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Afghanistan/South Asia
Islamofascists attack Ahmadiyyas again in Bangladesh
2005-04-19
50 hurt as bigots attack Ahmadiyyas in Satkhira
10 houses looted
Our Correspondent, Satkhira

[Islamofascists have been gaining strength in Bangladesh for years and now make up at least 10% of the population]
Religious bigots led by the International Khatme Nabuwat Movement Bangladesh (IKNMB) yesterday attacked the Ahmadiyya
[the Ahmadiyya believe the nasty medinan verses of the Koran only applied when people in Arabia worshipped idols; thus they do not believe in violent jihad]
community, injuring over 50 people including women and children, and looted at least 10 houses at Sundarban Bazar of Shyamnagar upazila.
"Hrarrr! Loot the infidels! Hrarrr!"
Supporters of the anti-Ahmadiyya outfit, which has long been campaigning for a government move to declare the sect non-Muslim, had a signboard posted on the local Ahmadiyya complex. It reads 'A place of worship for the Ahmadiyya Community, Sundarban Bazar' and it advises Muslims not to mistake the place as a mosque. Ahmadiyyas in Sundarban Bazar were in a panic, as the police did not yet take any measures to ward off further attacks on the sect, said locals. They also alleged that physicians did not attend in a timely manner to the injured, who were undergoing treatment at Shymnagar Hospital.

Witnesses said that nearly 15,000 IKNMB members brandishing sticks, machetes and darts started marching towards the Sundarban Bazar at about 1:00pm. IKNM Nayeb-e-Amir Mufti Nur Hossain Nurani and central leader Mohammed Muntasir Ahmed led the procession.......Money in cash, ornaments and other valuables were taken away from the houses of GM Sabbir, GM Mobarak Ahmed, SM Wahid, Abdul Mazid Sardar, SM Matiar Rahman, GM Abu Daud, GM Rois Ahmed
[these are, I think, all Ahmadiyya elders] and many others. ...Earlier at about 10:00am, the IKNMB held a rally at the Haringar High School premises.
no doubt our Islamic apologist experts will say that were it not for the US invasion of Iraq and the Israeli administration of the west bank, this violence would surely cease.
Posted by:mhw

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