| Rohingya Patriotic Front | |
|---|---|
| Participant in the Rohingya insurgency in Western Myanmar | |
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File:Rohingya Patriotic Front emblem.png Emblem of the Rohingya Patriotic Front | |
| Active | 1974–1982 |
| Ideology |
Rohingya nationalism Islamism |
| Leaders |
Muhammad Jafar Habib[1] Muhammad Yunus Nurul Islam |
| Headquarters | Buthidaung, Rakhine State |
| Area of operations | Rakhine State |
| Strength | 70[1][2] |
| Originated as | Rohingya Liberation Party |
| Became | Rohingya Solidarity Organization |
| Opponents |
 Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma |
| Battles/wars | |
The Rohingya Patriotic Front (abbreviated RPF) was a Rohingya insurgent group in Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). The group consisted of fighters led by Muhammad Jafar Habib, who was the former Secretary of the Rohingya Liberation Party (RLP).[1]
History[]
In 1974, Muhammad Jafar Habib, the former Secretary of the RLP, founded the Rohingya Patriotic Front (RPF), after the failure and dissolution of the RLP. The RPF had around 70 fighters,[1][2] and had Muhammad Jafar Habib as self-appointed Chairman, Nurul Islam, a Yangon-educated lawyer, as Vice-Chairman, and the Muhammad Yunus, a medical doctor, as Secretary General.[1]
In March 1978, government forces launched a military operation named Operation King Dragon in northern Rakhine State, with the focus of expelling Rohingya insurgents in the area.[3] As the operation extended farther into Rakhine State, tens of thousands of Rohingyas crossed the border, resulting in a large number of them seeking refuge around the border with Bangladesh.[2][4][5]
In the early 1980s, more radical elements broke away from the Rohingya Patriotic Front, and formed the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO). The RPF ceased activity by the late 1980s.
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Pho Kan Kaung (May 1992). The Danger of Rohingya. Myet Khin Thit Magazine No. 25. pp. 87–103.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Bangladesh Extremist Islamist Consolidation". by Bertil Lintner. http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume14/Article1.htm. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ↑ Jihad: 'The ultimate thermonuclear bomb' by Pepe Escobar, Oct 2001, Asia Times.
- ↑ Lintner, Bertil (1999). Burma in Revolt: Opium and Insurgency Since 1948,. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books. pp. 317–8.
- ↑ "Bangladesh: Breeding ground for Muslim terror". by Bertil Lintner. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DI21Df06.html. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
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