{"id":3679,"date":"2025-11-06T04:05:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T04:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=3679"},"modified":"2025-11-06T04:06:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T04:06:24","slug":"muslims-are-human-beings-family-members-and-citizens-just-like-you-my-myanmar-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2025\/11\/06\/muslims-are-human-beings-family-members-and-citizens-just-like-you-my-myanmar-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslims Are Human Beings, Family Members, and Citizens \u2014 Just Like You, My Myanmar Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

English translation of U Aung Tin\u2019s post by MMNN’s DARZ-KKG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are good and bad people in every race and every religion.
No race is entirely bad, and no religion is entirely good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we truly want our country to progress, to have peace and security, we must treat all citizens equally \u2014 without discrimination based on race or religion. Only when everyone is treated equally will all citizens be motivated to work hard. When people work hard, the overall capacity and quality of our citizens will rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When certain groups or faiths receive privileges and positions without merit, they gradually lose the motivation to improve. Over time, those who are favored become complacent and less competent.
If the majority Bamar Buddhists continue to receive positions even when they lack qualifications, they too will stop striving \u2014 and in effect, we are creating weakness and mediocrity among our own people.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, those from minority races and religions, who must struggle twice as hard to escape discrimination, become more capable and resilient. In that way, discrimination ironically ends up pushing minorities to excel.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we keep giving positions to people simply because of their race, even when they lack ability \u2014 and denying positions to others because of their religion, even when they are capable \u2014 our country will never develop. We can never become a prosperous, civilized nation this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the 1962 military coup, not only Muslims but also Christians (labeled \u201cC-virus\u201d) have been discriminated against, no matter how qualified they were.
If we want to be truly civilized, we should learn from other civilized nations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although some Myanmar media outlets and celebrities have spread anti-Muslim sentiment \u2014 trying to poison the public with hatred under the excuse that \u201cMuslims are rising around the world\u201d \u2014 the reality is quite the opposite: the world today recognizes and appoints capable Muslims to important positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across Europe, there are Muslim ministers holding key portfolios such as Interior and Finance. In the United States, Muslims serve as members of Congress, and in New York \u2014 the most populous and economically powerful city \u2014 an immigrant Muslim, Zohran Mamdani, now serves in a top leadership role, much like Sadiq Khan, the Muslim immigrant who became the Mayor of London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If we look at world and religious history, we\u2019ll see countless examples of how Muslims and Islam have contributed positively to humanity and global civilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even the famous Jewish intellectual Toynbee Freeman<\/strong> (Arnold Toynbee Freeman), well-known among Myanmar scholars, once wrote that \u201cIf the Jews had continued living under the Ottoman Muslim rulers instead of migrating to Europe, six million Jews would not have perished in the Holocaust.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As mentioned earlier, just as there are bad Muslims, there are also many good Muslims \u2014 just like in every other religion.
I want my beloved Myanmar friends to recognize this simple truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we continue to hate, discriminate against, and deny opportunities to people merely because they are Muslims, our nation will never achieve lasting peace or progress.
Extremism and narrow-mindedness will only keep Myanmar trapped in instability and backwardness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ ALSO:<\/strong> From my Wiki userpage of DARZ_KKG<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My favourite quotations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. “- – – today’s human rights<\/a> violations are the causes of tomorrow’s conflicts<\/a>.” by Mary Robinson<\/a>, High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/a> (1997-2002).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. If we discriminate<\/a> others as foreign<\/a> because they, their race and religion<\/a> are different to us, all the others could also look down and discriminate on us because we are also foreign to them!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. \u201cWell, there are people who think that it\u2019s right to do any thing in the name of their religion, their race, their family, or any organization<\/a> to which they may belong.\u201d Daw Aung San Suu Kyi<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    From the UN Charter<\/a>_<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. The purposes of the United Nations<\/a> are – – – to achieve International cooperation<\/a> – – – in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms<\/a> for all without distinction as to race, sex, language<\/a> and religion\u2026”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. \u201cEquality<\/a>, justice<\/a>, dignity<\/a>\u201d is the emblem<\/a> that represents the goals of the Human Rights Committee<\/a>. The comprehensive implementation of actions against racism<\/a>, racial discrimination<\/a>, xenophobia<\/a> and related intolerances is a very important topic because these forms of intolerances have been global<\/a> issues<\/a> since biblical<\/a> times.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. For decades<\/a>, thousands of people have been victims of discrimination, preferences<\/a> and exclusions in view of their race, skin color, sex, religion, language, national or ethnic origin<\/a> and form of expression, causing extreme suffering and even loss of life.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Racial discrimination<\/a> is the ability or power to make distinctions among people based on race, color, decent, national or ethnic origin rather than individual merit<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Xenophobia<\/a> is a fear of the foreign<\/a>, of what is strange.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Religious intolerance<\/a> occurs when someone\u2019s opinions<\/a> and beliefs<\/a> are not respected by others due to their religion or way of thinking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. In extremely religious or less developed countries, sexism<\/a> is practiced, and racial discrimination is not considered wrong. In addition, the methods of solving racism could not appeal to all countries. Lots of people believe<\/a> that they have the right to segregate<\/a> others and feel superior<\/a> to them, just because they are different<\/a> to what they are used to.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n