Super Partial Research Paper Over the past two years, a genocide has occurred in Myanmar that few people around the world know about. The victims affected by this mass murder are the Rohingya Muslims, originally from the Indian subcontinent and who constitute a minority group that makes up 5% of the country's population. Today, the physical and emotional abuse suffered by Rohingya Muslims is a major issue in the Middle East. In Burma, many Muslims are murdered, beaten or attacked by various religious groups, while government officials stand by and occasionally help. Rohingya Muslims are a small Muslim group that emerged in India during the period of the British Raj. The group lived mainly in Bangladesh or Burma, which was eventually changed to the name Myanmar. The minority group makes up approximately 5% of the Burmese population. About two years ago, in October 2012, Rohingya Muslims began to be attacked, displaced and killed for unexplained reasons. The people behind the attacks include Burmese officials, community leaders, Buddhist monks and Arakanese; with the monks acting as the leaders behind it all. When asked why they move or kill Muslims, officials say they are terrorists or acting as traitors to their country. (Not done). In the past, when forms of genocide were perpetrated against countries, such as the Holocaust, other nations intervened and attempted to end them. In this case, no country has made much effort to stop these attacks. Countries like Bangladesh have been willing to accept some Rohingya Muslims, but have done nothing else to help them. On a normal occasion, the United States would be... middle of paper... lean, there are also laws that have been passed in the past and laws that are being attempted to be passed today. In 1982, the Citizenship Law was passed, denying Burmese citizenship to all Rohingya Muslims on discriminatory ethnic grounds. Since that law was passed, the government has passed other laws that discriminate against Muslims. Some groups, such as those with extremist monks, have toured Burma, made hate speeches against the minority and distributed DVDs talking about how “horrible” the Rohingya are. In one case, a group of monks managed to gather 3 million signatures to pass legislation that would prohibit Muslims from marrying Buddhists. A meeting was also held a few months ago where the monks gave speeches in support of future legislation aimed at eliminating the right to vote..