"The persecution of your fellow men and women, simply on the grounds that they are Muslim, must stop," he said. It insists the strife in Rakhine State is an internal matter. Najib, who joined protesters in Kuala Lumpur last month calling for foreign intervention to stop "genocide", said Myanmar must act. The violence in the north of Rakhine State since October is the most serious since communal clashes in 2012 in which hundreds of people were killed. OIC Secretary General Yousef al-Othaimeen said Myanmar must prevent "ongoing discrimination and the unwarranted systematic abuse against the Rohingya".

Source: Egypt Independent January 19, 2017 08:40 UTC