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Religion in Myanmar (2014 Myanmar Census)[1]
Buddhism (90%)
Christianity (6.3%)
Islam (2.1%)
Hinduism (0.5%)
Tribal religions (0.8%)
Other (0.2%)
No religion (0.1%)
There is a history of persecution of Muslims in Myanmar that continues to the present day.[2] Myanmar is a Buddhist majority country, with significant Christian and Muslim minorities. While Muslims served in the government of Prime Minister U Nu (1948–63), the situation changed with the 1962 Burmese coup d'état. While a few continued to serve, most Christians and Muslims were excluded from positions in the government and army.[3] In 1982, the government introduced regulations that denied citizenship to anyone who could not prove Burmese ancestry from before 1823.[4] This disenfranchised many Muslims in Myanmar, even though they had lived in Myanmar for several generations.[5]
The Rohingya people are a large Muslim group in Myanmar; the Rohingyas have been among the most persecuted group under Myanmar's military regime, with the Kachin, who are predominantly U.S. Baptists, a close second.[6] The UN states that the Rohingyas are one of the most persecuted groups in the world.[7][8][9] Since 1948, successive governments have carried out 13 military operations against the Rohingya (including in 1975, 1978, 1989, 1991–92, 2002).[10] During the operations, Myanmar security forces have driven the Rohingyas off their land, burned down their mosques and committed widespread looting, arson and rape of Rohingya Muslims.[11][12] Outside of these military raids, Rohingya are subjected to frequent theft and extortion from the authorities and many are subjected to forced labor.[13] In some cases, land occupied by Rohingya Muslims has been confiscated and reallocated to local Buddhists.[13]
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^Jesudas M. Athyal (2015). "Myanmar (Burma)". Religion in Southeast Asia: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Cultures: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Cultures. ABC-CLIO. p. 194.
^Selth 2003, p. 8.
^Human Rights Watch, "The government could have stopped this", August 2012, pg. 5, https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/burma0812webwcover_0.pdf
^Selth 2003, p. 9.
^Selth 2003, p. 12.
^"Rohingya Muslims: among the world's most persecuted minorities". The National. Abu Dhabi. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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