{"id":1304,"date":"2025-06-27T12:58:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2025-11-13T04:18:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T04:18:58","slug":"we-are-all-myanmar-in-our-heart-please-let-our-children-keep-dreaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2025\/06\/27\/we-are-all-myanmar-in-our-heart-please-let-our-children-keep-dreaming\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are All Myanmar in Our Heart \u2014 Please Let Our Children Keep Dreaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We Are All Myanmar in Our Heart \u2014 Please Let Our Children Keep Dreaming<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Abdul Rahman Zafrudin Ko Ko Gyi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u101a\u102c\u1018\u1000\u103a\u1021\u1005\u103d\u1014\u103a\u1000 \u1015\u102b\u1015\u102b\u1037\u1021\u1019\u1031 (My father U Aung Min’s mother)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u101d\u1032\u1042\u101a\u1031\u102c\u1000\u103a\u1000\u1021\u1016\u1031\u1021\u1019\u1031 (U Aung Min’s grandparents)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>(\u1021\u1016\u1031\u1000\u1014\u1014\u103a\u1038\u1010\u103d\u1004\u103a\u1038\u1021\u101b\u1031\u1038\u1010\u1031\u102c\u103a\u1015\u102f\u1036\u1016\u103c\u1005\u103a\u1010\u1031\u102c\u1037\u1010\u1031\u102c\u1004\u103a\u1004\u1030\u1000\u102d\u102f\u1011\u103d\u1000\u103a\u1015\u103c\u1031\u1038\u101b\u1010\u1032\u1037\u1014\u1014\u103a\u1038\u1010\u103d\u1004\u103a\u1038\u101e\u1030\u101b\u1032\u1037\u1021\u1006\u1000\u103a\u1015\u102b)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

oung girls is my paternal grandma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder couple were my great grand parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>They all had to fled the Mandalay Royal Palace during the Palace coup d’\u00e9tat. My great grandma was the Palace Staff of one of the Princess. The coup d’\u00e9tat and subsequent massacre at Mandalay Palace was a notorious event within the Konbaung dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) that occurred in February 1879. It was orchestrated to secure the succession of King Thibaw Min, the last Burmese monarch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My greatgrandma’s family had to runaway to Taungoo. She was said to be a Shan (Burmese Thai) -Panthay (Burmese Chinese Muslim).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Myanmar military regime continues to label us\u2014Myanmar Muslims\u2014as “guest citizens,” “Kala,” or “mixed bloods,” denying our rightful place in the country. Yet no matter how hard they try to marginalize us, we remain full Burmese citizens in law, identity, and spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether our ancestors were Indian, Chinese, Bengali, Pakistani, or any other origin, we and many like us were born and raised in Myanmar. We are not outsiders\u2014we are culturally Burmese, speak Burmese, and are loyal citizens who have contributed to this country for generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our great-grandparents held Burmese National Registration Cards (Ah Myo Thar Mhat Pone Tin Cards), just as our parents and older siblings do today. Yet, under the SPDC\u2019s discriminatory policies, our younger family members are now being issued different cards\u2014stripped of equal status for no reason other than their ethnicity or religion. This form of apartheid, not based on actions or merit, but on racial and religious profiling, is not just unjust\u2014it is inhumane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This discrimination targets not only Muslims, but also Hindus, Chinese, and other non-Buddhist minorities. Registration officials have declared that anyone not born a “pure Burmese Buddhist” must be classified as “mixed blood”\u2014Indian, Pakistani, or Bengali\u2014regardless of fact. This is a blatant denial of identity and a form of state-sponsored racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our nephews and nieces are now forced to begin life under a system that devalues them from the start. They are excluded from equal rights, even while their siblings enjoy full citizenship. With this, the regime is not only denying their present\u2014it is stealing their future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These children, like all children, deserve the right to dream, to hope, to build futures free from discrimination. But the SPDC regime has rejected them before they even have a chance. It has told them: you are different, you are less, you do not belong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We must ask: What will our children grow to believe when the country of their birth tells them they are not welcome? What does it say about the soul of a nation that refuses to embrace its own sons and daughters?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By denying these children their rightful place, the SPDC has already failed them. It denies the very diversity that once made Myanmar strong. Through systematic exclusion and hatred, the regime has turned our shared homeland into a place of fear and rejection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us remember: diversity is not a weakness. It is our strength. Though we may differ in ancestry and religion, we share the same language, culture, and love for our country. We are fully Burmanized except in faith. And when we dream\u2014we dream in Burmese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History bears witness. Successive Burmese kings recognized us as loyal citizens. Prime Minister U Nu upheld that legacy. And General Aung San once said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have no bitterness, no ill will… If [foreign residents] choose to join us, we will welcome them as our own brethren. The welfare of all people of this country\u2014irrespective of race or religion\u2014has always been the one purpose I have set out to fulfill. It is my life\u2019s mission.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet today\u2019s SPDC regime defies that legacy. It institutionalizes apartheid and discrimination. It commits acts tantamount to genocide against us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To our fellow Burmese:<\/strong> We remain your brothers and sisters. We are not aligned with foreign powers. We are not enemies of the state. We are Myanmar, in heart and soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the authorities:<\/strong> Please\u2014let our children dream. Do not extinguish their hope. Do not deny them the future that is rightfully theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Published by MMNN | Edited & Updated for clarity and justice<\/em> from As we are all Myanmar in our heart, please let them continue to dream as Myanmars<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We Are All Myanmar in Our Heart \u2014 Please Let Our Children Keep Dreaming Dr Abdul Rahman Zafrudin Ko Ko Gyi \u101a\u102c\u1018\u1000\u103a\u1021\u1005\u103d\u1014\u103a\u1000 \u1015\u102b\u1015\u102b\u1037\u1021\u1019\u1031 (My father U Aung Min’s mother) \u101d\u1032\u1042\u101a\u1031\u102c\u1000\u103a\u1000\u1021\u1016\u1031\u1021\u1019\u1031 (U Aung Min’s grandparents) (\u1021\u1016\u1031\u1000\u1014\u1014\u103a\u1038\u1010\u103d\u1004\u103a\u1038\u1021\u101b\u1031\u1038\u1010\u1031\u102c\u103a\u1015\u102f\u1036\u1016\u103c\u1005\u103a\u1010\u1031\u102c\u1037\u1010\u1031\u102c\u1004\u103a\u1004\u1030\u1000\u102d\u102f\u1011\u103d\u1000\u103a\u1015\u103c\u1031\u1038\u101b\u1010\u1032\u1037\u1014\u1014\u103a\u1038\u1010\u103d\u1004\u103a\u1038\u101e\u1030\u101b\u1032\u1037\u1021\u1006\u1000\u103a\u1015\u102b) oung girls is my paternal grandma. Elder couple were my great grand parents. They all had to fled the Mandalay […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,7,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anti-racism","category-articles","category-history","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304","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=1304"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3808,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions\/3808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}