In the shadow of the world’s largest refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, a dangerous paradox is unfolding. While the UNHCR claims to provide shelter and protection to the persecuted Rohingyas, jihadist operatives of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) move freely inside the camps — threatening, intimidating, and even issuing execution orders against vulnerable minorities. Among those most at risk are the Rohingya Christians, a tiny community of just 2,000–2,500 people, who live under constant fear of harassment, abduction, forced conversion, and even death.

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The shocking presence of known ARSA militants inside the UN-run Kutupalong Transit Centre raises serious questions about negligence, complicity, and the silent empowerment of extremists.

One such militant is Abdul Zolil, a self-declared ARSA member, who has been living inside the Kutupalong Transit Centre with his wife for the last two years. While the facility is supposed to provide protection to the most vulnerable, his presence highlights how terror operatives coexist under UN protection without facing accountability.

For the Rohingya Christians, who fled to this centre after the brutal January 2020 attacks against their community, the threat is existential. Survivors recall how radical Muslims abducted Christian men, raped young girls, injured dozens, and destroyed schools and churches........

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