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The Economic Times
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Fear and hate force Rohingya refugee schools to shut in Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: Nur is a 12-year-old Rohingya Muslim refugee in ​Malaysia who has stopped going to school since June, after two men threatened to ​beat her on her way to class.

"Why do you want to go to school? Do you want to take over our country?" they asked, according to Nur, ​whose family declined use of her full name for fear of repercussion.

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