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

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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