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Hang Atheists -Dhaka Islamists

Post by klr » Sun May 05, 2013 10:28 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22418379
Clashes between police and Islamist protesters in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka have left at least three people dead and 60 injured.

Up to half a million Hefazat-e Islam supporters gathered in the city, where rioters set fire to shops and vehicles.

The activists are calling for those who insult Islam to face the death penalty.

Later, the police used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to expel thousands of protesters who occupied the city's main business district.

Thousands of Islamist activists were seen fleeing the Motijheel area, and by the early hours of Monday morning police had taken control of the area, reports the BBC Bengali service reports.

'Hang atheists'

On Sunday, throngs of protesters blocked main roads, isolating Dhaka from other parts of the country.

Chanting "Allahu Akbar!" ("God is greatest!") and "One point! One demand! Atheists must be hanged", the activists marched down at least six main roads as they headed for Motijheel, AFP news agency reported.

The area around the city centre's largest mosque turned into a battleground as police reacted to stone-throwing rioters with tear gas, rubber bullets and truncheons.

Three people were killed, the BBC Bengali service reported, with at least one dying of gunshot wounds. Other agencies reported the death toll had risen to at least 10, with several casualties sustaining gunshot wounds to the head.

Reports spoke of some 60 people being injured, including two local TV journalists.

Hefazat-e Islam wants greater segregation of men and women, as well as the imposition of stricter Islamic education.

The group's opposition to a national development policy for women has angered women's groups.

Hefajat-e-Islam draws its strength from the country's madrassahs, or religious schools.

But the government, which describes Bangladesh as a secular democracy, has rejected the group's demand for a new law on blasphemy.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said current legislation was adequate.

A Hefajat-e-Islam activist, Hossain Soliman Abdullah, said the main aim of the protest was to press for the implementation of a 13-point demand inspired by the Koran.

Dhaka's Daily Star newspaper reports that the group hired at least 3,000 vehicles, including buses, lorries and minibuses to bring demonstrators into the capital, while others travelled there by train.

On Friday, Sheikh Hasina said the government had already met many of the group's demands.

"Many of these have already been implemented while some are in the process," she was quoted as telling the Daily Star.

She said the government had already arrested four bloggers for making "derogatory comments" against the Prophet Muhammad and they would be punished if found guilty.

Muslims make up nearly 90% of the country's population with the rest mostly Hindus.
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Post by JimC » Sun May 05, 2013 11:48 pm

Ratz has many well-hung atheists...
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Post by charlou » Mon May 06, 2013 5:08 am

Up to half a million?
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Post by cronus » Mon May 06, 2013 5:12 am

If it's a choice between being hung and faking the god-cough I'm pretty good at faking the god-cough. :read:
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Post by MrJonno » Mon May 06, 2013 5:42 am

Scrumple wrote:If it's a choice between being hung and faking the god-cough I'm pretty good at faking the god-cough. :read:
Yeah an atheist martyr is a very stupid irrational one
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon May 06, 2013 7:54 am

5 years before Bangladesh is Taleban-ized. Thats going to out up the price of t-shirts.
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Post by Rum » Mon May 06, 2013 7:56 am

RiverF wrote:Up to half a million?
Sounds unlikely I know, but having been to that part of the world, the density of population in some parts has to be seen to be believed.

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Post by JimC » Mon May 06, 2013 9:12 am

Surely all theists have to do about atheists is to smile gleefully at the pleasurable thought of what their god will do to those pesky atheists when they die...
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Post by Audley Strange » Mon May 06, 2013 10:23 am

Anyone fancy chipping in and getting a fund together to send Apelust, the EDF, and the WBC on a holiday to Mutajheel?
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Post by Mallardz » Mon May 06, 2013 10:37 am

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon May 06, 2013 10:49 am

MrJonno wrote:
Scrumple wrote:If it's a choice between being hung and faking the god-cough I'm pretty good at faking the god-cough. :read:
Yeah an atheist martyr is a very stupid irrational one
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Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Mon May 06, 2013 11:20 am

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Post by Tyrannical » Mon May 06, 2013 11:46 am

Audley Strange wrote:Anyone fancy chipping in and getting a fund together to send Apelust, the EDF, and the WBC on a holiday to Mutajheel?
I think the EDF would be most useful just where they are, fighting against Islam in Britain.
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Post by Audley Strange » Mon May 06, 2013 12:06 pm

Tyrannical wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:Anyone fancy chipping in and getting a fund together to send Apelust, the EDF, and the WBC on a holiday to Mutajheel?
I think the EDF would be most useful just where they are, fighting against Islam in Britain.

The EDF couldn't even be useful at a white supremacist meeting, not even as cleaning staff, they're as thick as brick soup. I guess at best they'd make good fodder in "THE FIGHT AGAINST ISLAM" duhn duhn duuuuuhn.
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