dear ROHINGYA

From : stoprohingyainvasiointoARAKAN

Dear Honorable House Speaker,

We are aware that on September 29, 2010 Mr. Christopher Smith, Congressman from New Jersey, have introduced and submitted a

resolution

H.RES.1710 to the House of Representatives at 111th Congress 2nd. Session calling on Burma’s military regime to immediately recognize

the “ROHINGYA

people” as full and equal citizens of Burma. The resolution also called for an end to the regime’s campaign of religious and ethnic

persecution amounting to

crimes against humanity throughout Burma.



Upon through study of this resolution, we regretfully found that Mr. Smith has presented false statements without having detailed

knowledge of the truth.

His misrepresentations are very detrimental to the people in Arakan (Rakhing) State, especially to the people living in the areas of

Butheedaung and

Maungdaw. We are very concerned with three points of the resolution:

the term “Rohingya”;

Rohingyas have been living in Northern Arakan (Rakhaing) state for centuries;

approximately one million Rohingya out of a total three million population fled Burma.

Point 1: The term “ROHINGYA” is synonym of alien Chittagonian separatists of jahadist Mujahidin known as Mujahadeen. It belongs to

neither any ethnic

groups nor religious category.

Point 2: This political movement started in the 1960’s, not centuries ago

Point 3: According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there were 156,630 (not one million) who fled in

1978 during the

Nagamin Operations.



We, the Arakanese(Reakhings) people that belong to one of the ethnic groups of Burma, do not deny the Burmese military regime’s

campaign of religious

and ethnic persecution or ethnic cleansing. But we do not agree and categorically object to the proposal for recognizing the “ROHINGYA

people” as full and

equal citizens of Burma because neither “ROHINGYA people” nor ROHINGYA ethnic grouping in the Union of Burma exist. The term

“ROHINGYA” is never

known to history nor it is ever recorded in the official documents as designation of Muslim circle in Rakhaing, ostensibly cross-bred by

Arab castaways. It is

only a belied term employed by the alien Muslim separatists, with the object of advancing a legal claim to ethnic grouping of the Union of

Burma.

The Imperialist British, who ruled the Indian Empire, named them Chittagonians after the Chittagong District of East Bengal, where from

they originated.

Our Burmese history shows that the main indigenous ethnic groups of the Union of Burma are Bama, Rakhaing, Shan, Mon, Karen, Chin,

Kachin and

Kayah. If you will study the Burmese history you will find Bengali Muslims who settle down in Butheedaung and Maungdaw in various

groups. During the last

part of 1850, a large number of Bengali Muslims came to Butheedaung through Maungdaw. The local Rakhaings had to watch their

movements by turn for

security of their lives and properties. When the authority of the East India Company also constructed a railroad from Maungdaw to

Buthidaung, the

Chittagonian Bengali were engaged as labourers during 1916 to 1918. Hence they began to settle there permanently.



While the communal riots took place between Muslims and Rakhaings in 1942, Rakhaings suffered much and Buddhist temples, Buddha

statutes and

pagodas were burnt down. Most of the villagers of northern and southern sides of Maungdaw and Buthidaung were killed, women raped,

and their

properties looted. The Rakhaings from the areas of Maungdaw and Buthidaung left their belongings and ran away to nearby safety

places. The houses and

lands were snatched and occupied by the Muslims in their absence. Their villages were converted into Muslim villages and Buddhist

temples were turned into

mosques and madrashes. At that time, there were no Rakhaings people living in Maungdaw and Buthidaung because of riots, and these

areas became

vacuum places. Taking this opportunity, nearly 100 percent of Bengali Muslims flooded and settled down in these areas. The new

generation of Bengali

Muslims living in these areas wanted to be named as “ROHINGYA”. These look like recent Afghanistan Taliban, radical Muslims (jihadists)

or terrorists. The

term “ROHINGYA” was coined by Islamic extremists during 1950 to Islamize during turmoil after independence. Since the colonial time,

there were many

attempts by radical Islamists to secede Burma especially in the western part which had been flooded with illegal immigration of Muslims.

There were

numerous incidents in which native Buddhist Rakhaings villages and people were destroyed.

During 1980 and 1990, “ROHINGYA” organizations became powerful with the aids from the Arab Islamists and the Bengali Islamists’

man-power. At the

same time, Burma had been facing great difficulty and it was the right moment for the Rohingya invaders to jihad Burma and destroy its

existing cultures

especially the Buddhism in Rakhaing (Arakan). It is obvious that thousands of Bengali Muslims (they called themselves ROHINGYA

people) from Burma went

to Afghanistan and fought along with the Talibans against US with the intention of getting help from them to make Northern Arakan

(Rakhaing) an Islamic

State. Arakan Rohingya Nationalist Organization (ARNO) and Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO) were among the groups who were

trained in

Afghanistan camps and were/are active in Northern Rakhaing and Bangladesh.

In light of these revelations, and on strength of the supporting documents enclosed herewith, we respectfully request you to

immediately reject Mr.

Christopher Smith’s resolution H.RES.1710.IH presented to the House of Representatives at 111th Congress 2nd Session in respect of

the “ROHINGYA”

people.


Your kind and sympathetic consideration of our request and presentation is highly appreciated.

Yours truly,


Myanmar Express

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