KOCHI: The Ahmadiyya Muslims have condemned in the strongest possible terms the persecution of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.In a statement here, it said it is being reported several hundred Muslims are being killed and tortured while many thousands were forced to flee. Such treatment can only be described as an affront to humanity.The Ahmadiyya Muslim community in the country urged the international community to help the Muslims in Myanmar attain their basic human rights and freedoms.
The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said, “All Ahmadi Muslims are extremely grief-stricken to hear of the cruel treatment inflicted on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and we pray all of these cruelties and injustices come to an immediate end.” “The fact these Muslims are being targeted seemingly with impunity is the result of the division and sectarianism within the Islamic world. If there was unity among Muslim nations and communities such tragedies would have never occurred,” it said.