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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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 Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 5:19 pm Post subject: Professor hacked to death in Bangladesh |
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A university professor has been hacked to death in Bangladesh, in an attack police say is similar to killings of secular bloggers and atheists by suspected Islamist extremists.
AFM Rezaul Karim Siddique, 58, was a professor of English at Rajshahi University in the country's north-west.
He was attacked with machetes as he left home to go to work.
So-called Islamic State militants say they killed him for "calling to atheism" in Bangladesh.
The claim was made by IS-linked Amaq Agency, cited by US-based SITE Intelligence Group which monitors jihadist groups.
However, Siddique's colleagues earlier said that he had not written anything controversial and was not an atheist, unlike previous victims.
Police believe that he may have been targeted by suspected Islamist extremists because he was involved in cultural activities.
The BBC's Dhaka correspondent Akbar Hossain says hardline Islamist groups dislike anyone involved in the cultural field.
Last year, four prominent secular bloggers were killed with machetes.
Earlier this month, a Bangladeshi law student who had expressed secular views online died when he was hacked with machetes and then shot in Dhaka.
The four bloggers killed last year had all appeared on a list of 84 "atheist bloggers" drawn up by Islamic groups in 2013 and widely circulated.
There have also been attacks on members of religious minorities including Shia, Sufi and Ahmadi Muslims, Christians and Hindus.
Several men are under arrest for last year's killings, including some attached to a hardline group called the Ansarullah Bangla Team.
Muslim-majority Bangladesh is officially secular but critics say the government has failed to properly address the attacks.
Last week, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued a stern warning to anyone who criticised religion: "I don't consider such writings as freethinking but filthy words. Why would anyone write such words? It's not at all acceptable if anyone writes against our prophet or other religions." |
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sligo
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 12:17 am Post subject: |
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| There is something wrong with a world where you can be murdered for believing (the wrong) fairy stories. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Please Please somebody help me. Help me from becoming an ultra liberal who wants to live and experience the way of the Mohammedans, their culture and their beliefs. I feel myself slipping, help me help me save me. |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 7:36 am Post subject: |
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Bangladesh LGBT editor hacked to death
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A leading gay rights activist and editor at Bangladesh's only LGBT magazine has been hacked to death, media reports and officials say.
Another person was also killed and one person injured when attackers entered an apartment in Dhaka, police said.
Julhas Mannan was an editor at LGBT magazine Roopbaan and previously worked at the US embassy, friends said.
The killing comes two days after a university teacher was hacked to death by suspected Islamist militants.
Since February last year suspected militants have killed several secular or atheist writers and members of religious minority groups.
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Titus2
Joined: 06 Sep 2015
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Few outlets mention he was an employee of the US embassy there. |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes. Certainly part of a Zionist plot to spread the gay. |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Titus2 wrote: |
| Few outlets mention he was an employee of the US embassy there. |
Well, from the quoted BBC article...
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The US ambassador to Bangladesh condemned the killing of Xulhaz Mannan, who also worked at the US embassy.
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| The victims of the attack were identified as Xulhaz Mannan, an activist who also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development |
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But the death of Mannan, who published gay rights journal Roopbaan and also worked for U.S. aid agency USAID, has caused particular alarm because his links to a powerful Western government offered no guarantee of safety.
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From NPR...
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| Mannan worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development and was the editor of Roopbaan, the country's only LGBT magazine |
From CNN...
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USAID, an American government agency for poverty prevention, identified one victim as Xulhaz Mannan. Mannan worked at the organization but also served as editor of the country's first LGBT magazine. "Today, USAID lost one of our own," the statement said.
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From The Guardian...
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| Mannan, 35, was a founding editor of Roopbaan, the country’s only magazine for the LGBT community and also worked at the US development agency USAid. |
From USA Today...
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A branch of al-Qaeda claimed responsibility Tuesday for the fatal stabbing of a U.S. government employee in Bangladesh who was editor of the South Asian nation's first LGBT magazine.
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From Agence France Presse...
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| US Secretary of State John Kerry condemned the killings of Tonoy and Mannan, who worked for the US government aid organisation USAID. |
From Slate:
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| Mannan was an employee of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the editor of Bangladesh’s first gay rights magazine, |
From The Advocate:
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| Mannan, a gay rights activist who also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development |
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| The attack on Mr. Mannan, a U.S. Agency for International Development employee |
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But this week’s killing of Xulhaz Mannan and a theater-director friend in Mr. Mannan's Dhaka apartment is garnering more intense scrutiny – largely because Mannan, who was the founder of Bangladesh’s only lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) advocacy magazine, was also a longtime employee of the United States embassy, Curtis notes.
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And that's not counting all the outllets which syndicated the stories from the Associated Press, Reuters, and other wires. CBS and the Daily Mail even mentioned the guy's USAID job in their headlines for the AP story. |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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Hindu Tailor Hacked To Death
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Islamic State militants later took responsibility, saying that Nikhil had blasphemed Prophet Muhammad, according to US-based monitoring service SITE. This is only days after Bangladeshi gay rights campaigner and his friend were hacked to death in Dhaka.
In the last few years, Islamist militants have targeted atheist bloggers, academics, religious minorities and foreign aid workers. Nikhil’s death is linked to a complaint against him for making a derogatory comment about Prophet Mohammad in 2012, for which he was jailed for a few weeks. Bangladesh denies an ISIS presence in the country, saying that home-grown militants groups are behind the attacks. |
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Titus2
Joined: 06 Sep 2015
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| catman wrote: |
| Yes. Certainly part of a Zionist plot to spread the gay. |
Yes, exactly. |
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