Maungdaw, Arakan State: Five Rohinga houses were burned down by Rakhine Natala villagers at Maungdaw south on January 2, at night, said a local villager on condition of anonymity.
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Letter from America: The Rohingya Question – Part 6
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui
As we have noted elsewhere there are other records, including British, which mention the name Rohingya. Consider, for instance, the account of the English surgeon to Embassy of Ava, Dr. Francis Buchanan (1762-1829 CE), who visited Burma decades before the British occupied the territory.
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Letter from America: The Rohingya Question – Part 7
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui
So, what is ethnicity? Can the minority Rohingya qualify as an ethnic group? Ethnicity has been a debated topic and there is no single definition or theory of how ethnic groups are formed.
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Nasaka starts taking photographs in Maungdaw
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Concerned authorities (Nasaka) started and forcibly took photographs of Rohigya families on December 4 in Maungdaw south, said a local elder from Aley Than Kyaw on condition of anonymity.
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