TEHRAN – Several Iranian cineastes and a group of poets have condemned the recent massacre of thousands of Myanmar Muslims by the country’s Buddhists.
Millions of Muslims who are considered a minority in Myanmar have faced many problems over the past two years as the government of Myanmar refuses to recognize them.
Reza Mirkarimi, Parviz Sheikhtadi, Habibollah Bahmani, Ensieh Shah-Hosseini and Jamal Shurjeh are the filmmakers who have expressed their dismay over the recent crimes in their brief talks with Persian news agencies.
The news and photos of the crimes committed against Myanmar’s Muslims break the heart of every human being, while the international media refuses to depict their suffering, Mirkarimi said on Thursday.
He asked every individual to relate the sounds of their pains and suffering to others and pray for them during the holy month of Ramadan.
Bahmani proposed to make movies on this issue, while Shah-Hosseini asked the artists to show their reactions against the crime.
Shurjeh also said that the silence of the West against such a crime indicates that the massacre is to their benefit.
Moreover, a group of poets has signed a petition in support of the Muslims in Myanmar and called on international bodies to put an end to this massacre.
According to unofficial reports, more than 20,000 Muslims have been killed, tortured, and displaced by the extremist Buddhists in Burma’s Rakhine province, the worst sectarian killing in this part of the world over the years, the Pakistan Observer has reported on July 13.
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