The Situation Of Rakhine State

One of the world's most persecuted group of people in this world are the Rohingya they are a muslim group that haven't found a place to seattle and live there lives in peace.Can you imagine your life you had to be constantly running for your life and even have to take chances with your life, That is a everyday experience for the Rohingya.

Concerning the ethnic minorities of Burma, I believe that we are in a period where carefully analyzed humanitarian input can have a successful impact. Unlike the genocide in Darfur, we’re aware of a developing situation where large-scale genocide has not taken place yet. History further lends a hand in paralleling the cordoning in society of minorities such as the Rohingya with that of the black African minorities in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. Lessons gained in the events in Sudan should be considered in defending the minorities of Burma who are facing human rights violation.

In March of 2013, the violence between the two groups only heightened (Staff, 2014). This violence is a result of an incident between a Muslim shopkeeper and a Buddhist shopper over a gold chain. The violence that ensued shortly after led to riots that destroyed shops and resulted in a Buddhist monk being killed. Since the last decade of Myanmar’s history, there has been increasing violence between Muslims and Buddhists. Groups such as the 969, led by a leader also known as the Buddhist Bin Laden (MacGregor, 2013), have formed to repress Muslims in Myanmar. Because the international idea that Buddhists are a strictly pacifist, non-violent ethnic group, people are less learned or educated about the violence and persecution of Muslims in Myanmar.

Introduction： It can be agreed that culture and identity have inseparable and intense connections. Culture means the way of life or the characteristics of a group of people, it can be defined from various aspects, such as religion, language, food, music, arts and and so on. Also culture is all the mental phenomena which condenses in the human production and life activities, including a variety of intangible values and physical creation. Moreover, Identity can be understood that who you are, what makes you different with others. The conception of national identity refers to the way that a country or a nationality define themselves with culture, language and traditions as a whole.

Tajfel (1981) described ethnic identity as part of an individual’s self-concept developed from knowledge of membership in a cultural group and the value or emotional significance attached to that membership. Ethnic identity content has been defined as “the actual ethnic behaviors that individuals practice, along with their attitudes toward their ethnic group” (Phinney, 1993, p. 64). Charlesworth (2000) maintained ethnic identity development to be an essential human need that provided a sense of belonging and historical continuity and created a foundation on which to build a concept of self.

In the lay man’s world, there are some universally held beliefs that permeate almost every level of society: Africa is poor and its residents desperate for help, the Middle East is unstable and many of its regional actors are religious fanatics, and so on. However, to say that these are universally held beliefs does not necessarily mean that they are true. These beliefs are sometimes grounded upon a certain understanding of culture and identity of those being portrayed. Some of these portrayals are not based on fact, but merely representations created through discourse to advance state and actor interests in regions of activity. This paper seeks to identity the role identity and culture play in international relations (IR) and world

Accordingly, national identity has been related to the characteristic of a specific country which may include its traditions, language, and politics, whereas a regional identity refers to features of a specific geographical region. Coming from Africa, I relate to these several unique features as an African and a Ghanaian. I have held that I am a

Although the purpose of this study is not to change policy or influence political agendas, it is meant for a deeper understanding of identity and its construction. This way, everyone can acknowledge similarities and celebrate difference that spawn from location to location. It is an opportunity to reflect on the interdependence of nationality, religion, race and language.

Anyone who is subject to violence and persecution should have the right to seek protection in another country. Many Rohingya have fled their homes due to religious conflicts in Myanmar by the Buddhists militants, terrorizing, burning and bulldozing the homes of the Muslim minority. These Rohingya have migrated to Thailand, Malaysia but mostly Bangladesh to seek protection in a new country. This migration in the nation state has its positive effects as the people in danger have the chance to escape and start their own life somewhere else, away from burning villages and ignited homes. They get the opportunity to find a safe new neighborhood and look for work elsewhere. Although the negatives do out way the positives, leaving a significant number of growing refugees in the world especially off the coast of Indonesia. These refugees are being kept in overcrowding refugee camps that are causing an issue that is affecting more than just people disturbed in the Rohingya crisis. Everyday there are crowds of homeless people swamping countries with no place for them to go. The military has planted landmines along the Bangladesh border to prevent the Rohingya from returning.

There is a grave complexity in defining Kurdish nationalism as it has developed into modern Middle Eastern countries. Calculating to a population of over 25 million, they are the largest minority in the world to not have their own state. Their nationalist movement has remained resilient in three pivot countries: Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. Kurds have been active in the country of Syria as well, since the 1980’s. Kurdish diaspora has existed in western Europe where long-distance nationalism has been promoted. In the strife for human rights, the Kurds have suffered as any other people would in the Middle East. They have faced massacre, poison gas, mass deportation, and linguistic discrimination. The three states that

The Rohingya are a group of Muslims that live in the Rakhine state in Myanmar. They originate from Bangladesh. One reason they left Bangladesh and came to Myanmar is because the British who ruled Myanmar at the time said that they wanted migrant

Rohingyas are the Muslim ethnic minority group who are oppressed by the Buddhist majority in Myanmar. The Muslims are tortured, abused, molested, and forced to leave their country. The United Nations has titled the Rohingyas as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. According to an article, “Why the Rohingya Muslims are fleeing Myanmar” by Brian, Pellot, “The government has long denied Rohingyas access to basic public services, education, and health care. Burdensome laws restrict their travel, marriage, and childbearing rights, and the government has even blocked them from receiving humanitarian aid” (15). The reason for this façade is Buddhists insecurity for their declining faith. These Muslims are subjected to discrimination, hatred, sexual abuse, loss of citizenship, and many other human rights violations. This genocide of Muslims is a reflection of religious intolerance, denying basic human rights, and promoting social injustice in the

The Rohingya Muslims have tried many things to cope with these attacks, resulting in both good and bad outcomes. For most of the Rohingyas, they were either kicked

Cultural identity refers to the feeling belonging to a certain culture that is attributed to the upbringing of an individual in the given culture. Cultural identity gives a person the sense of belonging and belonging towards their culture. Modern cultural studies show that cultural identification has taken a new face. Various cultural identifiers can be used to identify the culture of an individual. These identifiers include nationality, language, location, gender, religious beliefs, history, and ethnicity. Culture is important in shaping the identity of an individual. The efforts of people trying to preserve their cultural identities can bring about hatred and division in the society. This is likely to happen especially in large cities

A nation is a group of people who share common history, culture, language and ethnic origin often possessing or seeking its own government. National identity refers to the distinguish features of group and to the individual’ sense of belonging to it. In some case even a little difference in pronunciation is enough to categorize a person as a member of different nation but in some cases two people may be separated by language, culture, geographical location etc categorized in