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رمضان 1433هـ - 10 
أغسطس 2012م

Myanmar invites OIC probe of sectarian violence
President Thein Sein said he welcomed a visit by the Saudi-based Organization 
of Islamic Cooperation in an effort to diffuse mounting outcry over the 
treatment of the Muslim Rohingya. (AP)    

AFP, YANGON

Myanmar has invited an influential Islamic body to visit a state rocked by 
sectarian violence, official media said Friday, in an effort to diffuse 
mounting outcry over the treatment of the Muslim Rohingya. In a rare 
conciliatory move over the issue, President Thein Sein said he welcomed a visit 
by the Saudi-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the world's largest 
Muslim grouping, which has urged a probe into violence between Buddhist Rakhine 
and Rohingya that left scores dead. "The president said he hoped the OIC 
secretary could witness the reality (in Rakhine)," state mouthpiece the New 
Light of Myanmar said, adding tens of thousands of displaced people from both 
sides are being given food and shelter.

Thein Sein's comments came as the visiting foreign minister of Muslim-majority 
Turkey offered aid to the strife-stricken Rakhine state.

He also urged "the Turkish minister to explain the realities in Myanmar" to the 
OIC, the report added.

OIC head Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu on Sunday proposed sending a mission to probe 
"massacres... oppression and ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya in Rakhine, adding 
weight to calls by Egypt and Saudi Arabia for an investigation into the unrest.

The initial outbreak of fighting in western Rakhine state killed some 80 people 
from both sides in June, official figures show.

Renewed violence between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya left several people dead 
in Myanmar on Sunday, underscoring tensions in the area.

Human rights groups have alleged the number of dead could be much higher, but 
Friday's report said "only 77 persons" from both sides died.

The bloodshed has cast a shadow over widely praised reforms by President Thein 
Sein, including the release of hundreds of political prisoners and the election 
of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to parliament.

Myanmar's government has rejected accusations of abuse by security forces in 
Rakhine, after the United Nations raised fears of a crackdown on Muslims.

The entire state has been under emergency rule since early June with a heavy 
army and police presence.

New York-based Human Rights Watch has accused Myanmar forces of opening fire on 
Rohingya, as well as committing rape and standing by as rival mobs attacked 
each other.

Decades of discrimination have left the Rohingya stateless, and they are viewed 
by the United Nations as one of the world's most persecuted minorities.

Speaking a Bengali dialect similar to one in neighboring Bangladesh, the 
Rohingya are seen as illegal immigrants by the Myanmar government and many 
Burmese, and many have attempted to flee overseas in rickety boats.


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