Muslims should not fall silent on Myanmar bloodletting: religious thinker

"Islamic world should not fall silent on continued brutal crackdown in Myanmar," the representative of Supreme Leader in Qazvin province, Ayatollah Abdol Kariem Abedini, reported Taqrib News Agency (TNA).

Making his remarks in a meeting with some Afghan religious students, Ayatollah Abedini urged Muslims to placed stressed on the urgent need for ending the acts of aggression against Rohingya Muslims.

Calling for a halt to the current violent situation, the religious cleric underscored, "The ongoing violations of the Rohingya Muslims' rights should be stopped before it's getting too late."

The representative of Supreme Leader in Qazvin province lectured strongly the human rights communities for falling silent on the plagued situation demanding for wift action on Rohingya crisis.

Myanmar’s tyrannical government has laid a siege to where the Rohingya are concentrated, a western state. Horrific violence reportedly has been occurring there against Muslims.

The government says 400 people, mostly Muslims, have died in the. According to the UN, more than 1,000 people have been killed in the latest bout of bloodletting.

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"Muslims should not fall silent on Myanmar bloodletting': religious thinker