The Displaced Rohingyas

Sk Tawfique M Haque is a Professor of Public Policy and Governance and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of North South University (NSU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is also the Director of the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) at NSU. He has published 6 books, 12 book chapters, and a good number of scientific research papers. His area of research interest covers geopolitics, migration and refugee crisis, local government, theories of governance, development management, and climate change. Bulbul Siddiqi is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at theDepartment of Political Science and Sociology, North South University, Bangladesh. He completed PhD in Anthropology of Religion at Cardiff University in 2014 researching the Tablighi Jamaat in the UK and Bangladesh. He published books and journals from reputed publishers at home and abroad. He is currently researching in several areas of the Rohingya Crisis, Madrasa Education and Social Changes, Violent Extremism Narratives, and Religious Pluralism and Tolerance. Mahmudur Rahman Bhuiyan is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Sociology at North South University, Bangladesh. His research primarily examines the nature and trends of welfare state development in developing nations and the issues of forced displacement and resettlement in developed and developing areas.

Notes on Contributors ix

Foreword by Bob Rae xiii

PART I

Forced Displacement and Statelessness 1

1 Introduction: Forceful Displacement and the Rohingya 3

MAHMUDUR RAHMAN BHUIYAN, BULBUL SIDDIQI, AND SK TAWFIQUE M HAQUE

2 A Historical Overview of the Rohingya: The Nexus among Refugeeness, Religion, and Geopolitics 19

ISHRAT ZAKIA SULTANA AND ABANTEE HARUN

3 The Rohingya Muslims’ Crisis in the Rakhine State of Myanmar: “Recognition as Toleration” and “Religious Toleration” 35

MD. ISHRAT IBNE ISMAIL AND MUHAMMAD MIZANUR RAHMAN

4 A Right to Exist: The Rohingya and Their Struggles in Malaysia and Thailand 52

MD. MAHBUBUL HAQUE AND SK TAWFIQUE M HAQUE

PART II

Humanitarian Issues and Uncertainties 75

5 Living in Uncertainty: Vulnerable Rohingya in Bangladesh 77

BULBUL SIDDIQI, PALASH KAMRUZZAMAN, AND MOHAMMAD EHSAN KABIR

6 Division through Registration?: Rohingya Refugees in Bangladeshi Camps 94

ISHRAT ZAKIA SULTANA

PART III

Women, Children, and Vulnerability 113

7 Challenges of Security and Self-Dignity for Rohingya Adolescent Girls in Bangladeshi Camps 115

MAHMUDUR RAHMAN BHUIYAN

8 Healthcare-Seeking Behaviour for Reproductive Tract Infections among Rohingya Refugee Adolescent Girls 138

LUCY CHRISTINE NDERITU, SAHLIL AHMED, ABDUL AWAL, BACHERA AKTAR, AND A.S.G. FARUQUE

PART IV

Rohingya Voice, Media, and Representation 159

9 The Rohingya People’s Voice for Justice: An Inheritance and Influence of Oral Narratives 161

A.Q.M.A. RAHMAN BHUIYAN

10 A Closer Look: How Major English Language Newspapers Portrayed the Rohingya Crisis in India and China 178

HARISUR RHAMAN

11 Representation of Forcibly Displaced Rohingyas in Bangladeshi Newspapers 198

PALASH KAMRUZZAMAN, MOHAMMAD EHSAN KABIR, BULBUL SIDDIQI

PART V

Policy and Sustainable Solution 223

12 The Rohingya in Bangladesh: An Analysis of the Policy, Law, and Practice 225

SHIVANI DUTTA

13 Bangladesh-Myanmar Relations and Resolution of Rohingya Crisis: A Foreign Policy Perspective 237

SHAHIDUL HAQUE AND SUFIUR RAHMAN

Index