M Adil Khan

The author is a professor at the School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Australia and former senior policy manager of the United Nations.

Is there a solution to the Rohingya crisis?

The international community has to play a much stronger role otherwise, as someone has argued recently, “like other stateless and unrepresented Muslims, [the Rohingyas] are at risk of producing a persistent terrorist threat” that in the end would not only destabilise Myanmar but also its neighbours.

7y ago

The search for a permanent solution for the Rohingyas

In late December, 13 Nobel Laureates including Professor Muhammad Yunus and 10 global leaders wrote an open letter to the President of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and its members decrying the Rohingya carnage in Myanmar as “amounting to ethnic cleansing”, that the crisis has “the potential for genocide” and that it “has all the hallmarks of recent past tragedies – Rwanda, Darfur, Bosnia, Kosovo”.

7y ago

Aung San Suu Kyi's 'buddy' solution

Persecution of Rohingyas in Myanmar is continuing with impunity and without a break. Dieng and Yanghee Lee, UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, have confirmed these atrocities and “requested independent UN investigations on the alleged 'ethnic cleansing' and other mass atrocities in the Rohingya region of Rakhine State”.

7y ago

The saga of on-going Muslim persecution in Myanmar

In its November 14, 2016 issue the Bangkok Post reports, “Myanmar's Rakhine state was hit by fresh waves of violence over the weekend with more than 30 'insurgents' killed during two days of fighting, the military said, as proof emerged of atrocities against villagers.”

7y ago

A case of failing democracy or fading geo-politics

In recent times, there have been many reports, mainly in the West, of unhappiness with Erdogan's Islamism and authoritarian style of governing, but no one thought that this would translate into a coup.

8y ago

Time for pondering and not populism

The terrible massacre that took place in the Orlando gay club Pulse, which killed 50 and injured another 50 or so, must be condemned in no uncertain terms. The killer, Omar Mateen, who happens to be a Muslim and was shot dead by the police, was apparently a psychopath and a homophobe.

8y ago

We are better off but not happy!

Bangladeshis simply cannot allow extremists to triumph over liberalism and the way to defeat extremism is neither through dagger nor through 'development' but through unadulterated democracy.

8y ago

IT'S THE SOCIETY, STUPID!

In spite of significant progress in economic growth, most societies these days face intractable maladies in terms of rising inequities, crime, marginalisation of the disadvantaged, denting of democratic values, falling moral standards, etc.

9y ago
September 5, 2017
September 5, 2017

Is there a solution to the Rohingya crisis?

The international community has to play a much stronger role otherwise, as someone has argued recently, “like other stateless and unrepresented Muslims, [the Rohingyas] are at risk of producing a persistent terrorist threat” that in the end would not only destabilise Myanmar but also its neighbours.

January 4, 2017
January 4, 2017

The search for a permanent solution for the Rohingyas

In late December, 13 Nobel Laureates including Professor Muhammad Yunus and 10 global leaders wrote an open letter to the President of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and its members decrying the Rohingya carnage in Myanmar as “amounting to ethnic cleansing”, that the crisis has “the potential for genocide” and that it “has all the hallmarks of recent past tragedies – Rwanda, Darfur, Bosnia, Kosovo”.

December 13, 2016
December 13, 2016

Aung San Suu Kyi's 'buddy' solution

Persecution of Rohingyas in Myanmar is continuing with impunity and without a break. Dieng and Yanghee Lee, UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, have confirmed these atrocities and “requested independent UN investigations on the alleged 'ethnic cleansing' and other mass atrocities in the Rohingya region of Rakhine State”.

November 19, 2016
November 19, 2016

The saga of on-going Muslim persecution in Myanmar

In its November 14, 2016 issue the Bangkok Post reports, “Myanmar's Rakhine state was hit by fresh waves of violence over the weekend with more than 30 'insurgents' killed during two days of fighting, the military said, as proof emerged of atrocities against villagers.”

July 25, 2016
July 25, 2016

A case of failing democracy or fading geo-politics

In recent times, there have been many reports, mainly in the West, of unhappiness with Erdogan's Islamism and authoritarian style of governing, but no one thought that this would translate into a coup.

June 18, 2016
June 18, 2016

Time for pondering and not populism

The terrible massacre that took place in the Orlando gay club Pulse, which killed 50 and injured another 50 or so, must be condemned in no uncertain terms. The killer, Omar Mateen, who happens to be a Muslim and was shot dead by the police, was apparently a psychopath and a homophobe.

January 9, 2016
January 9, 2016

We are better off but not happy!

Bangladeshis simply cannot allow extremists to triumph over liberalism and the way to defeat extremism is neither through dagger nor through 'development' but through unadulterated democracy.

September 16, 2015
September 16, 2015

IT'S THE SOCIETY, STUPID!

In spite of significant progress in economic growth, most societies these days face intractable maladies in terms of rising inequities, crime, marginalisation of the disadvantaged, denting of democratic values, falling moral standards, etc.

April 8, 2015
April 8, 2015

Bangladesh's Intractable Political Woes

IN his book The Art of Positive Leadership: Becoming a Person Worth Following, leadership expert Retired Air Force General John E. Michel states that...