The Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar demanded emergencyOIC Meeting for Muslim Rohingyas of Burma

The  Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar said in a statement Tuesday, and call upon the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to hold an emergency summit of foreign ministers of Islamic countries; to discuss the implications of what is happening to Muslims in (Myanmar), and make critical decisions, to put pressure on the government of Burma to save its Muslims solving this crisis, and to  call  the Security Council to convene an urgent meeting, to issue a binding decision of the Government of Myanmar to stop the violence.

As Burma Violence Continues, Warnings of Broader Instability

Muslims gather at Thechaung refugee camp in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Burma, October 29, 2012. 

 

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BANGKOK — Authorities in Burma say they are working to restore calm to western Rakhine state after a week of sectarian violence left nearly 100 people dead, destroyed thousands of homes and displaced 30,000 people, the vast majority of them Muslim. Amid reports of continuing clashes, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has expressed concern the instability could spread.

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• AFP/Published: 15:07 October 30, 2012

Kuala Lumpur: Myanmar has rejected an offer by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to open talks aimed at quelling deadly communal violence there, the regional bloc’s chief said on Tuesday.

UNHCR calls on Bangladesh to open border

Oct 30, 2012

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has called on Bangladesh to open its borders to Rohingyas fleeing sectarian violence in Myanmar.

“UNHCR continues to consider that until public order and security are restored for all communities in [Myanmar’s] Rakhine State, states should not forcibly return to Myanmar persons originating from Rakhine State,” Pia Paguio, senior protection officer and officer-in-charge of UNHCR in Dhaka, told IRIN on 29 October. “We thus continue to appeal to the government of Bangladesh to open its borders to those in need of a safe haven.”

11 Rohingya organizations appeal to Save the Arakan Muslim Population from Genocide in Arakan-Burma

Tue, 2012-10-30 01:31 — editor

Kula Lumpur, 30 October, (Asiantribune.com): 

 

A total of 11 national and international Rohingya organization members, Rohingya Diaspora in a joint press release have strongly denounce and condemn and expressed serious concern over the current news information that Buddhist Rakhine extremists led by Rakhine ruling political party - Rakhine Nationalities Development Party-(RNDP) had restarted mass killing of Muslim population of Arakan, as well as burning and destruction of Muslims villages and houses, in Minbya, Mrauk Oo, Kyaukpru, Pauktaw, Ratheydaung, Myebone, and Kyauktaw Townships since October 21, 2012.

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Human rights groups call for action on Burma ethnic strife

By AP News Oct 28, 2012 1:34PM UTC

SITTWE, Burma (AP) — Human rights groups urged an end of sectarian violence in western Burma on Saturday, with one releasing satellite photos of what it said was an entire section of a town apparently burned to the ground by a marauding mob.

An armed police officer guards as Muslim refugees stand behind him at a refugee camp in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine State, western Burma, Saturday. Pic: AP.