Aug 30, 2007 | Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Dr. Habib Siddiqui An often-practised devious way to grab someone's land is to deny his right to that property. Nothing could be more horrific when a government itself gets into such a criminal practice. The most glaring example of such a crime can be seen in the...
Aug 30, 2007 | Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Dr. Habib Siddiqui [Author’s note: This paper is based on author’s speech at the PENN HUMAN RIGHTS FORUM on “The Rohingyas of Burma and Bangladesh” on Friday, March 31, 2006 in the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. The material in...
Aug 30, 2007 | Dr. Habib Siddiqui
I am somewhat disappointed reading some accusatory notes in which they seemed to accept the alleged rape story of Buddhist girls/women by Muslims for a fact. As such, mere assertions are non-starters for any serious dialogue of mending of the fences between various...
Aug 30, 2007 | Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Dr. Habib SiddiquiLet me say that the SPDC military regime did not come in the vacuum of history. It has learned the art of “divide and rule,” a policy that was patented in the history rather well. The SPDC has succeeded in gaining and holding power over...
Aug 30, 2007 | Dr. Habib Siddiqui
by Dr. Habib SiddiquiThroughout history, we have seen the importance of personality in shaping the destiny of a nation. These personalities become larger than their lives. They gravitate people to overcome their local and ethnic/tribal/ regional inertia towards a...
Aug 30, 2007 | Dr. Habib Siddiqui
For some people puzzled with the merchant history of Rohingers in the coastal Arakan “Wonder how many of these merchants landed in Arakan State of Burma to become a significant and distinct race of 1.2 millions speaking a Chittagonian...