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- The Muslim Rape Of Christian Nuns
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Mohammedan fanatics burned sacred Hindu scripture “Srimad Bhagabad Gita” after destroying 555 years old Hindu temple complex in Islamic Republic of Bangladesh Srimad Bhagavad Gita burned, Srivas Angan destructed and partially grabbed by Islamists...
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Police, Islamists clash in Bangladesh, dozens hurt
It looks like we might be encountering another wave of Islamic agitation throughout the world. Yesterday, riots began in Malaysia, today Bangladesh. Watch for more in coming days.
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DHAKA (Reuters) - Police in Bangladesh on Sunday fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse Islamist activists trying to enforce a nationwide strike over the removal of a Muslim phrase in the constitution, and witnesses said around 50 people were injured.
The clashes erupted when thousands of bludgeon-carrying Islamists cut off a stretch of highway leading to the capital's eastern suburbs with barricades.
The protesters also damaged several cargo trucks before the police crack down, and some 100 people were detained.
The strike, which began two days after the country emerged from a 48-hour stoppage enforced by the opposition, was called to protest a recent amendment to the constitution which dropped the words "absolute faith and trust in Allah".
The Islamists also want to scrap "secularism" as a state principle in the Muslim-majority country.
The strike, which was called for by 12 Islamist parties, was however, largely ignored by most people in Bangladesh, where businesses and transportation was operating as normal.
The strike was spearheaded by the Bangladesh Islami Andolon, one of a handful of small Islamist parties that have no representation in parliament but who back the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, who is trying to force early elections.
The BNP lost to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League in the 2008 parliament polls and has since been trying to rally support of the Islamist and other groups.
The two women have dominated the south Asian country's often volatile politics for two decades and are likely to face off again in the next election due by end of 2013.
- Extremists In Bangladesh Publish Global Hit List Of Bloggers And Writers, Two American Bloggers Included ...
The Muslims Are Restless Extremists in Bangladesh publish global hit list of bloggers and writers: “Islamic extremists in Bangladesh appear to be taking their war on secular writers and bloggers beyond the South Asian country’s borders. A hit...
- Jen Psaki On Islamists Hacking American Writer Avijit Roy To Death: We Have No Idea Why He Was Killed
Hacky Psaki Yesterday, this happened: Avijit Roy was a science writer, blogger, atheist, feminist, humanist, free thinker, and the founder of mukto Mona blog for Bengali free thinkers. He lived in the USA, but came to Bangladesh for a week or so to attend...
- The Muslim Rape Of Christian Nuns
From Front Page: The latest such attack comes from Bangladesh, which is over 90% Muslim in population. In early July, dozens of men armed with machetes, knives and iron rods attacked the convent of PIME (Pontifical Institute of Foreign Missions nuns...
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Mohammedan fanatics burned sacred Hindu scripture “Srimad Bhagabad Gita” after destroying 555 years old Hindu temple complex in Islamic Republic of Bangladesh Srimad Bhagavad Gita burned, Srivas Angan destructed and partially grabbed by Islamists...
- The Peace Of Islam
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