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Rohingyas Mosque in Arakan transformed into temples for Buddhists

25 November 2014

Arakan News Agency
Lot of Muslims mosques Exposed to demolition in Arakan and sabotage at the hands of Buddhist extremists after closed for long periods of Muslims and prevent from entering and perform prayer; and so at the behest of the Myanmar government. 
Reported to Arakan News Agency (ANA), adding that the government forces are present during the demolitions and vandalism of mosques in many cases, vandals provides different tools in the means to be used in it. Local residents from neighboring villages and reported that there is a committee formed by Buddhist monks to choose some of the mosques that are in good condition in order to put statues of Buddha so that the place can be converted into temples for Buddhists.

Observers said that the suffering of the Rohingya Muslims are increasing day after day with no rights to exercise freedom of worship and perform their religious rites under government repression against them and prevent them from calling for prayer and the pursuit of performing prayers even if they are inside their homes.

Referred to the Arakan region was home to some of the historic mosques that date back hundreds of years, by the Buddhists assaulting them and disabled in order to obliterate the Islamic identity and deny the historical existence of Rohingya Muslims in Arakan

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