Rohingya Muslims In America

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Rohingya Muslims are a minority in Burma and they are being persecuted and killed by extremists Buddhists. This is the most horrify human ethnic cleansing in past 20 years. But this genocide have not received much attention or help from the rest of the world as it should be. They do not have privileges or the power to speak up rather than staring at the rest of the world for help. I know the crisis is revolved around politics, so as society we chose to ignore it. When we choose to be quiet during injustice, we have chosen the side of the oppressor. It is not about being political, it's about being human.

As a Muslim living in America, I have encountered with racial/ religious discrimination. I personally resemble with the victims. I know

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