Under the influence of the Islamic Lobby, the left lost its affection for Aung San Suu Kyi and took up the grievance of the Rohingya Muslim migrants instead. And the world rushed to take in the latest privileged official Muslim victims.
Here's a taste of how that is working out for Australia.
The court heard Rahaman preyed on the young boy while he was living with a group of refugees, including his father, at a vacant RSL club in Lakemba, a suburb in Sydney's south west, on January 8, 2015.
According to documents tendered to the court, he crept into the child's bedroom - which he shared with his father - as he slept and took off the boy's underpants.
He then raped the boy, who arrived in Australia in 2013, while his father was in another room preparing lunch.
Predictably he used the familiar "it's okay in my culture" defense.
Judge Andrew Scotting said Rahaman failed to understand his actions would 'physically' and 'psychologically damage' his young victim.
He also said Rahaman, who insisted he thought sexual assault was not seen as morally wrong in his homeland, had not accepted responsibility for his actions and demonstrated a 'lack of morality', according to the Daily Telegraph.
'There is a need for specific deterrence ... The offence appears to have been (viewed) as being culturally acceptable conduct in the offender's childhood,' Judge Scotting said.
Judge Scotting sentenced Rahaman to five years jail with a non-parole period of three years.
The 20-year-old will be eligible for parole in March 2018 - but the judge noted he had a moderate to high risk of re offending.
2018. And good luck trying to deport him.