In a remote village in Myanmar, local Buddhists and government troops killed 10 Rohingya Muslims and buried them in a shallow grave. The murders at Inn Din in September marked yet another chapter in a continuing series of atrocities carried out against the Rohingya in Myanmar's Rakhine state. But the...
Buddhist Villagers Confirm Role in Rohingya Killings
In a remote village in Myanmar, local Buddhists and government troops killed 10 Rohingya Muslims and buried them in a shallow grave. The murders at Inn Din in September marked yet another chapter in a continuing series of atrocities carried out against the Rohingya in Myanmar's Rakhine state. But the...
Rohingya Massacre: BBC Documentary Investigates
Warning: The video above contains distressing scenes including explicit descriptions of sexual violence. Evidence continues to mount that attacks on Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar's military have been part of an ethnic cleansing campaign against the minority population. Human Rights Watch recently described an August 2017 military operation in Myanmar's Rakhine...
Rohingya Massacre: BBC Documentary Investigates
Warning: The video above contains distressing scenes including explicit descriptions of sexual violence. Evidence continues to mount that attacks on Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar's military have been part of an ethnic cleansing campaign against the minority population. Human Rights Watch recently described an August 2017 military operation in Myanmar's Rakhine...
I Visited the Rohingya Refugee Camps. This Is What Bangladesh Does Right
Nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh from Myanmar since September 2017. The Bangladeshi government’s plan to start repatriating them beginning this Tuesday, Jan. 22, has been postponed due to concerns about their safety. That the Bangladesh government agreed to the delay, speaks to its benevolent attitude toward the...
I Visited the Rohingya Refugee Camps. This Is What Bangladesh Does Right
Nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh from Myanmar since September 2017. The Bangladeshi government’s plan to start repatriating them beginning this Tuesday, Jan. 22, has been postponed due to concerns about their safety. That the Bangladesh government agreed to the delay, speaks to its benevolent attitude toward the...
Convert, Leave or Die — What Happened to American Dream?
"Go back to your own country." It's a comment often directed at Muslims in America today. Yet, a vast majority (over 80 percent) of those who practice the Islamic faith across the country are U.S. citizens, according to a report by Pew Research Center. Almost half of those surveyed reported...
Convert, Leave or Die — What Happened to American Dream?
"Go back to your own country." It's a comment often directed at Muslims in America today. Yet, a vast majority (over 80 percent) of those who practice the Islamic faith across the country are U.S. citizens, according to a report by Pew Research Center. Almost half of those surveyed reported...
What Sharia Law Means: Five Questions Answered
What is Sharia Law? Sharia in Arabic means “the way,” and does not refer to a body of law. Sharia is more accurately understood as referring to wide-ranging moral and broad ethical principles drawn from the Quran and the practices and sayings (hadith) of Prophet Muhammad. These broad principles are...
What Sharia Law Means: Five Questions Answered
What is Sharia Law? Sharia in Arabic means “the way,” and does not refer to a body of law. Sharia is more accurately understood as referring to wide-ranging moral and broad ethical principles drawn from the Quran and the practices and sayings (hadith) of Prophet Muhammad. These broad principles are...