Persecution and the deliberate targeting of the
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Rohingya started in the late century when the
Burmese occupation forced large populations of both
the Rohingya Muslims and the Arakanese Buddhists
to flee the Arakan state.
• The Takhine Party, a predominant anti-colonial
faction, began to provoke the Arakanese Buddhists
against the Rohingya Muslims convincing the
Buddhists that the Islamic culture was an existential
threat to their people.
• The seed of hatred between the two sides was planted
by the Takhine Party and the repression began
immediately in 1938 when the Takhine Party took
control of the newly independent state.