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Rakhine brothers are seeking shelter in other countries because they
have no other hope of salvation. For the countries in which they seek
shelter in such a state of despair to send them back means literally to
sign their death warrants and those nations being complicit in mur-
der. Instead of persecuting these people for being refugees, they sho-

uld rather make it possible for them to enter freely, live in comfort
and work in security. God commands as follows regarding being just
in the Qur'an:

You who believe! show integrity for the sake of God, bearing wit-

ness with justice. Do not let hatred for a people incite you into not
being just. Be just. That is closer to piety. Have fear of God. God
is aware of what you do. (Qur'an, 5:8)

It is wrong to describe people from Rakhine as "illegal im-
migrants"

The people of Rakhine are not illegal immigrants. People have
the right, under international law, to flee countries where they are
being persecuted and to seek shelter elsewhere. What countries the-
refore need to do, in terms of humanity and of international law, is
open their doors to refugees. Muslim countries in particular need to

display much greater sensitivity on the subject. God reveals how
Muslims should behave toward defenseless people who are oppres-
sed by wrongdoers in the Qur'an:

What reason could you have for not struggling in the Way of God
– for those men, women and children who are oppressed and say,

'Our Lord, take us out of this city whose inhabitants are wrongdo-
ers! Give us a protector from You! Give us a helper from You!'?
(Qur'an, 4:75)