There is concern among Myanmar Muslims living in the capital, Yangon, and a number of northern and eastern provinces, fearing that they will be stripped of citizenship rights.
After observing Rohingya ethnicity in Arakan, Muslims from other ethnicities living in dozens of villages and towns outside Arakan face the same fate.
In the town of Dala (south of Yangon), some Muslims live in different ethnicities, and their children study at high school and colleges, which is difficult for some to pursue university studies or travel abroad, those does not have a card proving their nationality.
A person of 18 years of age who wishes to apply for a citizen card may only be given a temporary identity under a new decision.
A year after Aung San Suu Kyi’s partnership with the military, the situation of Muslim and Christian minorities has not changed much.
Although the Rohingyas are the most vulnerable to discrimination policies, Muslims of Indian, Chinese and other ethnic origin feel the extent of harm to them.
Although living in harmony with the Buddhist majority in the north and south of the country for centuries, more legal restrictions have been imposed on their social and religious life.
