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Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya)                        83





                  The coming to power of a civilian government changed nothing
             in the lives of the Rohingya. It has failed to prevent the loss of Mus-
             lim lives in religious clashes, hundreds of homes and workplaces

             being put to the torch and some 250,000 having had to abandon their
             homes because of the conflict. Moreover, it did not grant the
             Rohingya the right to citizenship, one of the most basic human
             rights.

                  Burmese Muslims, suffering the pain of having no homeland or
             protection, are today living a life of imprisonment in isolated camps

             in Rakhine province rather than in their own homes. They have no
             social rights and have no access to public services such as education
             and health. They get sick, but they are not admitted to hospital. They
             find themselves unemployed, but they cannot work in official institu-
             tions. Since they have no access to education, illiteracy levels stand at

             80%. They cannot even obtain birth certificates for their children.
             They do not have permission to marry. They cannot own land or
             property. They are not allowed to build concrete homes, and can only
             live in homes built of bamboo or wood, buildings which can be easi-

             ly destroyed during attacks. The rights of citizenship, blessings we
             never even think of, are just a dream for the Rohingya.


                  Ethnic cleansing and concentration camps
                  in the state of Arakan


                  The aim here is, quite bluntly, ethnic cleansing. One of the latest
             features of this ethnic cleansing campaign is forcing Muslims of
             Arakan to identify themselves as Bengali in order to become citizens.

             The Arakanese Muslim identity is thus eradicated. Those who reject
             that identity are punished by being sent to isolation camps.
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