Buddhist-Muslim Conflict in Burma/Myanmar’s Rakhine as a Consequence of Decolonisation in Southeast Asia Cover Image

Konflikt buddyjsko-muzułmański w birmańskim Arakanie jako przykład konsekwencji dekolonizacji w Azji Południowo-Wschodniej
Buddhist-Muslim Conflict in Burma/Myanmar’s Rakhine as a Consequence of Decolonisation in Southeast Asia

Author(s): Michał Lubina
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Diplomatic history, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej
Keywords: Burma;Myanmar;Rohingya;Arakan;Rakhine;Bangladesh;Bengal;decolonisation in Southeast Asia

Summary/Abstract: In the recent years, repression against Rohingya – an unrecognized Muslim minority in Burma/Myanmar expelled recently from Myanmar to Bangladesh – became the most recognised Burma-related (or perhaps even Southeast Asia-related) event worldwide. Rohingya’s exodus, accompanied by crimes against humanity, overshadowed Myanmar’s political transformation and annihilated the positive image of this country. The background that led to this ethnic cleansing, however, is deeper and connected to the painful decolonisation of Burma. As such, it represents the model case study of problematic decolonisation in Southeast Asia.

  • Issue Year: 34/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 299-315
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish