Appeasing the Islamists – a Distressing Sign for Bangladesh
In a poor country called Bangladesh, recently there has been a surge in heated talk and violent lawlessness. The principal driving forces behind these are the Islamist political parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami, Hifazat-e-Islami and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
The Spirits of 1971 and 2013 (Part III)
This is the third and concluding part of the titled article. For the first and second parts, please see https://enblog.muktomona.com/?p=1802 and https://enblog.muktomona.com/?p=1809.
The Spirits of 1971 and 2013 (Part II)
This article attempts to relate the events of 1971 and 2013 in Bangladesh, and to see how they compare and what we could learn from them. For the first part of the article, please see https://enblog.muktomona.com/?p=1802.
The Spirits of 1971 and 2013
The movement that was started by a group of Bangladeshi youth at the Shahbag intersection in Dhaka on February 5, 2013, has grown tremendously. Initially there was just one podium in Shahbag. Now the youth all over the country have erected "Gonojagoran Manchas" (people's awakening podiums) in almost every sub-district of the country. The youth, led by internet savvy bloggers, have been joined by millions of ordinary people. The movement has been praised by noted intellectuals. It has also been supported by the government, even when the youth did not allow leaders of the governing political party to speak from their "Gonojagoran Manchas." The youth movement has now turned into a people's movement, and it has been coined as 'Spirit of 1971' by a section of the Bangladeshi intelligentsia/media.
Unmasking Jamaat's chief international propagandist
Unmasking Jamaat's chief international propagandist
Punishment of Apostate in Islam is Killing by Beheading!
In Islam, "Apostasy" (Arabic: irtidad or ridda or Murtadd) means the rejection of Islam in word or deed by a person who has been a Muslim. An apostate in any pure Islamic country is deserved to be killed, period. Any Muslim who deny this fact is stealthily engaged in Taqiyya (lie and deceptions) or, utterly ignorant about real Islam. Islam is the most intolerant religion on Earth. There are plenty of glaring examples or records of utter intolerance and intimidations from the past and present history of Islam. And this intolerance is rooted in the Quran and Sunnah (Ahadiths-traditions of Prophet Muhammad) and also by the deeds and practices of the early disciples of Prophet Muhammad. In all Sharia-ruled pure Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Kuwait, Sudan etc, all apostates are punished by death penalty.
PAKISTAN - Two journalists and members of their families face death threats from religious militant groups
Dear Minister for Human Rights of Pakistan,
The 10th anniversary of 9-11 terror attacks sans Bin Laden
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" ‒ Isaac Asimov