Top Islamic body warns of 'genocide' in Myanmar
- Published: 17 Nov 2012 at 18.47
- Online news: World
The world's top Islamic body called Saturday for the international community to protect Muslims in Myanmar's unrest-hit Rakhine state from "genocide" as US President Barack Obama readied for a landmark trip to the country.
Muslim Rohingya children are seen at the Bawdupha camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar's western Rakhine state, on November 2. The world's top Islamic body called Saturday for the international community to protect Muslims in Myanmar's unrest-hit Rakhine state from "genocide" as US President Barack Obama readied for a landmark trip to the country.
"We expect the United States to convey a strong message to the government of Burma so they protect that minority, what is going on there is a genocide," said Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, who is the acting chairman of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
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