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Rohingya Muslim: Minority Group and Rohingya Muslims

rohingya muslim: She now lives in Surrey, B.C., but remains in constant contact with immediate family in her home country, according to CBC. On Thursday, Human Rights Watch accused the Myanmar military of using widespread rape as a systematic tool to attack Rohingya Muslims. Ullah, a Rohingya Muslim who left Myanmar at the age of three, lived in Thailand as a refugee before immigrating to Canada six years ago. Rohingya Muslims, a minority group in Buddhist majority Myanmar also known as Burma have been facing persecution for decades. The United Nations has described the situation as one of ethnic cleansing and says it is still determining whether the crisis is genocide. Since August 25, they have been flooding into neighbouring Bangladesh, creating a humanitarian crisis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.