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Authority bans again on prayer calling (Azan) in Maungdaw

Maungdaw, Arakan State: The concerned authority – District and Township administration offices- had banned again on prayer calling (Azan) with loudspeakers in Maungdaw on December 28, according to a religious leader from Maungdaw.

“The order was dispatched to village administration offices by U Aung Myint Soe, the district administration officer and U Kyi San, township administration officer.”

“Some of the village administration officers from Burma border security force (Nasaka) area number 6 were ordered to their villages not to use the loudspeakers while prayer calling (Azan) in the Mosques.”

U Than Htun,the village administration officer, Shwezar village had ordered not to use loudspeakers while prayer calling in the Mosques on December 27, according to an elder from the village.

“The massage was again called by Captain Hay Win Min Htun, the officer in charge of camp 14 under Nasaka area 6 while the Nasaka called meeting with village’s elders and villager administration officer on December 27.”

“We stopped to call with loudspeakers for prayer calling in the Mosques after the meeting in the Shwezar village tract.”

“It is the new civilian government styles for moving the discipline democracy which the head of the state U Thein Sein stated that freedoms of religious are available in the country, but the authorities are going to stop some systems of religious other than Buddhist in northern Arakan where Rohingya community who believed Islam are resided.”

The ruling party – Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) –promised and ensured the Rohingya community that will remove restriction on marriage, education, movement, building worships places when the party came to campaign for election 2010 in northern Arakan. But, the promised and ensured which given in the election were disappeared and more imposed restriction on Rohingya again.

“Burma persecutes the Rohingya, the minority Muslim group of northern Arakan, denying them citizenship and harassment and persecution of all Human Rights abuses.In particular, it said Rohingya women suffer at the hands of the government. Freedom House has reported mass military rapes of Rohingya women. Fearing for their lives, many of these women have fled the country to Bangladesh. According to UN Watch – a nonprofit NGO – stated a recent session on women’s rights of the Forum on Minority Issues of the UN Human Rights Council.

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  1. The fact is we are very weak for them....we must strive to be stronger by standing together and let us struggle for our rights and liberty together....By the time we are really united and stop our collaborating habit, Insha Allah, it is not far away from us to gain our rights back...

  2. Hello,Mr.Maung Phyu.Thank you very much for your thinking.I would like to tell all Rohingyas that we need unity.We must fight for our rights.We are not coward persons.Why we forget for our future.If we try best,Insha Allah we will success immediately.

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