Kadyrov on events in Myanmar: "if he could he would "strike with a nuclear weapon" the people who "kill children, women, and old people."

Kadyrov on events in Myanmar: "if he could he would "strike with a nuclear weapon" the people who "kill children, women, and old people." (CaucasianWatch).

          Ramzan Kadyrov threatens to oppose Russia because of situation in Myanmar

If the Russian authorities take the side of the organizers of the Muslims' persecution in Myanmar, their position will be contrary to that of Chechen authorities. This was stated by Ramzan Kadyrov. Meanwhile, in Chechnya itself, Salafis are subjected to persecution.

On his page in Instagram, the Chechen leader posted a live video in which he commented on the events in Myanmar, the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel reports.

On the video, Ramzan Kadyrov called the events in Myanmar "the genocide of Muslims" and reported getting "a lot of letters" asking him to "send troops" to the country.

According to Ramzan Kadyrov, if he could he would "strike with a nuclear weapon" the people who "kill children, women, and old people."

The leader of Chechnya has called the organizers of the tragic events in Myanmar "shaitans" (devils). He has noted if Russia supports them, then he will oppose the position of Russia.

It should be noted that on August 28, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) condemned the events in Myanmar.

Chechnya pays great attention to religion. Meanwhile, some local residents doubt that the republic needs a large number of theologians. According to the locals, the authorities pay little attention to the development of the economy and the social sphere.

Meanwhile, Muslims who do not profess the traditional concepts of Islam are subjected to persecution.

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Myanmar's Election Commission rejects candidacy of Muslim leaders.

Myanmar's Election Commission rejects candidacy of Muslim leaders.(AN).

Myanmar's Election Commission (UEC) yesterday rejected the proposals made by all members of an Islamic party over issues of citizenship, effectively blocking the party’s participation in the general elections scheduled for 8 November.

The committee members rejected the applications of 17 people (out of a total of 18) who wanted to run for a seat in Parliament. The UEC say they violate the rule under which a candidate must have parents of Burmese nationality at birth and must have lived for at least 10 consecutive years in the country.

The decision, say the leaders of the party, may well determine the dissolution of the Democracy and Human Rights Party (DHRP) of Islamic inspiration.

At least 11 of the rejected candidates come from the western state of Rakhine, plagued since 2012 by sectarian violence between Burmese Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya. A conflict which in recent months have caused the flight of hundreds of thousands of refugees. The other six are living in Yangon Division.

Interviewed by Radio Free Asia (RFA) Dhrp leader Kyaw Min said that "the notification of refusal does not specify the reasons" but says only that the candidates violate "laws and regulations". Party leaders have seven days to appeal, added the man, also a Rohingya, who was a member of Parliament in the 1990 election (won by the National League for Democracy and never acknowledged by the military dictatorship).

If the Election Commission confirms the decision on appeal, the party is destined to dissolution according to the rule laid down by the Law on the registration of political parties, because any party requires at least three valid candidates to justify its existence. And, again by law, they cannot be replaced in the running by candidates who do not comply with the requirements established by law.

Kyaw Min said that all candidates have the necessary citizenship documents and all of them are registered in the national lists. "The rejection - he concluded - is not based on the law. It is just an attempt by them to not give us [political] space ".

On the subject, speakers included representatives of the National League for Democracy (NLD), that the decisions made by UEC - which rejected the applications for issues of citizenship - are quite "unconstitutional".

In recent days the Myanmar political and institutional leaders of the have taken a number of decisions which, according to activists and experts, affect the rights and traditions of the Muslim minority (5% of the total). In addition to the rejection of candidates, there is the enactment of a set of rules - the most recent published recently which prohibits polygamy - strongly desired by Buddhist extremist fringe that has long campaigned against the followers of Islam in the country . More here.

OIC to meet on April 14 to Halt Deadly Violence Against Myanmar Muslims, "ready to take all necessary measures and actions to deal with it".

OIC to meet on April 14 to Halt Deadly Violence Against Myanmar Muslims, "ready to take all necessary measures and actions to deal with it".(IW).

The head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation said on Saturday that ministers from OIC states will meet on April 14 in Saudi Arabia to discuss deadly violence against Muslims in Myanmar.

Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said in a statement that a contact committee of OIC foreign ministers would gather in the Red Sea port of Jeddah.

State media in Myanmar reported on Saturday that the death toll from communal violence in the center of the country over the past 10 days has risen to 43 with more than 1,300 homes and other buildings destroyed.

An OIC statement said Ihsanoglu addressed a contact group meeting on violence against Myanmar Muslims known as Rohingya on Saturday and said the organization was "ready to take all necessary measures and actions to deal with it".

Ihsanoglu also pressed the government of Myanmar to "put an end to the Buddhist extremists and hate campaigns, as well as ethnic cleansing that they had launched against Muslims in the country".

On Friday, Myanmar strongly rejected comments by the UN's special rapporteur on Myanmar human rights, Tomas Ojea Quintana, the previous day that he had "received reports of state involvement in some of the acts of violence".

Buddhist mobs have marauded through several towns in central Myanmar since religious violence erupted on March 20, prompting the government to impose emergency rule and curfews in some areas.

It is the worst sectarian strife since violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the western state of Rakhine last year left at least 180 people dead and more than 110,000 displaced.

Myanmar's Muslims -- largely of Indian, Chinese and Bangladeshi descent -- account for an estimated four percent of the population of roughly 60 million.Hmmmm......a pity they're silent when Christians are being murdered all over the middle East.

20 dead in Buddhist-Muslim clashes in Myanmar, 1,200 Muslim families flee their homes.

20 dead in Buddhist-Muslim clashes in Myanmar, 1,200 Muslim families flee their homes.(TOI).MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (AP) — Burning fires from two days of Buddhist-Muslim violence that killed at least 20 people smoldered across a central Myanmar town Friday as residents cowered indoors amid growing fears the country’s latest bout of sectarian bloodshed could spread.

The government’s struggle to contain the unrest in Meikhtila is proving another major challenge for President Thein Sein’s reformist administration as it attempts to chart a path to democracy after nearly half a century of military rule that once crushed all dissent.

The scenes in Meikhtila, where homes and at least five mosques have been torched by angry mobs, were ominously reminiscent of the sectarian violence between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya that shook western Rakhine state last year, killing hundreds of people and driving more than 100,000 from their homes.

The clashes in Meikhtila — which was tense but calm Friday — are the first reported in central Myanmar since then.

Troubles began Wednesday after an argument broke out between a Muslim gold shop owner and his Buddhist customers. A Buddhist monk was among the first killed, inflaming tensions that led a Buddhist mob to rampage through a Muslim neighborhood.

Violence continued Thursday, and by Friday, Win Htein, a local lawmaker from the opposition National League for Democracy, said he had counted at least 20 bodies. He said 1,200 Muslim families — at least 6,000 people — have fled their homes and taken refuge at a stadium and a police station.

On Friday, police seized knives, swords, hammers and sticks from young men in the streets and detained scores of looters. Fires set to Muslim homes continued to burn, but angry Buddhist residents and monks prevented authorities from putting out the blazes.

It was difficult to determine the extent of destruction in the town because residents were too afraid to walk the streets and were sheltering in monasteries or other locations away from the violence.

“We don’t feel safe and we have now moved inside a monastery,” said Sein Shwe, a shop owner. “The situation is unpredictable and dangerous.”

Some monks accosted and threatened journalists trying to cover the unrest, at one point trying to drag a group of several out of a van. One monk, whose faced was covered, shoved a foot-long dagger at the neck of an Associated Press photographer and demanded his camera. The photographer defused the situation by handing over his camera’s memory card.The group of nine journalists took refuge in a monastery and stayed there until a police unit was able to escort them to safety.

The UN secretary-general’s special adviser to Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, issued a statement expressing “deep sorrow at the tragic loss of lives and destruction.”

He said religious and community leaders to must “publicly call on their followers to abjure violence, respect the law and promote peace.”

The US ambassador to Myanmar, Derek Mitchell, also said he was “deeply concerned about reports of violence and widespread property damage in Meikhtila.” Meikhtila is about 550 kilometers (340 miles) north of the main city of Yangon with a population of about 100,000 people, of which about a third are Muslims, Win Htein said. He said before this week’s violence, the community had 17 mosques.Read the full story here.

Obama to Myanmar: Respect rights of Rohingya Muslims.

Obama to Myanmar: Respect rights of Rohingya Muslims.(TZ).Barack Obama became the first serving US president to visit Myanmar on Monday, trying during a whirlwind six-hour trip to strike a balance between praising the government's progress in shaking off military rule and pressing for more reform.
In recent months, sectarian violence between majority Buddhists and the Rohingya Muslim minority in the western state of Rakhine has killed at least 167 people.
Many in Myanmar consider the Rohingya Muslims to be illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh and the government does not recognize them as citizens. A Reuters investigation into the wave of sectarian assaults painted a picture of organized attacks against the Muslim community.
And Obama on Monday called for lasting solution to the problem.
“For too long, the people of this state, including ethnic Rakhine, have faced crushing poverty and persecution. But there's no excuse for violence against innocent people,” Obama told a packed audience for a speech at Yangon University.
“The Rohingya ... hold within themselves the same dignity as you do, and I do. National reconciliation will take time, but for the sake of our common humanity, and for the sake of this country's future, it's necessary to stop incitement and to stop violence,” he said.
Myanmar President Thein Sein, in a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week, promised to tackle the root causes of the problem, and Obama said he welcomed “the government's commitment to address the issues of injustice, and accountability, and humanitarian access and citizenship.”Read the full story here.

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