By RVision TV
April 4, 2017
Buthidaung — A 200-year old historical mosque in
Buthidaung Township was bulldozed by the Myanmar military on April 3, 2017.
It was located at the village of ‘Lawei Dek’ in
Buthidaung and was built even before the British before the British occupation
of Arakan, according to the local folklore.
“During the British time, there existed shops and bazaar
at the both sides of the road nearby the Masjid. It was known as ‘Botoli
Bazaar.’ The mosque was closed by the authorities only in the mid-1990s.
“But yesterday, the military from a battalion from a
battalion nearby ‘Lawei Dek’ arrived with a bulldozer and razed the mosque,”
said an elderly Rohingya man in Buthidaung.
Although the Myanmar government claims of putting its
best efforts to end the crisis in the Arakan state, the Rohingya people are
suffering from the persecution at all fronts including restrictions to freedom
of worship. Majority of their places of worships have officially remained
closed since June 2012.
Different Myanmar regimes throughout history have
involved in systematic demolitions of the Rohingya historical monuments.
