{"id":8360,"date":"2018-06-16T15:42:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T14:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=8360"},"modified":"2018-06-16T15:42:18","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T14:42:18","slug":"rohingya-refugees-mark-first-eid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/rohingya-refugees-mark-first-eid\/","title":{"rendered":"Rohingya refugees mark first Eid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8361\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rohingya.jpg\" alt=\"Rohingya\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>As Muslims around the world celebrated Eid with feasting and gift-giving, Rohingya refugees in squalid Bangladesh camps marked the festival Saturday with a peaceful demonstration demanding justice and dignified repatriation.<br \/>\nRahim Uddin, a 35-year-old refugee, told AFP that the holiday, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, was different this year.<br \/>\n&#8220;But God be praised, at least we have a peaceful place to stay and celebrate. We can go to the mosques without any interruption,&#8221; he said in the vast Kutupalong camp in Cox&#8217;s Bazar district.<br \/>\nThe camp&#8217;s mosques were full on Saturday morning as refugees prayed for safety from flash floods and sudden landslides that they fear could be triggered by monsoon rains. They then exchanged embraces.<br \/>\nLater, as children roamed around in new clothes and enjoyed merry-go-round rides and other entertainment, hundreds of refugees staged an hour-long protest, a common occurrence in the camps.<br \/>\nHolding banners and placards, the demonstrators shouted slogans demanding Rohingya citizenship, dignified repatriation to Myanmar and security from the United Nations.<br \/>\nCommunity leader Mohammad Mohibullah told AFP they want the UN to &#8220;include a Rohingya representative in the repatriation agreement&#8221; procedure. The UN could not be reached for comment immediately.<br \/>\nAbout 700,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh since the crackdown that the UN and the US say amounted to &#8220;ethnic cleansing&#8221;, joining those who had fled earlier violence in mainly Buddhist Myanmar.<br \/>\n&#8220;I sold some rations in the local market to buy my children new clothes. They are very happy,&#8221; refugee Manu Mia said on Saturday, as many households prepared traditional desserts for the children.<br \/>\nEighty-year-old Gul Meher made vermicelli called &#8216;semai&#8217; for her son and four grandchildren.<br \/>\n&#8220;I feel very happy, though we managed to cook a very little, only for my grandkids,&#8221; she told AFP.<br \/>\nRohingya refugees stage a demonstration on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr in Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox&#8217;s Bazar, Bangladesh<br \/>\nThe Kutupalong refugee camp&#8217;s mosques were full on Saturday morning as Rohingya refugees prayed for safety from flash floods and sudden landslides that they fear could be triggered by monsoons<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/rohingya-refugees-mark-first-eid\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Muslims around the world celebrated Eid with feasting and gift-giving, Rohingya refugees in squalid Bangladesh camps marked the festival Saturday with a peaceful demonstration demanding justice and dignified repatriation. 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