Eight Years On, No Justice for Disappearance of Rohingya Islamic Scholar
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led government should promptly investigate the abduction and enforced disappearance of prominent Rohingya Islamic scholar Mufti Mohammed Abdullah Khalil and other unresolved disappearances in the refugee camps, including those allegedly committed by Rohingya armed groups, and ensure effective remedies for victims and their families, Fortify Rights said today. A powerful Rohingya armed group allegedly abducted Mufti Khalil from a refugee camp in Bangladesh on July 27, 2018, and his fate and whereabouts remain unknown. He was a principal author of a fatwa concluding that, under the circumstances prevailing at the time, armed resistance in Rakhine State was impermissible under Islam. “Eight years is far too long for a family to wait without answers,” said John Quinley, Director at Fortify Rights. “ The abduction of Islamic scholar Mufti Mohammed Abdullah Khalil demonstrates how serious crimes committed in the refugee camps have too often gone...