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The rightful owner of Arakanese land is Rohingya

Muslims

History confirms that the Rohingya Muslims who are now being
persecuted in their own lands, whose homes and villages are being

burned, whose mothers and daughters are being tortured and whose
men are being slaughtered, are the rightful owners of that territory. In
addition, Muslims have occupied important positions in the govern-

ing of the country and in its political and cultural life for more than
350 years. They have even provided such senior officials as five
viziers, along with governors, army generals and ministers.

However, following the killing of the Muslim Sultan Shah Salim
II in a conspiracy in 1638, the empire entered a period of decline and

Muslims and Buddhists The British Invasion. The Burma declared its indepen-
lived together freely in Rohingya Muslims dence and enforced the Law of
Arakan (now Rakhine) and returned to Arakan. Citizenship. Later on, a civil
Chittagong. war broke out.

The Rohingya Mus-
lims were allowed
The invasion of Arakan The beginning of the national
to settle in Burma
by Burma. The Rohingya movement of Burma. Burma
and to have an
Muslims migrated to separated from British India
identity.
Chittagong in droves. and the Rohingya Muslims fled
to Chittagong once again.

Anglo-Burmese War 100,000 people were Major General Aung Sung President U Nu
killed in the Rohingya granted autonomy to ethnic declared the citi-
Genocide. groups in the Panglong zenship of the
Conference. But then Aung Rohingya Mus-
Sung was assassinated and lims.
the agreements came to
nothing.