{"id":1718,"date":"2025-07-10T11:48:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2025-07-10T11:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:49:58","slug":"let-our-children-dream-again-stop-the-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2025\/07\/10\/let-our-children-dream-again-stop-the-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Our Children Dream Again \u2014 Stop the Discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every child deserves the right to joy, to education, and to dignity \u2014 equally.<br><strong>Why should any child be denied this, simply because of their race or religion?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As my brother <strong>Smar Nyi Nyi <\/strong>wrote so beautifully:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>To be born human is not a choice.<br>We arrive in this world \u2014 your child, my child \u2014 equally.<br>But some are born to poor parents,<br>Some to uneducated ones,<br>Some to those with darker skin.<br>For these reasons, society judges the child.<br>Should they live their lives in fear, shame, and limitation?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Children who grow up incomplete,<br>Who feel unsafe,<br>Who are bullied,<br>Who suffer from emotional trauma \u2014<br>These children face heavy burdens even before their lives have truly begun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All children deserve:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Equal happiness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equal education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equal rights and recognition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Why should these be denied based on the color of their skin, their name, or their parents\u2019 faith?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/smarnyi.nyi?hc_location=timeline\">Smar Nyi Nyi<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>\u101c\u1030\u1016\u103c\u1005\u103a\u1014\u100a\u103a\u1038<br>\u101e\u1030\u1037\u1021\u101c\u102d\u102f\u1006\u1014\u1039\u1012 \u1014\u1032\u1014\u1032\u1019\u103e\u1019\u1015\u102b<br>\u101c\u1031\u102c\u1000\u1011\u1032 \u101b\u1031\u102c\u1000\u103a\u101c\u102c\u1000\u103c\u1010\u1032\u1037<br>\u101e\u1004\u1037\u103a\u1000\u101c\u1031\u1038 \u101e\u1030\u1037\u1000\u101c\u1031\u1038<br>\u1021\u1010\u1030\u1010\u1030\u101c\u102d\u102f\u1037 \u1010\u103d\u1031\u1038\u1005\u1019\u103a\u1038\u101e\u1030\u1037\u1019\u102d\u1018\u1000 \u101c\u1030\u1006\u1004\u103a\u1038\u101b\u1032<br>\u101e\u1030\u1037\u1019\u102d\u1018\u1000 \u1015\u100a\u102c\u1019\u1032\u1037<br>\u101e\u1030\u1037\u1019\u102d\u1018\u1000 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has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, this is not a rhetorical question in Myanmar today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The military regime continues to practice <strong>institutionalized racism<\/strong>, not only against Muslims but also against Hindus and the Chinese-Burmese community. The SPDC&#8217;s National Registration officers have issued directives that anyone who is not a \u201cpure-blooded\u201d Burmese Buddhist must be officially recorded as a <em>mixed-blood<\/em> person \u2014 whether that\u2019s accurate or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that Burmese Muslims are forcibly registered as \u201cmixed Indian,\u201d \u201cPakistani,\u201d or \u201cBengali\u201d \u2014 regardless of their family&#8217;s long and loyal history in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is blatant <strong>racial discrimination<\/strong>.<br>This is open <strong>Apartheid<\/strong>.<br>This is the <strong>beginning of genocide<\/strong> \u2014 using identity documents to isolate and exclude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In our own family, this cruel policy has become painfully real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our nephews and nieces \u2014 the younger siblings in our family \u2014 are now issued different registration cards than their parents or older brothers and sisters. Although born to the same citizens, they are now labelled differently. This injustice marks the beginning of a lifelong struggle for them. They are forced to start life from an unfair position \u2014 stigmatised and rejected before they even begin to dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What will this one government-issued document do to their hopes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How will they see their country \u2014 Myanmar \u2014 when it refuses to see them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By branding these children as \u201cother,\u201d the SPDC has told them they are not welcome. In doing so, they have already shattered our children&#8217;s sense of belonging. The future that should be open and full of possibility is now darkened with uncertainty and alienation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The constant emphasis on \u201cpurity\u201d by the SPDC\u2019s narrow-minded ideology denies the truth of what Myanmar really is \u2014 a rich mosaic of diverse peoples. Their attempt to forge unity through forced homogeneity is a dance with shadows, leading the nation backwards under a false tune of nationalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What will happen to our children\u2019s dreams?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will they forever be made to compromise, to tone down their aspirations, to feel that they are second-class citizens?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their joy, their vision, their energy \u2014 these are Myanmar\u2019s greatest hopes. And yet, they are struck down before they have even begun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us not forget:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We Burmese Muslims are fully <strong>Burmanized<\/strong> in culture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We differ only in <strong>religion<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We speak Burmese, dream in Burmese, and our hearts beat for Myanmar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our ancestors were loyal subjects of Burmese kings. After independence, Prime Minister U Nu\u2019s government recognized us as full citizens. And General Aung San himself promised:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cTo the Indians and Chinese residing in this country\u2026<br>If they choose to join us, we will welcome them as our own brethren.<br>The welfare of all people in this country \u2014 regardless of race or religion \u2014<br>has always been the one purpose that I have set out to fulfill.<br>In fact, it is my life\u2019s mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>But the current military regime \u2014 an illegitimate force \u2014 has broken this sacred promise. It has practiced <strong>Apartheid<\/strong> and is committing <strong>slow genocide<\/strong> by denying identity, equality, and future to millions of Burmese children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We must say clearly:<br>We are not outsiders.<br>We are Burmese \u2014 in every way that matters.<br>We have no foreign loyalties. 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