{"id":1269,"date":"2025-06-27T04:32:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T04:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2025-06-27T04:32:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T04:32:54","slug":"manufacturing-hate-how-myanmars-regime-hooked-a-nation-on-islamophobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2025\/06\/27\/manufacturing-hate-how-myanmars-regime-hooked-a-nation-on-islamophobia\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufacturing Hate: How Myanmar\u2019s Regime Hooked a Nation on Islamophobia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Manufacturing Hate: How Myanmar\u2019s Regime Hooked a Nation on Islamophobia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Illusion of Democracy<\/strong><br>As Myanmar\u2019s &#8220;democratization&#8221; charmed the world, a darker truth festered:&nbsp;<strong>most Bamar Buddhists don\u2019t want equality\u2014they want dominance<\/strong>. Their fear? Losing control over ethnic minority lands rich in oil, gas, and jade, or competing fairly with Burmese-Chinese and Muslim entrepreneurs. This isn\u2019t speculation\u2014it\u2019s the engine driving state-engineered hate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Poison in the Pamphlets<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In tea shops, monasteries, and markets nationwide, two booklets spread like venom:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>\u201cWe Are Afraid Our Race Will Disappear\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201cBurmese Citizens Beware!\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Their core lies, repeated since the 1990s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Malaysia\/Indonesia were once Buddhist nations until Muslims \u2018invaded\u2019&#8230; <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Now they plot to destroy Buddhism in Myanmar by<\/strong>:<\/em><br><strong>1. STEALING LAND<\/strong><br><strong>2. BUYING CONVERTS<\/strong><br><strong>3. SEDUCING WOMEN<\/strong><br><strong>4. PREACHING DOCTRINE<\/strong><br><strong>5. SEIZING STATE POWER\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These claims\u2014printed by military affiliates (USDP) and distributed via monks\u2014<strong>reframe Muslims as existential threats<\/strong>. Worse, they include explicit calls for apartheid:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>BOYCOTT MUSLIMS:<\/strong>\u00a0Avoid shops with\u00a0*786\/Bismillah\/Halal*\u00a0signs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BAN TRADE\/EMPLOYMENT<\/strong>\u00a0with Muslims.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>REFUSE HOUSING<\/strong>\u00a0to Muslims.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DISPLAY 969\/ARAHAN<\/strong>\u00a0logos (markers of Buddhist supremacy).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>State Machinery of Hate<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t grassroots bigotry\u2014<em>it\u2019s\u00a0<strong>systematic indoctrination<\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Monks as Agents:<\/strong>\u00a0Military Intelligence (DDSI) infiltrated the Sangha. HRW documented monks leading riots while using\u00a0<em>state-issued mobile phones<\/em>\u00a0(2001).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Economic Scapegoating:<\/strong>\u00a0Pamphlets surge during economic crises (e.g., 1999, 2012), diverting anger from regime failures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marriage Paranoia:<\/strong>\u00a0Fabricated stories of Muslim men &#8220;converting&#8221; Buddhist women stoke moral panic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thein Sein, Aung San Suu Kyi, and the NLD<\/strong>&nbsp;did worse than nothing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thein Sein\u2019s regime distributed pamphlets via USDP.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suu Kyi reduced anti-Muslim pogroms to <strong>\u201cboth sides\u201d clashes, erasing Muslim victimhood.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Playbook Older Than the Junta<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The tactic is timeless:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>SLORC staged fake &#8220;Muslim marriage plots&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0in Taunggyi (1988) to crush democracy protests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anti-Muslim riots erupted in Myingyan\/Myanaung<\/strong>\u00a0(1999) after USDP pamphlet drops.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>969 Movement<\/strong>\u00a0(backed by generals) recycled these lies in 2012-2015, enabling Rohingya genocide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;When monks with luxury phones, and booklets appear mysteriously before riots <em>inciting mobs<\/em>\u2014ask who prints them.&#8221;<\/em><br>\u2014 Human Rights Watch, 2001<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why the Hook Sinks Deep<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Bamar Buddhists swallow these myths because they promise:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Economic Security:<\/strong>\u00a0Eliminate Muslim competitors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cultural Purity:<\/strong>\u00a0Stop \u201cIslamization.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Continued Dominance:<\/strong>\u00a0Justify military rule as \u201cprotecting Buddhism.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion: Cutting the Line<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Myanmar\u2019s Islamophobia isn\u2019t organic\u2014it\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>regime policy wrapped in saffron robes<\/strong>. Justice requires:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>ICC prosecutions<\/strong>\u00a0<em>for incitement to genocide (Rome Statute, Art. 25).<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Global Magnitsky sanctions<\/strong>\u00a0on pamphlet distributors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pressure on ASEAN<\/strong>\u00a0<em>to condemn state hate speech.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The world must see: these pamphlets aren\u2019t \u201cfree speech\u201d\u2014they\u2019re&nbsp;<strong>blueprints for genocide<\/strong>. Until their printers face consequences, Myanmar\u2019s democracy remains a lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Preserved Evidence from my Original Article<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/drkokogyi.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/23\/many-bamas-are-swallowing-the-hook-line-and-sinker\/\">Many Bamas are swallowing the hook, line, and\u00a0sinker<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/drkokogyi.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/l1.jpg?w=450\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><strong>Key Fact<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Source\/Context<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Pamphlet distribution via USDA\/monks<\/td><td>HRW, U.S. State Department (2001)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>969 boycott directives<\/td><td><em>\u201cBurmese Citizens Beware!\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;pamphlet<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Staged riots (Taunggyi 1988, Myanaung 1999)<\/td><td>Historical records, HRDU Yearbook<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Suu Kyi\u2019s \u201cboth sides\u201d rhetoric<\/td><td>Public statements (2012-2015)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Monk-military collusion<\/td><td>HRW mobile phone reports<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ ALSO:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drkokogyi9.wordpress.com\/2019\/04\/08\/the-hate-speech-threat-to-the-2020-election\/\">The hate speech threat to the 2020\u00a0election<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drkokogyi9.wordpress.com\/2019\/04\/08\/%e1%81%82%e1%81%80%e1%81%82%e1%81%80-%e1%80%b1%e1%80%9b%e1%80%bc%e1%80%b8%e1%80%b1%e1%80%80%e1%80%ac%e1%80%80%e1%80%b9%e1%80%95%e1%80%bc%e1%80%b2%e1%80%80%e1%80%af%e1%80%ad-%e1%81%bf%e1%80%81%e1%80%ad\/\">\u1042\u1040\u1042\u1040 \u1031\u101b\u103c\u1038\u1031\u1000\u102c\u1000\u1039\u1015\u103c\u1032\u1000\u102f\u102d \u107f\u1001\u102d\u1019\u1039\u1038\u1031\u103b\u1001\u102c\u1000\u1039\u101c\u102c\u108f\u102f\u102d\u1004\u1039\u1010\u1032\u1037 \u1021\u1019\u102f\u1014\u1039\u1038\u1040\u102b\u1012\u103b\u1016\u1014\u1039\u1094\u1019\u1088\u1000\u102f\u102d \u1021\u102c\u100f\u102c\u101b\u1015\u102b\u1010\u102e \u1018\u101a\u1039\u101c\u102f\u102d\u101b\u1004\u1039\u1006\u102f\u102d\u1004\u1039\u1019\u101c\u1032<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a 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Islamophobia The Illusion of DemocracyAs Myanmar\u2019s &#8220;democratization&#8221; charmed the world, a darker truth festered:&nbsp;most Bamar Buddhists don\u2019t want equality\u2014they want dominance. Their fear? Losing control over ethnic minority lands rich in oil, gas, and jade, or competing fairly with Burmese-Chinese and Muslim entrepreneurs. This isn\u2019t speculation\u2014it\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,7,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anti-racism","category-articles","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1270,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions\/1270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}