The Muslim community in Middle Tennessee organized a rally to protest the country of Burma's genocidal attacks by the military there on the Rohingya people.
The Rohingya are indigenous people of Burma. Reports stated their citizenship was revoked in 1982 by a military regime.
The United Nations has considered the Rohingya to be the world's most persecuted people.
The UN considers the Rohingya to be the world's most persecuted people. The current attacks have forced 290K Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh pic.twitter.com/rcntSFMg9n
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On Saturday afternoon, about 100 people stood outside of Senator Bob Corker's office to ask local government officials not to ignore these killings.
One participant said by helping spread awareness of the genocides, he's hopeful some form of aid can help the refugees.
"My message goes throughout Nashvillians and throughout whoever is going to be watching and hearing. That they take appropriate actions with their legislatures, ambassadors, foreign affairs, and connect with them and tell them that this needs to stop," attendee Rufi Uddin said.
The attendees asked others in Davidson County to help by tweeting the ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, about the situation and praying for the victims.
The current attacks have forced 290,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh according to the UN. The UN also said that it's not allowed to serve food, water, and medicine to about 400,000 other Rohingya people who have fled to mountains and forest within Burma to avoid persecution.
