Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front
| Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front ရခိုင်ပြည်ကရိုဟင်ဂျာအစ္စလာမ့်တပ်ဦး | |
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| Participant in the Rohingya insurgency in Western Myanmar | |
| Active | 1986–2001 |
| Ideology |
Rohingya nationalism Islamism |
| Leaders | Nurul Islam |
| Headquarters | Mobile headquarters |
| Area of operations | Rakhine State, Myanmar |
| Became | Arakan Rohingya National Organization |
| Opponents |
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| Battles and wars | |
The Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front (Burmese: ရခိုင်ပြည်ကရိုဟင်ဂျာအစ္စလာမ့်တပ်ဦး; ARIF) was an Islamist insurgent group in Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma); consisting of Rohingya fighters led by Nurul Islam, a Yangon-educated lawyer, and the former Vice Chairman of Rohingya Patriotic Front (RPF). The group was created after uniting the remnants of the RPF and a handful of defectors from the RSO.[1]
In 1998 the ARIF was integrated into the Rohingya National Army (RNA), then informally into the Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) in 2001.
See also
References
- ↑ Pho Kan Kaung (May 1992). The Danger of Rohingya. Myet Khin Thit Magazine No. 25. pp. 87–103.
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