U Hla Swe said: “They [the US] can insult three out of four religions. But do they dare touch Muhammad? I doubt the US is that brave. If they do, Muhammad will bomb them with an airplane. They are afraid of that.” That’s what he is being sued for. U San Aung said: “As a […]
Seven Days in Rakhine: Day Five — A Tour of No-Go Zones In Sittwe
While Rick Heizman was busy all day with translations, a journalist friend arrived to give me a tour of Sittwe. An obvious feature in downtown Sittwe is a No-Go Zone guarded by security forces. There are several No-Go Zones in Sittwe since the 2012 Islamic insurgency, but the one in downtown Sittwe is different, because […]
Seven Days in Rakhine: Day Four — Victims of Jihad Tell Their Stories
When we arrived in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine, Rick Heizman had a delegation of people waiting for him to discuss his victim testimonies for the Independent Commission Of Enquiry (ICOE). This independent commission was set up to collect a database of victims from the 2017 insurgency by the ARSA Rohingya terrorists. The body of […]
Seven Days in Rakhine: Day Three — Some Truth About the Murder of Ma Thida Htwe (Part 3)
From the interviews we learned the truth: in life, Ma Thida Htwe was a pious, peaceful, kind and loving person who came from a loving family that did nothing to deserve this evil. From these hours we spent with the victim’s family, we gathered much information about this important crime in a very remote place. […]
Seven Days in Rakhine: Day Three — Some Truth About the Murder of Ma Thida Htwe (Part 2)
The family friend started by explaining some background to the situation. He was the person who found her mutilated body after the intensive search, but was sentenced to a year in jail for posting the infamous pictures of the body from the crime scene on social media. There is a large population of Bengalis in […]
Seven Days in Rakhine: Day Three — Some Truth About the Murder of Ma Thida Htwe (Part 1)
Few murder cases have had the impact on a country that the horrific case of Ma Thida Htwe had. On May 28, 2012, Ma Thida Htwe was gang raped, robbed and murdered by three Bengali Muslims in the district south of Kyauk Phyu at the edge of Ramree Island. The murder of Ma Thida Htwe […]
Seven Days in Rakhine: Day Two — The Bengali Siege of Kyauk Phyu
The 2012 siege of Kyauk Phyu began at the mosque near the edge of the Muslim quarter situated between two ethnic Rakhine areas, which is now an empty field. In order to reach the town center, ethnic Rakhines needed to cross the Bengali village. Adjacent to the now overgrown field remains a derelict house, which […]
Seven Days in Rakhine: Day One — The Kyauk Phyu No-Go Zone
The day is bright and sunny, another fresh day as you go to the market stalls to get some things for supper. However, on the way you begin to hear frightened screaming, and wonder at the commotion. Then you start seeing smoke and fire, and people are running for their lives. As you continue through […]
Malaysia: Counterterror cop confirms jihad terror recruitment among Rohingya refugees
“They will be recruited by the terror groups and sent back to Myanmar to wage war,” and then the establishment media will portray them as innocent victims of the rapacious Myanmar war machine. “Counter terrorism cop confirms elements of terrorism among Rohingya refugees,” Sun Daily, August 27, 2018: KUALA LUMPUR: Federal Special Branch Counter Terrorism […]
Rohingya: We attacked police outpost, then Muslim leader “told us to set fire our houses and run to Bangladesh”
The international media consistently portrayed, and still portrays, the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as entirely innocent victims of persecution by Myanmar’s government and the Buddhists of that nation. This testimony shows, on the other hand, that at least in this case the Rohingya began the hostilities, and that they set fire to their own homes […]
Amnesty International investigation finds that Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar massacred Hindus
While the international media was wringing its hands over the alleged genocide of the Rohingyas in Myanmar, Jihad Watch was one of the few places where one could get the truth about the Rohingya jihad against Hindus in that country. The Rohingyas began the violence there, and if they weren’t waging jihad in Myanmar, they […]
Is the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar really just an example of “Buddhist terror”?
Last year, the international media focused in horror upon the South Asian country of Myanmar (formerly Burma), which was, according to press reports, destroying the homes, exiling, and often massacring the nation’s Muslim community, known as the Rohingyas. According to news reports, this was entirely the fault of Buddhist leaders in Myanmar who were stirring […]
“We are going to kill you”: Myanmar non-Muslims recall jihad massacres by Rohingya Muslims
The establishment media consistently only presents one side of the story in Myanmar, claiming that Rohingya Muslims are being victimized on a massive scale, despite evidence that many alleged army atrocities have been faked, and that Myanmar non-Muslims have been brutalized and murdered by Rohingya jihadists. Even in this story, the Washington Post does its […]
Jordan’s Queen Rania: “Many around the world are unable to see Muslims as victims”
“Citing rising anti-Muslim sentiments and stereotypes, she questioned whether animosity towards Muslims had reached the point ‘where many around the world are unable to see Muslims as victims. It leads one to wonder if the tables were turned, and these acts of violence were committed by Muslims, if the world’s response would have been as […]
22 Rohingya Muslims posing as refugees arrested in Bangladesh for alleged role in massacre of Hindus
The Western media continues to tell only one side of the story regarding the Rohingyas. Authorities in Bangladesh and India know another side. This is also another interesting sidelight to Europe’s refugee crisis. “Exclusive: 22 Rohingyas posing as refugees arrested in Bangladesh for alleged role in massacre of Rohingya Hindus,” Times Now, October 7, 2017 […]
Myanmar beauty queen accuses Rohingyas of media campaign to trick world into thinking they’re oppressed
“In a video posted on her Facebook last week, Miss Grand Myanmar Shwe Eain Si accused the Rohingya militants of leading a ‘media campaign’ to trick the world into thinking ‘they are the oppressed.’” A curious story. It’s unclear why Shwe Eain Si lost her title. If Myanmar’s leadership were what the Western media says […]
India: Hindu leader says Rohingyas are “threat to national security…have links with jihad”
The establishment media is telling only one side of the story regarding the Rohingyas and Myanmar. “Rohingyas threat to national security, they have link with Jihad: RSS Chief,” by Joseph Rao, Deccan Chronicle, September 30, 2017: Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said Rohingyas are a threat to national security. Speaking […]
Australia: Muslim asylum-seeker from Myanmar jailed for marrying underage girl
“The man wedded the 14-year-old at an Islamic mosque in the Melbourne suburb of Noble Park in September last year when he was 34.” Has the mosque been investigated? Shut down? If not, why not? After all, the judge said: “To say that you come from a culture permissive of child marriage carries no weight […]
Myanmar: Mass graves found as Rohingya Muslims massacre Hindus, burn their homes, kidnap women for marriage
The establishment media continues to portray the Rohingya Muslims as the victims of “Buddhist terror.” Reality, as always, is not so simple. “Myanmar searches for more Hindu corpses as mass grave unearthed,” SBS, September 25, 2017 (thanks to K.): Violence has periodically cut through the western state, where communal rivalries have been sharpened by British […]
India using chilli sprays, stun grenades to dissuade Rohingya Muslim refugee influx
These are harmless refugees being kept out by an “Islamophobic” government, right? Well, that’s not how Indian authorities see it: “Our investigations have revealed that Al Qaeda wants to use India and Bangladesh as their base to start a religious war against Myanmar,” said New Delhi police official Pramod Singh Khuswah. “Clearly they are a […]