As Bangladesh's mainstream media portrays attacks on minorities as communal clashes, locals say these attacks should not be seen as clashes since they are organised assaults led by radical Muslim groups
A week after minorities in Bangladesh faced one of the worst forms of communal violence, the country's Hindu community is still reeling in fear of rightwing Muslim groups showing up in their villages and towns with an intent to harm them. TRT World.“Growing up, my experiences of puja festivals have been positive. But I always felt a fear that I could sense within my community,” said the young journalist who grew up in Faridpur, a south-central district in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh's law enforcement agencies responded to the attack by killing four Muslim men in Chandpur district while controlling the crowd that reportedly attacked Hindus. In other parts of the country, the police rounded up at least 450 people. The violence targeting Hindus killed two people from the minority faith and spread to other districts continuing for five days until October 17.
The president of one of the largest Islamist parties, Islami Andolan Bangladesh, Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim, expressed concern over the attacks on Hindus, asking people from all faiths to maintain communal harmony. A book titled Inquiry into Causes and Consequences of Deprivation of Hindu Minorities in Bangladesh through the Vested Property Act by Bangladeshi professor, Abul Barkat
The organization’s South Asia Campaigner, Saad Hammadi, said that the attacks were “symptomatic of the growing anti-minority sentiment in the country.”
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