Arakanese because of your actions and fears me that we will lose our peaceful Arakan atmosphere.
I think your discrimination policy will bring only civil war between Baalis and Rakhines ,so be careful about that policy.
Tell me ... How did you change the state name Arakan to Rakhine, then tomorrow you will have no right to tell us if we change from Arakan to Baalistan.