From: misra@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Boo!)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: Treatment of Minorities in Bangladesh
Date: 15 Apr 1992 12:30:24 -0500
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In article <samaddar.703262734@orion> samaddar@siemens.com writes:
>
>In contrast, in Bangladesh, damage to non-muslim places of worship has been
>considerable. The irony of BJP's Ram Janma Bhoomi movement was that it ended
>up doing more damage to Hindu temples (in Bangladesh) than it did to any
>Mosque in India.

	Mr.Molla where are you? You wanted some answers.. here it is.
Happy?

>
>The reason more Muslims are killed in India in riots (than Hindus in
>Bangladesh) is because Muslims in India are more aggressive in standing up
>to any perceived slight to their religion or community. Perhaps Hindus in

	Yes.. the irony is that if a minority does it it is standing up
and if the majority does it, then it is fundamentalism. This is just 
a comment nothing related to your posting. 

>Bangladesh are more submissive because of having been out of the power
>structure for a long long time. A lot of Hindu-Muslim riots in India start off

	I have seen in many north-indian cities where roits are started
between shitte and sunii during fasting and so on. So there are many
muslim-muslim riots which people dont hear about

>when a Hindu procession for "B(V)isarjan" (dropping the idol in a river or sea
>at the end of a festival) passes through a Muslim neighborhood. Invariably
>this leads to some Hindu youth shouting some "provocative" slogan followed by
>Muslims "retaliating" by throwing some home made bombs etc. Police comes in
>after a lot of escalation and usually ends up killing many Muslims. I am not
				       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	and many Hindus and anyone else who happens to be there.

>condoning any of this. In most "communally sensitive" areas in India, the
>district administration has strict orders to DISALLOW such processions by
>Hindus. Still, lapses occur.
		
	There is freedom for you. Ofcourse god forbid the DA disallow
other processions.. why that would be oppression and so on.    

>
>I am curious what happens in Bangladesh? Is the average Muslim concerned that
>any overenthusiastic display of their religious fervor in a Hindu neighborhood
>may be intimidating/offensive to the Hindus there? Is the administration
>sensitive to this? Or is it that the Hindus never make an issue out of this?
>
>Arun Gupta posted a Muslim account of the 1969 Ahmedabad riots. There was a 
>fair for some Muslim saint's urs right next to a relatively major Hindu temple
>(Lord Jagannathji's). Cows herded by some sadhus strayed into the fairgrounds
>and some sadhus were beaten up in the ensuing fracas. Again I'm not condoning
>the escalation of this incident by the Hindus that followed. But how would
>this kind of thing developed in Bangladesh. Say, if some Mulla/Moulvis of a 
>(major) mosque were beaten up by Hindu youths because of similar circumstances.
>Though, even in Hindu majority India, I believe that an average Hindu would not
>assault any Mulla/Moulvi on similar provocation. How would an average Muslim
>Bangladeshi react to that?
>
>One more thing. There are special programs on Indian TV and Radio during
>festivals of all faiths. Is that the case in Bangladesh also? I think that it
>is the case, but I would like confirmation neverthless. eg; do you have
>broadcasts of "Mahalaya" during Durga Pooja?
>
>Once I get convincing answers to these, I can believe boasts of Bangladesh
>being tolerant of minorities.

	Interesting questions.
>
>Sumitro


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