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Monday, January 25, 2016

[mukto-mona] Contested Narratives of Bangladesh: Whose Bangla is it anyway?



[Please make a note of this gang of serious enemies of Bangladesh who are out to destroy a Secular Bangladesh]

The Brethren of Black Lotus are a collective based between London and Dhaka, founded out of sorrow at the Massacre in Dhaka, and a hunger for understanding and justice.

<< Harrowing reports came out of Satkhira following the operation of the 16th to 19th of December 2013, from the indiscriminate hunting of all adult males, to the looting and destruction of homes in front of the children and women folk they left behind. Meanwhile, in Dhaka, there was no hue or cry and the show went on, with the leader of the main opposition placed under virtual house arrest and a constitutional coup d’etat carried out under the guise of a farcical election. >>

             [Completely concocted LIE.  I heard on the cybernews (not msm) in 2013 in the midst of intense campaign of jwalao-poRao that there was a boastful claim made by Hefajotis that Satkhira was an autonomous zone, independent of the rule of Bangladesh Govt.  ~ ~ FM]

https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/rage-joy-bangla-kitsch-culture-machine/

ceasefiremagazine.co.uk
Special Report | Rage against the ‘Joy Bangla!’ Kitsch Culture Machine

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Such Islamophobia in Bangladesh, as argued by Chintaa magazine’s Farhad Mazhar is the pervasive systematic practice of a culture of hatred and ignorance maintained by Bangladeshi cultural elites, through their portrayals of the characters of religious people and the religious, social and cultural practices of Islam. Such evidence is abundant in Bengali dramas, novels, stories and other media and genres. An evil character is almost invariably signified by an image of an Islamic religious personage with his bears and traditional attire of skullcap, long shirt, sarong and loose fitting pyjama bottoms. This video clip from a ‘Game Show’ on Ekushey TV demonstrates the banality of the culture machine.

This is a constant insult and humiliation, not only to the scholars and students of religious specialisms, but also to the majority of rural people, the urban poor and most self respecting Muslims. This was the basis of Hefazot e Islam’s ninth point of protest last year.

Stop the spread of Islamophobia among the youth through depiction of negative characters on TV plays and movies in religious attire and painting negative stereotypes of the beard, cap and Islamic practices on various media.







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Posted by: Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com>


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