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History of Rakhine State and the Origin of the Rohingya Muslims

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  • Mohajan, Haradhan

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The Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority group in Rakhine, are considered among the most persecuted, vulnerable, and oppressed minorities in the world. Recently, the persecution on the Rohingya Muslims has increased due to Buddhist nationalism in Myanmar. The Rohingya continue to suffer from several forms of restrictions and human rights violations in Myanmar due to them being denied Myanmar citizenship. They are victims of various forms of oppression, such as arbitrary taxation, land confiscation, destruction of mosques, torture and ill-treatment, extrajudicial executions, restrictions on movements, forced eviction and house destruction, forced laborers on roads and at military camps, and financial restrictions on marriage. Since the 1970s, a number of crackdowns on the Rohingya in Rakhine have forced them to flee to neighboring countries. More than one million Rohingyas have migrated to refugee camps in the Bangladeshi district of Cox’s Bazar. This article deals with the origin of the Rohingya, the form of their citizenship, and recent oppression in the Rakhine State of Myanmar.

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  • Mohajan, Haradhan, 2018. "History of Rakhine State and the Origin of the Rohingya Muslims," MPRA Paper 88186, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 10 Feb 2018.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:88186
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    1. Mohajan, Haradhan, 2020. "Future of Rohingyas: Dignified Return to Myanmar or Restoring Their Rights or Both," MPRA Paper 108266, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 06 Apr 2021.
    2. Sarwar J. Minar & Abdul Halim, 2021. "The Rohingyas of Rakhine State: Social Evolution and History in the Light of Ethnic Nationalism," Papers 2106.02945, arXiv.org.
    3. Mahbubur RAHMAN & Haradhan Kumar MOHAJAN, 2019. "Rohingya-The Stateless Community Becoming the Lost Generation," Journal of Economic Development, Environment and People, Alliance of Central-Eastern European Universities, vol. 8(2), pages 24-36, June.
    4. MOHAJAN, Haradhan Kumar, 2018. "Analysis Of Food Production And Poverty Reduction Of Bangladesh," Annals of Spiru Haret University, Economic Series, Universitatea Spiru Haret, vol. 9(1), pages 191-205.
    5. Mohajan, Haradhan, 2018. "The Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are Victim of Genocide!," MPRA Paper 89846, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 15 Sep 2018.

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    Keywords

    Myanmar; Rohingya; Refugee; Citizenship; Persecution.;
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    JEL classification:

    • B3 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals
    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

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