Well said. It is ALSO part of Islamic teaching to protest against injustice. It certainly did not limit the scope to "Muslims only". It talks about injustice. No one with any kind of "Common sense" can support any type of attack on places of worship.
Yes, technically BAL is responsible to protect ALL citizens and that includes our brothers and sisters who happens to be Hindus. At the same time all leading political parties have to come to some sort of understanding to keep "Places of worship" out of politics.
My little town had never communal riots and before 1971 many Hindus used to vote for ML.
>>>>>>> That means "Pakistan" gave better protection to Hindus than Bangladesh. This makes me very sad!!
Bring the Hindus into your confidence.
>>>>>>>>> I mentioned this on one of my earlier posts that, BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami have to work hard to earn respect from minority communities in this country. At least they have to agree to offer then proper protection to their lives and properties. This is certainly what prophet Muhammad (PBUH) gave in his Medina charter. This is documented history!!
That is why I feel, we have serious problem in our secular and Islamic education system. Protecting minorities is not a favor to them, it is a sunnah of our beloved prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and a primary obligation to ANY Islamic state.
Since we live in a democratic system, we certainly have rights to ask our home ministers for more protections for both Muslim and Hindu lives in this country. There is nothing wrong in demanding better protection for our lives and properties.
Shalom!!
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You missed the point; I did not suggest the attack on temple be ignored. I actually suggested Mr. Roy to IGNORE you and your cooked upi theory. You moududibadi JAMATI always try to create anarchy in the society in the name of religion just like your cousin SHIV-SENA/RSS does in India. You guys always play dirty game and attack minorities to inflame the situation so you can fis in troubled water. You can not do politics in clean environment as people generally rejects this fanaticism you believe in. We know you people very well; dhormo beboshayee is what you are. You boast on regularly witnessing human be-heading along with your family members. Is that not sick?
-M.Islam(Russel)
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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:37:35 +0000
Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Fw: Hathazari Pogrom
How long you people will remain silent when Deity Murthi is destroyed ?
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Mr. Roy,
I would suggest IGNORE..........IGNORE.........IGNORE....
By now hope you got to know Mr. Anwar little better as to what he stands for.
Thanks, Russel
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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:07:34 -0800 (PST)
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Chittagong, Feb 10 (bdnews24.com) � Authorities clamped Section 144 banning public gathering at Hathazari on Friday amid mounting tensions after several Hindu temples were vandalised and torched there.
Local people claimed religious bigots of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Chhatra Shibir incited the vandalism and arson of the temples from Thursday evening to Friday noon.
Tensions that boiled over into violence originated Thursday morning following rumours that a mosque had been attacked. Allegations have it that houses of Hindus in the area were also attacked. The leaders of the Hindu minority there blamed the 'indifference' of the administration for the situation.
Another group of people took to the Chittagong-Rangamati road blocking traffic from Nandirhat to Hathazari Sadar Upazila around 11am Friday. They also said their Friday prayers on the road.
They alleged a mosque had allegedly been hurled with brick bats from a procession of Loknath Sebashram Thursday morning. The blockaders demanded arrest of those linked with 'hurling brick bats on the mosque'.
After simmering tensions through the day, primary and mass education minister Afsarul Ameen, city Awami League president A B M Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Chittagong Development Board chairman Abdus Salam and city Awami League's joint secretary Ibrahim Hossain Chowdhury Babul went to the area and calmed the agitated locals in the afternoon.
"Tensions mounted following a misunderstanding. Security in temples and mosques in the area has been strengthened and the law enforcers have been alerted," Ameen said.
Chittagong district deputy commissioner Faiz Ahmed told reporters about the ban on public assembly through the imposition of Section 144.
"Police will take action if they see any gathering," he said.
TIT FOR TAT: THE ORIGIN
According to the local people, Hindus in the area took out a procession to celebrate the founding anniversary of Loknath Sevasram Thursday morning.
They used microphone and drums in the procession.
When the procession was passing a mosque, Muslims in the mosque forbade them to drums. At one stage, someone hurled a brick bat on the procession.
An altercation took place at once which turned into chase and counter-chase when someone from the procession responded by throwing a brick bat.
Police organised a meeting between the two parties which was allegedly delayed with ill-intention. A group of Muslims said that the meeting will be held in the mosque and the Hindus agreed.
The meeting started in the evening. Requesting anonymity, several of those who attended the meeting told bdnews24.com that a handful of miscreants vandalised a temple on the Loknath Sevasram premises when the meeting was underway.
They also vandalised seven to eight cars of the temple's visitors.
Puja Udjapon Committee convenor Ashok Kumar Deb told bdnews24.com that someone broke a windowpane of the mosque after the incident in the morning and a rumour that Hindus vandalised the mosque spread in the area.
On Friday morning, temples in the area were vandalised and shops owned by Hindus were torched and looted after madrasa students in the area gathered following an announcement through a PA system.
A bdnews24.com correspondent in Chittagong said he saw tell-tale signs of vandalism in three other temples in the area. They are the Sri Sri Jagadeshwari Ma Temple and Jagannath Bigroho Temple at Nandirhat and Kalibari Temple at Sadar Upazila.
The Sri Sri Jagadeshwari Ma Temple was burnt, too.
JAMAAT-SHIBIR BLAMED
Many of the people in the area said a quarter is provoking the incident and Zila Parishad administrator M A Salam pointed the finger at Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir.
As the area is only three kilometres away from the Chittagong University (CU), many of the leaders and activists of Chhatra Shibir's CU unit live there.
Moreover, the largest madrasa of the country is located in the area and Shibir allegedly controls it.
Zila Parishad administrator Salam said adequate police were not deployed in the area to tackle the situation after Thursday's incident.
Salam, an Awami League leader, said Jamaat and Shibir leaders were fuelling the tension to destabilise the situation after CU was ordered shut on Wednesday following deaths of two Shibir men in clashes with activists of pro-government students.
Hathazari Thana BNP chief S M Fazlul Haque blamed the administration for the unpleasant events.
"The situation would not have been like this in the first place had the administration been on alert at the beginning," he said.
Haque added that all local supporters and activists of BNP were asked to work together to protect communal harmony in the locality.
Local MP and Jatiya Party presidium member Anisul Islam Mahmud went to the area in the morning but failed to get the situation any better.
The disturbing developments prevented the annual festival of the Loknath Temple to begin Friday morning. A large number of Rapid Action Battalion members and police have been deployed there.
bdnews24.com/corr/mu/mc/ost/bd/2345h
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Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: Hathazari Pogrom
Sometimes humanity and good sense get priority over nasty politics.
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Ultimate responsibility lies with the ruling party. But they need support from all other political parties and organization including civil societies. Even when the ruling party ignites a communal riot, other organizations and common people come forward to stop it and help minorities at their own life risk. Mr. Anwar is simply blaming AL. He is not condemning the perpetrators who are his own people. BNP-Jamaat wants Hindu votes even though they are helping them. Bring the Hindus into your confidence. My little town had never communal riots and before 1971 many Hindus used to vote for ML. I have seen a couple of ML leaders giving assurance to Hindu community when mayhem was going on in some other parts of the country. Sometimes humanity and good sense get priority over nasty politics.
Mr. Russel,
My communication was with minorities not with you. Bangladeshi minorities are vote bank for Awami League therefore, it is Awami duty to
protect Hindu Temple and stop Murthi destruction. Ruling Awami League failing to protect Murthi destruction and that has to be protested. It is not BNP or Jamat's duty to protect Murthi because they donot control Poilice and RAB.
Minority support to Awami League should not be unconditional, that was my point. Do you agree ?
Hello Mr. Mohiuddin Anwar (Dhamand Mia),
Mr. Roy,
Why you should ignore?
Why not demanding justice from the government ?
Speak to demand justice and culprits should receive justice.
Mr. Mohiuddin Said: "Do something to protect minority interest, otherwise Jamat will demand punishment for the Murthi destruction and monority harrasment."
I do not know if I will laugh or cry for joy hearing the above statement from Mr. Mohiuddin.
Jiten Roy
Sri Jiten Roy,
Instead of criticizing Jamat/BNP for the suffering f minorities in Hathazari area why don;t you blame BAL government for failing to
protect the minorities interest. Jamat/BNP not in power now and can't do any harm to any one because Bangladesh already became
a Police state. There is no gurantee for peoples lives under Hasina rule. Killing, abduction, looting ,tender terrorism, rape is out of control.
In addition to that minority suffering incresed. Stll minorities not protesting against the so called secular government. The reason is unknown to us.
Unity Council doing practically nothing. They should have demonstrated against Hathazari incident at home and abroad.
Do something to protect minority interest, otherwise Jamat will demand punishment for the Murthi destruction and monority harrasment.
Dear Colleagues:
The incident of minority persecution that happened in Hathazari and its vicinity this past Thursday and Friday is not unusual in Bangladesh after the passage of the 15th Amendment. You all remember what happened throughout the country in 1988 after the passage of the 8th Amendment. What shocked us is that when leaders of Unity Council urged the IG to intervene, he told them that the police were not equipped to stop the carnage. This is clearly an absurd excuse. It happened during the Luxmi Bazaar pogrom (Sutrapur eviction); there was clear instruction to the police not to intervene. The police stood-by while the campaign of cleaning continued. The same thing repeated in this case also.
This area is strategically important for Jamat/BNP and pro-Pakistani forces in Bangladesh. Jamat/Shibir has many militant training outposts in the vicinity of the border-belt; we believe - they are unable to establish the logistical linkage of those facilities to the mainland because of large religious minority population in this area. Radical Islamists have opened numerous Madrassas in this largely religious minority community - yet, failed to gain control of this area. They have been trying to persecute religious minority communities to vacate this area for a very long time. If anything, religious minorities in this area deserve protection from the Awami-government, who claims to be secular, for acting as a buffer against the radical Islamists� invasion. Unfortunately, they were surprised to see that Awami-government was nowhere near them when they desperately needed protection. This is a defeat for spirit of secularism in Bangladesh.
Please peruse the attached news and also watch the video. We are doing what we can within our limited ability. We are trying to appraise the world of the role the government played as the Islamic nationalists/extremists were conducting their campaign of minority cleansing.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Dwijen Bhattacharjya
General Secretary
Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, USA
Temples, shops of Hindus attacked at Hathazari
Fri, Feb 10th, 2012 7:09 pm BDST
Please click to see the video of the pogrom: http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=218015&cid=2
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