Ramu (Bangladesh)

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Ramu
Ramu (Bangladesh)
Ramu
Ramu
Coordinates 21 ° 26 '  N , 92 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 21 ° 26 '  N , 92 ° 7'  E
Basic data
Country Bangladesh
ISO 3166-2 BD

Ramu is a village in Bangladesh . It is located on the Baghkhali River , on the coast between the cities of Chittagong and Cox's Bazar , in the Upazila Ramu of the Cox's Bazar district . The inhabitants live mainly from handicrafts, such as weaving.

Ramu got its name from the dynasty of the same name of the Arakan Empire .

Attractions

In Ramu there are Buddhist monasteries, pagodas and a four-meter-high bronze Buddha, which dates from the time of the conquest by the Mughals. The main temple is called Sima Vihar . The sanctuaries were damaged or destroyed in the 2012 riots. Hundreds of metal or wooden Buddha statues were stolen and religious writings were set on fire.

history

The region kept changing its affiliation between Bengal and Arakan. In 1531, Arakan's king captured Min Bin Ramu and added it to his kingdom. In 1544, Ramu was briefly occupied by warriors from Tippera . With the conquest of Chittagong by the Mughals in 1666, Ramu also fell to the Indian empire.

Troubles broke out in 2012 when a fake picture was circulated on Facebook showing a Koran being burned. The picture was linked to the Facebook page of a Buddhist youth by an unknown person. For six hours, Muslims attacked Buddhists in Ramu and neighboring places and destroyed their shrines. A total of twelve temples and 50 houses were destroyed. According to the Buddhists, the riots were organized. Hundreds of rioters from Cox's Bazar and Chittagong were driven up to the riots in trucks and minibuses. Neither the local police nor the administration intervened.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b USA Today: [1] , accessed May 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d Matiur Rahman Minar, Jibon Naher: Violence originated from Facebook: A case study in Bangladesh , accessed on May 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b BBC: Bangladesh Buddhists pick up pieces after mob rampage , February 1, 2013, accessed May 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ Michael W. Charney: ARAKAN, MIN YAZAGYI, AND THE PORTUGUESE , June 1993 , SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, Vol. 3, No. 2, Autumn 2005, ISSN 1479-8484, accessed May 2, 2019.
  5. ↑ BBC: Bangladesh rampage over Facebook Koran image , September 30, 2012 , accessed May 3, 2019.