Let me address some of the comments made on this topic since my remarks on March 29, 2012.
JRoy (March 29): "You overlooked the most recent Hazarihat, Chittagong Bangladesh Bangladesh
My Comments (SB, March 31): Actually, the second hyperlink was on the atrocities in Hathazari. Here is the URL: http://bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=218015&hb=2. I would also assert that the evidence of minority persecution in Bangladesh
KDas (March 29): "……. Q. A. Rahman's ……….. Chanting 'shalom' doesn't indicate that he is comparable to a Rabbi in comprehension."
My Comments (SB, March 31): I do not want to comment on the exchange of personal attacks. But let me make a generalized statement. Uttering 'peace' (shalom) could very well be a disguise of a bigoted mind.
SChakrabarty (March 30): "…….Almost every hindu family has its one leg in Bangladesh and other one in India (I remember, by saying this in New York several years ago, Sheikh Hasina hurt the feelings of many hindu leaders although she did not say any thing wrong.)"
My Comments (SB, March 31): I agree with everything that Dr. Jiten Roy has written on this earlier today, and do not need to say much more. Let me just add that this kind of comments might give Mr. Chakrabarrty some temporary popularity among the Muslim bigots of Bangladesh
Finally, let me say that Mr. Q. A. Rahman's comments after my post below are self-contradicting gibberish, with no sensibility of admitting any error, and thus, not worth any comment from me.
Sukhamaya Bain
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From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com>
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: A Must See! - Repression of non-Muslims in Bangladesh
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: A Must See! - Repression of non-Muslims in Bangladesh
I generally do not like to ask direct questions in the second person in the public forum. But let me make an exception here. Were you asleep over the last 3-4 decades, Mr. Q. A. Rahman?
The governments in Bangladesh have not only failed to protect minorities; on many occasions, they have committed and supported criminal acts against non-Muslims in Bangladesh. Barbaric atrocities against non-Muslims have been going on with impunity in Bangladesh practically over the entire lifetime of the country so far. For the average soft-sellers of hatred against non-Muslims, Amnesty International reports on Bangladesh should be an acceptable source on how the country has been doing in terms protecting the religious minorities, including the Hindus, the Buddhists, the Ahmedias and the Christians. Please browse through the pages. Here are only a few examples.
In 1992, the democratically elected parliament of Bangladesh, via majority vote in a resolution, praised the countrymen for not being too hateful against religious minorities of the country, while the facts were that thousands of temples had been destroyed or damaged, and hundreds of thousands of minorities had become homeless due to arson and looting, among other atrocities.
In 1996, Bangladesh police committed atrocities against non-Muslim students at Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University. Among other things, they wanted to teach the infidels that it was not good to eat during day-time during the month of Ramadan in a 'Muslim country'.
In 1996, a Chakma woman was abducted by Bangladesh military, and her whereabouts are not known even today.
In 2010, two tribal students were killed by Bangladesh military.
Again these are only a few examples. While I read many more and heard about many more from phone conversations with relatives and friends, I am not a repository of news from Bangladesh; nor could I spend enough time to be a human/minority rights activist.
Let me stop wasting more of my time here, and end for now with another comment/question for Mr. Rahman. You seem to be a Muslim who cares about the rights of the non-Muslims of Bangladesh. If you sound like you do not know about the barbaric atrocities against non-Muslims in Bangladesh, what could be expected from the average hateful Muslim fanatic of Bangladesh?
Sukhamaya Bain
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From: qar <qrahman@netscape.net>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: A Must See!--Just click the link
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: A Must See!--Just click the link
Let me understand this folks. Are you saying OUR government failed to protect minorities of Bangladesh? Really? Could you supply more information? Where and what happened? Thank you.
Shalom!
Shalom!
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-----Original Message----- From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com> To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sun, Mar 25, 2012 4:23 am Subject: [mukto-mona] Fw: A Must See!--Just click the link
| YouTube video of a recent demonstration in front of the UN building in New York to protest against the oppression of religious minority in Bangladesh. It was forwarded to me by Mr. Shitangshu Guha. Please click on the link below to watch the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYXRp09x0yo&feature=email Jiten Roy ==================================================== --- On Sat, 3/24/12, BHBCUC USA <unitycouncilusa@gmail.com> wrote:
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