Omkar Dattatray
It is very unfortunate, sad and disturbing that in our neighboring country Bangladesh which in fact is the creation of iron lay the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and so by India is today rising against Hindu minorities there which are some three crore in number. Bangladesh after the stepping and ouster of its ex president Shiekh Hasina is under the grip and total control of the radical and fundamental Muslims who are beating Hindu’s and are killing them after being identified as Hindu’s. The temples, properties ,houses, shops et.al are looted, destroyed and burned across Bangladesh perhaps under the shield and passive support of the Younis government in that country. The ISCKON temples are being burned ,stoned and destroyed .The Muslim radicals and extremists are killing minority Hindu’s ,beating them and heaping atrocities on the innocent and unarmed Hindu’s and asking them to vacate from Bangladesh .The social media is ripe and full of the atrocities on Hindu’s in Bangladesh .Hundreds and thousands of young and old Muslims with swords ,sticks ,stones and bricks in big processions across Bangladesh are raising slogans against Hindu’s and asking them to leave the country or face serious consequences. Hindu’s are being killed for no fault of theirs but simply because they belong to a different faith. Many Hindu’s are being forced to convert to Islam and still others are being persecuted .The meek and innocent Hindu’s are tolerating all the atrocities because of fear psychosis and there is all-round feeling of insecurity among Hindu’s in that country .The Younis government is failing in its duty to safeguard and protect Hindu minorities and in broad day light the Hindu’s are being beaten ,threatened ,humiliated and disgraced .The fear psychosis in Bangladesh is at its height and in communally surcharged atmosphere ,Hindu’s are feeling most insecure and they have no one to fall back upon .It seems that the present government has given radicals and fundamentalists open licenses to beat ,kill and dishonor Hindu’s and even the rulers there seem to be hand in glove with the radicals ,fundamentalists and extremists .The Hindu’s are being grinded and are the worst sufferers of human right violations .The Hindu’s in Bangladesh are feeling most insecure and they have no one to fall back upon .The killings ,rapes and loot of Hindu properties are openly taking place in Bangladesh perhaps under the tacit and overt support of Younis regime .The government in Bangladesh is abdicating its constitutional ,moral ,humane and religious responsibility of protecting the life ,limb ,properties and honor of Hindu minority .Anti -Hindu riots and violence by the radicalized and frenzied mobs is a sad commentary on the government and the majority religion of Bangladesh .The killings of Hindu’s ,beating them and entering their homes ,stoning the houses ,shops, temples of minority Hindu population is continuing in that country without any respite and this current spate of anti-Hindu violence including their killings is a serious matter .Such unfortunate violence is against the principles of Islam and therefore the anti-Hindu violence should not only be denounced and condemned but needs to be halted. .The anti-Hindu violence and killing them without any cause brings disrepute to the peaceful religion of Islam and the radical ,fundamentalist and extremists are busy in de-service to Islam .The wonton and unfortunate killings with sadistic pleasure by the Muslims should stop in the interest of Bangladesh .Fresh violence in Bangladesh against Hindu minorities needs cessation and the religious heads and Moulana’s and other religious clerics should rise to the occasion and wake up from deep slumber and issue fatawa against the hooligans who are attacking Hindu temples ,houses ,shops and even killing them and threatening them to leave that country is a very serious issues and should be put down with iron fist and communal harmony restored at the earliest so that Hindu’s living there feel a sense of security and their protection of their life and limb as well as their religious freedom should be the top priority of the government there .The violence against Hindu’s should be stopped .It is the responsibility of Bangladesh government to ensure protection of Hindu’s ,their life, properties and temples and in safeguarding the Hindu minority .But the government there seems to be remote controlled by the indoctrinated and fundamentalists and therefore the attacks on Hindu’s and their properties. As Vaishnavite monk Chinmoy Krishna Das is arrested in Dhaka who was also one time member of ISKCON in Bangladesh ,prompting protests demanding his release .It is disturbing and nauseating that in fresh violence ,at least 91 innocent and unarmed people were killed in various parts of Bangladesh and more than 200 people have been killed in this month’s violence mostly as a result of police firing .Former PM Hasina calls it Sabotage. EAM of India issued an advisory against travelling to Bangladesh and also urged those currently in the violence hit country to exercise extreme caution ,restrict their movements and remain in contact with High Commission of India in Dhaka .Hindus in Bangladesh have experienced both historical and ongoing religious persecution and systematic, violence ,in the form of forced conversions ,documented massacres, genocides ,demolition and desecration of temples ,as well as destruction of educational amid centre’s .Hindus in Bangladesh Shiver amid attacks .There have been over 200 instances of attacks ,including five killings ,on minority Hindus in three days of chaos after the fall of Shiekh Hasina regime in Bangladesh .There is continuous persecution of Hindus in Muslim dominated Bangladesh .In total ,according to the Bangladesh -Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council ,there have been over 2000 attacks on Hindu minority in that country .Three members of a Hindu family have been killed the other day in Bangladesh as a result of fresh anti -Hindu violence and attacks and a total of 912 attacks were documented .Four members of a Hindu family were found murdered last Tuesday in an apartment in Bhairab town of Kishoreganj district ,77 Kms northeast of Dhaka .The deceased have been identified as a 32 year old Jony Biswas ,his pregnant wife and their two children .The deaths sparked tension amid a sharp rise in violence against Hindu minorities in Bangladesh .Even children were not spared and it is the height of persecution and atrocities .Muslim mobs killed an innocent Hindu family. Now the government is hiding the fact .Where are the Human Right Groups ,Amnesty International all the time crying for Muslim injustice but cannot see the cruel and barbaric act on Hindus by radical Islamic mob .It seems that caretaker Bangladesh government is also involved .MEA’s statement in parliament on the fresh anti Hindu attacks and killings comes amid fresh attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh .Centre told parliament that the primarily responsibility for the protection of life and liberty of all citizens of Bangladesh ,including minorities ,rests with the government of Bangladesh ,”MoS External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said in Parliament .As incidents of violence and vandalism against the minority Hindu community see a sharp upturn in Bangladesh ,genuine questions about attacks on Hindu temples and properties were raised in parliament and concern was also shown about these attacks on Hindu minority .The concern was also expressed about worst kind of human right violations of Hindu’s in Bangladesh at the hands of Muslim radicals .Some of the questions included whether there has been an increase in the incidents of desecration and damage to Hindu temples and deities in Bangladesh .Answers were sought over the response of the Bangladesh government and efforts made by Dhaka to stop such incidents .Indian government has called upon the government of Bangladesh government to ensure the safety and security of Hindus and all minorities and their places of worship .Passive response to the anti Hindu attacks in Bangladesh will not help .The Modi government should use its good office and influence to pressurize Younis government to deal with the rioters in Bangladesh with iron hand and ensure security of Hindus .It is so sad that Hindus and Buddhists in Bangladesh have become ”third class citizens” and the growing anti-Hindu mindset is alarming said Taslima Nasreen the great writer .One fails to understand how long will the attacks on temples and Hindu properties as well as the killings and assaults on them continue? GOI should intervene and seriously pressurize government in Bangladesh to act against the frenzy mobs who are attacking Hindus and damaging their temples and properties .In short the anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh should immediately stop and safety and security of Hindus should be ensured.
(The author is a columnist, social and KP activist)
