Arakan News Agency
Extremist Buddhist leaders in Myanmar have forced 21 Rohingya Muslims to cut off their journey to the capital of Arakan state, to prepare for pilgrimage to Mecca despite receiving a government permit from the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
A reporter from the Arakan news agency said 13 Rohingyas from Maungdaw City and 8 from Buthidaung City took a southern route in the city of Maungdaw on a bus en route to Akyab, but were surprised by a group of extremist Buddhists surrounding their car and blocking the road, preventing them from leaving the city.
“The security forces intervened and ordered the Muslims to return to their homes and they were not satisfied with the government’s permission to allow them to leave for the Hajj.”
