Bangladesh Pays the Price of Killing Hindus
Bangladesh
is simply tottering at the moment and unquestionably in doldrums – the movement
that had begun at Shahbag demanding exemplary punishments of war criminals in
1971 instigated Muslim radicals resulting in the desperate attempt of
Hefazat-e-Islam, a mere pressure group containing Islamists, both teachers and
students, to seize Dhaka on May 6, 2013 to portray Islamic hegemony once more.
The
aggressive procession of Muslim radicals was witnessed to chant slogans calling
for instant formation of stringent anti-blasphemy law (with
provision for death penalty) and exemplary punishment to any, such as bloggers,
daring to challenge or “insult Islam.” Other demands rocking the show included rigorous
prohibition on mixing of men and women in public; an end to “shameless behavior
and dresses”; and a call for the reformist Ahmadiyas to be declared as
“non-Muslims”.
The army of radicals, armed with all these and also weapons more
sophisticated than the police in Dhaka even, had
a bloody conflict with police and administration who found it almost impossible
to tame them. Even if the agitation calmed down leaving behind (more than)
hundreds of slain people (as per sources), the entire development poses the
greatest threat to the stability or mere existence of Bangladesh – does the
country have any future at least.
The question, as has been found, does pertain intellectuals in
Bangladesh, extremely worried of the nation’s fate – failed categorically to
build up own political identity with strong, dependable economic base.
What do the same intellectuals fail to accept (or discuss it
behind closed doors in softened voices) is that the series of expulsion or
racial extermination of Hindus through decades have left Bangladesh
How
were Hindus persecuted, expelled and also deprived can be found in the seminal
work of Dr. Abul Barkat – 'Inquiry
into Causes and Consequences of Deprivation of Hindu Minorities in Bangladesh
Will good sense ever return to Bangladesh Bangladesh
Bengali Hindus, powerful enough to create a new
future for a new country (with prospects to “turn into a rural slum without Calcutta ”), could have been the best asset of Bangladesh
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