CRIES OF ROHINGYAS
- CRIES OF HUMANITY
Humanity is being attacked in the world, by so many people, in so many places and in so many ways.
The latest attack and crime against humanity is on the ROHINGYAS in Rakhaine state of Myanmar has resulted in huge exodus of people numbering more than four hundred thousand, leaving their home land and entering into Bangladesh without much dreams or hopes for future, except only to save their lives, so human an urge, from sudden inhuman atrocities.
Attacks are there but humanity is not totally destroyed. As an example per excellence, Bangladesh has opened the frontiers to the influx of the suffering humanity. Bangladesh has not only opened the borders but also opened the hearts with love and compassion to the children, women, old, the sick, the wounded and even the thousands who. are unborn. lt is an example of motherliness of humanity which is manifested by the Prime Minister of the country, Sheikh Hasina, as well as of the people of the country. Bangladesh is doing what she can, from her out of poverty she is sharing her richness of human values, the treasure of our culture.
lf not anything, at
least the loving and compasslonate gesture
of Bangladesh should raise the consciousness of the world, make appeal to the consciences of total humanity and exe( an interior pressure for the Myanmar authorities, in order to turn to humanity without having the need of any political, religious, ethnic and historical calculations.
The love of Bangladesh should put pressure on Myanmar to open the borders, their conscience and their hearts to receive their brothers and sisters back to their home with assurance of their dignity, rights and safety. This way the humanity will once again be resurrected from the death which are explained away by so many secondary arguments.
The ethical and spiritual values do have power that the powerful do not know. The powerful ones either in Myanmar or anywhere in the world should learn this truth in order to serve the humanity.
The cries of the suffering ROHINGYAS have reached our ears; our eyes have seen their miseries; our hearts have been touched with compassion.
The Catholic Church in Bangladesh, through Caritas Bangladedsh as NGO, is waiting with urgency for the permission of the relevant government agencies, to quickly go to the area to stand at the side of the victims and respond urgently by providing little food, clothe, water, medicine for their survival, and most of all to provide companionship of love and compassion to our brothers and sisters in need.
Thanks to the Holy Father Pope Francis, who has always sided with the Rohingya victims and he is with us. Gratitude to the lnternational Caritas which is fully committed to stand at the side of the refugees through local Caritas Bangladesh. ln this present situation let the charity be the first and foremost concern. Let all of us, including the Church, be a hospital at the battlefield, urgently responding to the urgent needs. lmmediate charity is what is needed most. No other motives and issues should overshadow and make absurd the focus needed that is, concretely show our love, compassion, solidarity to the refugees, the suffering humanity in this part of the world.
Prayers
of the local Church will always accompany those who are
connected in one way or the other in the crisis, those who are concerned about the wellbeing of the suffering population, and those who go to serve these people. Let the cries of the poor rise to God who is One for all.
.u^ Grl &6?il4 Patrick D'Rozario, csc.
Cardinal Archbishop of Dhaka September 20, 2017
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