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that progress, we urge the Government of Burma to

make changes in its citizen-ship law so that the Rohingya can return to their homeland,”

said Farooq Murad.

“They should be allowed to build mosques, schools and

businesses [currently banned] and the punitive marriage and travel bans placed upon them

should be lifted. Previously confiscated places of worship

and other lands should be returned and humanitarian agencies allowed access to the affected populations.”

“Burma cannot be opened for business whilst these grave human rights violations con-

tinue."

Murad called upon the UN, UK governments and the Organi-zation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) to act now, before the

situation becomes more grave. He also said that the governments of Bangladesh,

Indonesia and Thailand should reconsider their expul-sions of Rohingya refugees – the situation is particularly bad in Bangladesh, where many

Rohingya languish in unofficial refugee camps.

Take Action

Write to your MP, send a letter to Foreign Secretary William Hague and urge them that

Britain must draw international attention to the current crisis by strongly condemning the blocking of humanitarian aid,

the human rights abuses com-mitted by police, army and

security forces, and by reject-ing proposals for all Rohingya

to be expelled from the country.

Act Now for Burmese Muslims!

MCB condemns terrible

abuses against Rohingya Muslims

• Calls on UK and other gov-ernments to act

The Muslim Council (MCB) is calling for urgent action to halt killings, rapes and expulsions being carried out in western Burma against ethnic Rohin-gya (Muslim) Burmese citi-

zens.

Tens of thousands of Rohin-gya have been affected, fol-lowing a flare up of tensions with the majority Buddhist

population, after the rape of a Buddhist woman by an al-leged Rohingya gang and

reprisal killings.

"We strongly condemn these attacks against the Rohingya in Burma and call on the Brit-

ish government, as well as other regional partners, to

bring the matter to the United Nations’ urgent attention," said

MCB secretary general, Farooq Murad.

Shocking attacks

The outburst against the Ro-hingya, often described as one of the world's most op-

pressed groups, comes after weeks of ethnic violence in the

Rakhine state in the west of Burma that has left more than

80 dead and up to 100,000 people living in a situation

described as "desperate" by humanitarian organisations.

As state-sanctioned abuses

against the Muslim community continue, Burma's president Thein Sein – credited by the international community for

ushering in a series of democ-ratic reforms in the country

and releasing political prison-ers such as Aung San Suu Kyi

– has urged neighbouring

Bangladesh to take in the Rohingya.

Human Rights group Amnesty

International has accused security forces and ethnic

Rakhine Buddhists of carrying out a series of targeted at-

tacks against the Rohingya.

Violence in the last six weeks has been "primarily one-sided,

with Muslims generally and Rohingya specifically the tar-gets and victims,'' Benjamin Zawacki, a Bangkok-based

researcher for Amnesty, said recently.

In a new shocking develop-ment, some Burmese Bud-dhist monks have also been accused of encouraging the

expulsion of Rohingya to neighbouring Bangladesh,

with accusations they are eth-nic Bangladeshis and not

“true” Burmese.

So far, Burma’s main democ-racy leader and Nobel peace prize-winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, has remained silent on

the issue.

Stripped citizenship

The Rohingya have lived in Burma for centuries, but in 1982, then-military ruler Ne Win stripped them of their

citizenship. Thousands fled to Bangladesh where they live in pitiful camps. Foreign media are still denied access to the conflict region, where a state of emergency was declared

last month, and ten aid work-ers were arrested without ex-

planation.

“Burma has shown commend-able progress in steps to de-mocracy recently. In light of

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Brother: There are

many issues that

affect our

Community at a

local and national

level and we need

to be active to

support our

younger generation

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Brothers from Redbridge putting pen to paper, expressing their thoughts and ideas.

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The Fundraising Event

started off with a few

questions posed to the

attendees about self

evaluation, examining local

and international needs

and what the Brothers felt

about them and also what

could they do on an indi-

vidual and collective level.

The responses were col-

lated and compiled as a

report and this can be

available from NILRC.

The Newham Muslims Pro-

fessionals Network after an

absence of two and half

years decided to restart in

Ramadan 2012. Br Amer

Khan ran around and talked

to his network of Brothers

about fundraising for a local

Community Centre set up to

cater for the needs of Mus-

lims in Newham. Br Imtiaz

of Ilford also heard of the

event and rallied support

from his friends in Red-

bridge.

A rich ar-

rany of

Brothers

turned up

to support

the fund-

raising

event at

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After The Maghrib Prayer

and opening the fast at the

local Masjid, the Brothers

made their way to D’Gaf.

A 5 Course meal was pro-

vided by the friendly staff.

The menu consisted of

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service was excellent and

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The Event ended with desserts to finish of the meal, a

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Community

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On 26th August we are launching the annual "Schools4Change Summer Souk" at Wanstead Sports

grounds. The event is organised to bring together local businesses and communities under one roof to pro-

vide a day that is full of fun and entertainment in order to raise funds and the profile of our organisation.

We have united with a number of local restaurants and traders to provide a large variety of foods, fashion

goods and services including a holistic health corner. On the day we have a "Kids Corner" that will house

a bouncy castle and horse riding to ensure that there is something for all the family.

We believe that your involvement on the day, would go a long way to make this event a success and all you

have to do is to turn up and have tonnes of fun!!

More about who we are...

Schools4Change are a non-profit organisation that aims to provide education for subjugated children

around the world.

Our focus is orphans and females and our vision is to build self-sufficient schools around the world.

Schools4change recognise the need for community education and our mission is to empower children with

knowledge, skills and values that are transferrable and also lifelong. We recognise that there are inequali-

ties and injustices around and the world but we believe that education equips individuals to fight those in-

justices and create opportunities for positive change.

We can be certain that education is an invaluable tool; it teaches us that a unified good is the only way for-

ward for all of us and it creates opportunities to foster dreams.

We hope to provide education and opportunities to those who are less fortunate and disadvantaged through

not only raising awareness and fundraising, but also liaising with other organisations such as the Wealth

Project to create a school structure that sustains itself and creates enthusiasm and motivation for knowledge

that will allow these individuals to help themselves, their families and their communities. Likewise,

Schools4Change is governed by a team of passionate educators who synthesise ideas and are dedicated to

pursuing a dream of universal education.

Schools4change wholly believes that our work will go a long way to support international Millennium De-

velopment Goals, “To achieve universal primary education” and “To promote gender equality and em-

power women” by 2015.

We hope to do this through the building and maintenance of schools in Asia and Africa. We foresee that

the schools will be self-sufficient in time to come and provide the best education possible, allowing chil-

dren the key to freedom. Our hope is that the schools will provide access to females and orphans but that in

time we may be able to provide education and training to adults within the community. We are firm believ-

ers that the efforts of some can make a change, but the impact of many

can create a legacy.

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Sahih Al-Bukhari

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