Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech

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The genocide in Myanmar has drawn global attention as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be presiding over human rights violations, forced migrations and extra-judicial killings on an enormous scale. This unique study draws on thousands of hours of interviews and testimony from the Rohingya themselves to assess and outline the full scale of the disaster. Casting new light on Rohingya identity, history and culture, this will be an essential contribution to the study of the Rohingya people and to the study of the early stages of genocide. This book adds convincingly to the body of evidence that the government of Myanmar has enabled a genocide in Rakhine State and the surrounding areas. Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Acronyms INTRODUCTION Bamboo, Tarpaulin and Mud ‘We are Rohingya’ Burma or Myanmar? 1 Rohingya Roots in Ancient Arakan First millennium Arakan Islam’s arrival in Arakan Slavery and forced migration from Bengal 2 British Colonial Rule and Rohingya Identity Arakan’s Rooinga community in 1795 Arakan’s pre-colonial population Colonial Arakan 3 Citizenship Laws: Making Rohingya Stateless Independent Burma’s citizenship regime Citizenship after the 1962 coup 1982 Citizenship Law 4 Myanmar’s Failed Political Transition Political change in the Golden Land Words as Weapons This is what genocide looks like A politician not an icon A new insurgency A political problem with a political solution 5 Conflicting Historical Narratives 6 People Would Like to Demolish Our History 7 We are Rohingya A genocidal military campaign The Mother of humanity 8 Seeking Common Ground A renewed domestic focus The Tatmadaw’s ‘unfinished job’ A broken system Future hopes Acknowledgements Bibliographical Survey Notes Index