Narinjara By Takaloo ------------ Maungdaw: Mass protests against the destructive and deceptive use of the term ‘Arakan’ by a group of people who are not associated with it have been arising in western Burma’s Arakan State. Mass Protest meeting in Maung Daw Arakan state Public conferences were held in Maungdaw, Buthidaung and the capital Sittwe in Arakan State denouncing those who they claim have made up a fallacious history of Arakan, misusing the terminology of ‘Arakan and Arakanese’ in order to make human rights claims before international communities. A public conference to denounce those allegedly misusing the term ‘Arakan’ was held on Saturday (29 October 2011) at Myoma Buddhist Monastery in Maungdaw with participations of different tribes such as Mro, Khami, Thet, Dainak and the peoples who describe themselves as Bengali (Hindu). “We all are living and suffering together here on the land of Arakan regardless of our race and creed and so we should not se