A Comparison with Arakan Violence- Striking Similarities

No. Violence in Arakan

1 The Primary Motive of the Regime was to increase public supports and to defeat DASSK Thein Sein Knew it in advance (Statesponsored) At a time when anti-Rohingya sentiment was running high Used a doctored picture of a certain Ma Thida Twe through Internet to turn the majority against minority Systematically crashed 10 unrelated Muslim Pilgrims to death by hired 300 Burmese or Rakhine hooligans Neither the names of these 300 people were revealed nor is any one of them sued. Bucked up the blames on Rohingyas and portrayed them as illegal invading people

Violence in Bangladesh
The Primary Motive of the Ruling party is to increase public supports and to defeat BNP and other oppositions. Sheikh Hasina knew it in advance (Statesponsored) At a time when BNP and other opposition were protesting over anti-Islamic video Used a picture of a burning Quran through internet to turn the majority against minority Systematically torched the homes and temples of Buddhist minority in Bangladesh by unidentified people Not known who carried out the violence

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Bucked up the blames on the oppositions and Rohingyas that they are spreading the violence in Bangladesh The regime that instigated the violence The Hasina government that started the portrayed themselves as saviours of the violence to is portraying to be the saviours of nation minority here The Violence is going on The violence might go on State-sponsored and organized media have State-sponsored and organized media have been working in favor of the regime been working in favor of the government

SPYGhana, Ghana, 2012, URL followed by https://spyghana.com/opinion/featured-articles/bangladesh-raw-engineered-attacks-on-the-

buddhists/?fb_action_ids=10151086603006238&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=wp&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481 237582, (Article titled as Bangladesh: R&AW engineered attacks on the Buddhists by William Nicholas Gomes)