Only the Khilafah can Provide Justice and Protection to the Muslim Rohingya Women and Children, and NOT Futile Impotent Commissions
As reported by the Guardian and several media,
Britain raised the subject of the plight of Rohingya Muslims during meetings
with Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar’s new government, during her recent
visit to Britain. UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson welcomed the establishment
of the Rakhine Commission, led by the former UN Chief Kofi Annan to examine the
conflict between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya in Myanmar, describing it as an
important step in beginning to tackle the “desperate situation” of the
Rohingya. Annan was entrusted to lead this government-appointed commission by
Aung San Suu Kyi who has been silent on the brutal treatment and systematic
persecution of the Rohingya. Indeed, her National League for Democracy
spokesman, stated just days after the party clinched victory in last year’s
elections, that helping the persecuted Muslim minority was not a priority. He
also echoed the stance of the previous military-backed government by suggesting
that the Rohingya were illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. This is a reflection
of how this commission, whose role is restricted to issuing futile advice, will
achieve nothing for Rohingya women and children, and is simply a cynical move
and PR stunt by Suu Kyi and her government to be seen to be doing something
about the appalling conditions facing this Muslim minority. Indeed, Annan
conceded to the futility of this initiative when he stated in a press
conference in Yangon on Thursday 8th September that he would not
police human rights violations. He said, "We are not here as
inspectors, as policemen."
Rohingya women and children are in no need of
impotent politically-motivated commissions which do nothing but document (if
even that!) their well-known longstanding inhumane treatment and living
conditions. This Ummah has reached its limit of despair with missions,
commissions, and investigations – from Myanmar to Syria, Palestine to Central
Africa – whether performed by governments, the UN, or other organisations. It
represents a deceptive illusion of caring for and bringing justice and hope to
the oppressed. In reality however, they simply provide body counts of victims
of mass murder, and issue powerless condemnatory statements, while offering no
credible solutions or undertaking any meaningful actions to end the slaughter
and suffering. Today, the Rohingya continue to be persecuted and ‘stateless’,
having been denied citizenship status in Myanmar and other neighbouring
countries, including Muslim-majority ones such as Bangladesh, Malaysia, and
Indonesia. More than 140,000 languish in the most appalling, overcrowded, squalid
camps for the internally displaced which are ridden with malnutrition and
disease, and from which they are prohibited to leave and denied the most basic
rights and services such as healthcare and education. Last year a study by the
International State Crime Initiative at Queen Mary’s University in London
stated that, “The Rohingya face the final
stages of genocide,” and that they were on the verge of “mass annihilation”. The UN itself has
proven through itself to be an utterly redundant and dysfunctional body with a
legacy of failure in protecting the Rohingya and other oppressed Muslims.
Infact recently its World Food Programme has even decided to cut food aid to
some internally displaced people’s camps in the Rakhine state.
All this is surely evidence enough that the
current democratic world-order is unable and unwilling to protect the Rohingya
Muslim women and children and other oppressed Muslims across the globe. It is
surely proof enough for Muslims that we can never put our trust in non-Islamic
bodies, organisations or governments to deliver for us justice and security.
What Rohingya women and children need desperately is the Islamic leadership of
the Khilafah (Caliphate) based on the method of the Prophethood which alone
will guarantee the protection of their life, all their God-given rights, and a
dignified future that is free from fear and oppression. Placing hope or efforts
on anything other than the urgent re-establishment of this state will only
prolong the despair and suffering of all oppressed Muslims across the world.
Allah (swt) said,
﴿مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَوْلِيَاءَ
كَمَثَلِ الْعَنكَبُوتِ اتَّخَذَتْ بَيْتًا وَإِنَّ أَوْهَنَ الْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ
الْعَنْكَبُوتِ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ﴾
Women’s Section
in the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
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