TagsTagsIt’s Friday, the day of Islamic prayer, and worshippers in Bangladesh poured out of mosques and started rioting in the streets—over an utterly harmless and inoffensive cartoon. (Hat tip: Ringo.) Street clashes have broken out in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, as Islamic activists protested over the publication of an “offensive” ...
LGF, Cartoon, Bangladesh, Blasphemy, RoP
Muslims in Bangladesh are seething and burning things and calling for the arrest of another cartoonist who “hurt the religious sentiment of the people.” Dhaka, Sept 18: Authorities in Bangladesh on Tuesday ordered the arrest of a cartoonist and confiscated copies of a major newspaper’s weekly supplement for publishing a ...
LGF, Cartoon, Bangladesh, Blasphemy, RoP
Advocating a reasonable policy toward Israel in Bangladesh will get you a visit in your office by leading officials of the ruling party—who will beat you senseless, rob the company safe, and charge you with sedition: Pro-Israeli Bangladeshi editor beaten by crowd including state officials. (Hat tip: Howard.) A Muslim journalist ...