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Bangladesh considering abandoning Islam as its official religion following wake of extremist attacks
MAILONLINE ^ | 3 March 2016 | JENNIFER NEWTON

Posted on 03/07/2016 4:50:51 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki

Bangladesh could drop Islam as the country's official religion following a string of extremist attacks against people of other faiths.

The supreme court in the South Asia nation has began to hear arguments which challenge Islam's status as the official state religion.

It comes after a spate of attacks against people of other religions such as Hindus, Christians, and minorities Shi'ites, which have been blamed on Islamic extremists.

When Bangladesh was formed in 1971 after the nation split from Pakistan, it was declared a secular state. However, in 1988 the country's constitution was amended with Islam declared as the state religion.

But this is now being disputed as illegal in the latest court battle and is being supported by religious minority leaders.

Meanwhile the US has also warned that ISIS is stepping up recruitment in Bangladesh, even though the government says the extremist problems are home grown.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3473136/Bangladesh-considering-abandoning-Islam-official-religion-following-wake-extremist-attacks.html#ixzz42Dm6oO6Y Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; awamileague; bangladesh; deathtoislam; election2016; islam; islamicimperialism; islamicsupremacists; islamonazism; mosqueandstate; newyork; religionofpieces; rop; sheikhhasina; theocracy; theocraticrule; trump

1 posted on 03/07/2016 4:50:51 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

It’s long past time the world acknowledges this is nothing more than a violent political ideology.

And act accordingly.


2 posted on 03/07/2016 4:55:37 AM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

It seems to me that all nations with Islam as their official religion are guano holes.


3 posted on 03/07/2016 4:57:08 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

So would Islam remain the nation’s unofficial state religion? Or would they take efforts to eradicate the Islamonazis in their midst?


4 posted on 03/07/2016 4:57:49 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Islam=kill, rob, or enslave EVERYBODY ELSE.

So.................

What are we waiting for?


5 posted on 03/07/2016 5:00:44 AM PST by Flintlock (The ballot box STOLEN, our soapbox taken away--the BULLET BOX is left us.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki
However, in 1988 the country's constitution was amended with Islam declared as the state religion.

After us losing thousands of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanisan Both countries recently adopted new Constitutions which make them both Islamic States with Islam as the official religion and no laws allowed that conflict with Islam.

Us Kafirs are slow learners when it comes to Islam. - Tom

6 posted on 03/07/2016 5:06:42 AM PST by Capt. Tom
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To: sukhoi-30mki

The Muslims, minority or not will not allow this. Civil war starting in 5, 4, 3, 2, ....


7 posted on 03/07/2016 5:13:46 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

That’s probably not gonna stop the extremist attacks. May even double them.


8 posted on 03/07/2016 5:14:45 AM PST by moovova
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To: sukhoi-30mki

No country should have an official religion. This is proof that isliym is not a religion, but a political ideology.


9 posted on 03/07/2016 5:56:57 AM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Cue the riots in . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .


10 posted on 03/07/2016 6:28:07 AM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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"Death to America!"


11 posted on 03/07/2016 7:29:12 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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