Ethnic cleansing brought on by democracy: the appalling case of the Rohingya

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Publication date 18-12-2017
Publisher Leiden Islam Blog
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  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract The state-sanctioned persecution of the Rohingya in Myanmar has caused worldwide outrage. But why is this happening just when Myanmar has become democratic? And how should we react to this outrageous tyranny?
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Note This blog draws on: Gerry van Klinken and Su Mon Thazin Aung. 2017. "The Contentious Politics of Anti-Muslim Scapegoating in Myanmar." Journal of Contemporary Asia 47 (3):353-375.
Language English
Related publication The contentious politics of anti-Muslim scapegoating in Myanmar
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