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| Bangladesh |
| Bloggers in peril |
| 2015-05-29 |
| [DAWN] BETWEEN 2012 and now, four bloggers in Bangladesh have fallen victim to the wrath of bully boyz who choose violence to articulate their differences. It is only very recently that in Bangladesh the word 'blog', or for that matter 'bloggers', has come to be seen in pejorative terms by some quarters. Bloggers in general are being portrayed as sinister people involved in vilification, defamation and disparagement of religion, particularly Islam. And some of these bloggers who used social media to vent their feelings about religion have become the targets of Lion of Islams. Not surprisingly, their murders have sullied Bangladesh's secular and liberal credentials. It is unfortunate that the acts of a few are being made to appear representative of the majority. In this Moslem-majority country, which the West anoints with the honorific 'liberal Moslem' label, those predisposed to extremism represent a minuscule number. However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... the worrisome aspect is that these elements are well-organised, well-funded and, it now appears, have organic links with international terrorist groups. |
| Posted by:Fred |