The Rohingya Muslim in the Land of Pagoda

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  • Leni Winarni Universitas Sebelas Maret

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https://doi.org/10.21512/jas.v5i1.1812

Abstract

Regarding Southeast Asia as a multi-ethnics region, this paper attempts to examine about why Buddhist Community turns into religious violence against Rohingyas in the State of Rakhine (formerly known as Arakan). Through understanding the triggers of conflicts, this paper applies historical perspective to analyze why ethnic-religious conflict occur nowadays between Buddhist and Rohingya in Myanmar. This paper also discusses how the influence of history has constructed the government’s policy under military regime to exclude Rohingya. However, the ethno-religious conflict is either an indication of a weak state or failure state in managing diversity.

Key words: Ethnic-
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Author Biography

Leni Winarni, Universitas Sebelas Maret

 

Leni Winarni is a lecturer in International Relations and researcher in Center of ASEAN Studies, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia. Currently, she is Ph.D candidate of Inter-Religious Studies (ICRS) in Gadjah Mada University. Her key interest are politic and religion, Islamic studies, history, conflict resolution, and Russia and East European studies. Her recent publications include: The Political Identity of Ulama in the 2014 Indonesian Presidential Election (2014), PKPU (Pos Keadilan Peduli Ummat) As a Role Model for Philanthropic Organization to Face ASEAN Economic Society in Indonesia (2015), Islamic Fundamentalist Movement in the Secular Age (2015), Mudik Tradition as Social Religious Heritage and Culture in Indonesia (2015), Could We Tolerance the Difference? (2016), Rethinking the Religious Freedom in Myanmar Under Aung San Suu Kyi’s Regime(2016). Leni Winarni can be reached through leniwinarni@staff.uns.ac.id.

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2017-11-13

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