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Showing posts with label Islamic Militancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islamic Militancy. Show all posts
Jul 22, 2020

When intolerance marches to religious extremism

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  Muslims protest against a possible move to change status of State Religion Islam in the Constitution at Dhaka, the capital city of Banglad...
Jan 2, 2020

A dispassionate farewell to a solemn year in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party, the Awami League, have become intolerant of criticism since winning their thi...
Dec 8, 2019

Bangladesh fails to control hidden radicalism

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Islamist activists protest in Dhaka on Oct. 21, a day after deadly clashes following a Facebook post that allegedly defamed the Prophet Mu...
Oct 31, 2019

Ershad leaves bitter Bangladesh legacy

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Hussein Muhammad Ershad, former military ruler and president of Bangladesh (Photo: Stephan Uttom/ucanews) “Hating someone makes him impo...
May 12, 2018

Islamic revival threatens Bangladesh's identity

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Protesters in Dhaka, Bangladesh demanding the death penalty for war criminals in this file photo. (Photo by  Mehdi Hasan Khan ) Four de...
Dec 10, 2017

Persecution, neglect and silence deepen Rohingya crisis

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A Rohingya mother with her children at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on Dec. 7, 2017. (Photo: Stephan Uttom/uc...
Sep 5, 2017

Countering extremism needs more than just force

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A woman leaves a floral arrangement on a roadblock leading to an upscale cafe in Dhaka on July 3, 2016 that was the site of a bloody sieg...
Aug 23, 2017

Bullying Bangladesh govt clamping down on free speech

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Bangladeshi activists shout slogans as they march in the street protesting the deaths of secular publishers and bloggers, in Dhaka, in ...
Aug 22, 2017

In Bangladesh, murders of atheist bloggers show dangers of apathy

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Hundreds of students and secular activists this week peacefully marched in Sylhet, a city in northeastern Bangladesh. They gathere...