Explained: They fled persecution in Myanmar. In Muslim-majority Malaysia, Rohingya still struggle to belong

Rohingya are a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority from Myanmar's Rakhine State, which also has Buddhist and Hindu populations

Rohingya

A predominantly Muslim ethnic minority from Rakhine State, Myanmar

UNHCR

The U.N. refugee agency

Rakhine State

Region in western Myanmar where the Rohingya traditionally lived

duas

Personal supplications to God in Islamic practice

CSW

A religious freedom advocacy group cited in the article