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Meet three people targeted for being ‘atheists’, and a Muslim leader condemning their beliefs
BBC Trending ^ | 23 September 2015 | Mukul Devichand

Posted on 09/24/2015 7:15:25 AM PDT by Olog-hai

There’s been a series of violent murders of Bangladeshi internet bloggers, accused of being atheists by Islamist groups—with four killed so far this year. […]

Bonya Ahmed is herself a writer and was also married to perhaps the most famous atheist killed this year, Avijit Roy—the moderator of a popular online blog called “Free Thinking,” which defended secular and humanist ideas.

She and her husband were attacked together in February. Bonya lost fingers and was scarred, but lived. Her husband was hacked to death with machetes in a manner that followed the same gruesome pattern of later killings. They had returned home from the US, where they lived, to the Dhaka Book Fair. […]

In May 2013, the streets of Dhaka again filled up, this time with Islamic groups, demanding that atheist bloggers be arrested for insulting religion. It was led by Hefazat-e-Islam, the “protectors of the Islamic faith”—a big and grassroots organization linked to a network of thousands of madrassas. The group’s joint secretary, Mohammed Zafarullah Khan, led the charge out of the madrassas. …

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TOPICS: Local News; Politics; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: atheists; awamileague; bangladesh; deathtoislam; jihad; religionofpieces; rop; sheikhhasina

1 posted on 09/24/2015 7:15:25 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Interesting.

The way Christians deal with atheists is to debate with them, quote the bible to them, and even...PRAY for them.

Muslims, on the other hand...


2 posted on 09/24/2015 7:20:55 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Olog-hai

Remember, Indonesia is the “moderate” Islamic country where Obama’s tender mind was shaped as a child.


3 posted on 09/24/2015 7:37:19 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Olog-hai

Bangladesh is where Trump manufactures his shirts.


4 posted on 09/24/2015 7:56:01 AM PDT by Daveinyork ("Trusting government with money and power is like trusting teenaged boys with whiskey and car keys",)
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To: Daveinyork

Bangledesh is where shirt factories collapse and kill tne employees.


5 posted on 09/24/2015 9:43:36 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
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To: T-Bone Texan

It’s where Trump’s shirts are made.


6 posted on 09/24/2015 12:53:15 PM PDT by Daveinyork ("Trusting government with money and power is like trusting teenaged boys with whiskey and car keys",)
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