[🇧🇩] Bangladesh Named The Country of The Year

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Not only I can quote Indian media but I can post the videos burning temples as well. You can then say It is AI generates videos.

I am afraid a few of the house burnings in fact may be real, But the burning buildings could be either Hindu or Muslim.

And they burned Hindu houses during Hasina's time as well, this has little to do with religion and has to do mostly with political rivalries.

The ones posted in Indian media after August have mostly been fact checked and proven as fake. The narrative of Hindu Repression in Bangladesh plays well for vote politics in India for BJP. Even Bangladeshi Hindus are up in arms, saying they want no part of BJP's Hindutva politics.

It is well known that the BJP in India now (after Hasina's rule is over) politicizes Bangladesh’s minority issues rather than addressing them on genuine grounds. Such politicization forms a fictional narrative that plays well in India politically for the BJP.

in 2021, during Hasina’s rule, India remained notably quiet when communal violence erupted in Bangladesh and 117 Hindu temples were reportedly attacked across 27 districts. In contrast, in 2024, when Durga Puja celebrations proceeded safely across 31,461 pavilions in Bangladesh, India’s foreign ministry still found fault with the interim government over minor issues.

The notion that Hindus were protected during Sheikh Hasina’s tenure is a false narrative. Hasina largely courted the Hindu vote due to the AL’s proclaimed pro-secular stance and its alliance with India. Despite this strategy, the AL did not take effective action to protect Hindu and other minority communities from periodic violence and communal attacks. According to Gobinda Chandra Pramanik, secretary general of the Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mohajote, the Hindu community has been held “hostage” by the Awami League since 1955.

Under the Hasina administration, two major incidents of communal violence occurred: one targeting the Buddhist community in 2012 and another against the Hindu community in 2021. These incidents remain unresolved, with no justice for the victims. Even after more than 10 years under the Hasina administration, all the cases related to the 2012 communal attacks against Buddhists in Ramu, despite substantial evidence, are still at trial, with all of the accused out on bail.

According to Ain o Salish Kendra, a prominent Bangladeshi human rights group, 3,679 attacks on the Hindu community were reported to have taken place between January 2013 and September 2021, during the Hasina regime. Yet these attacks saw a limited administrative response; the government merely blamed opposition parties without taking substantive action.

According to local media reports, AL members were allegedly involved in some attacks on Hindu and Buddhist temples and properties, particularly in the 2016 Nasirnagar attack on Hindus. This further raises questions about the party’s commitment to minority rights.

Benazir Ahmed, a former chief of the Rapid Action Battalion and inspector general of the Bangladesh Police and a key figure in the Hasina regime, was reported to have forced Hindus to sell their land at comparatively lower prices to build a personal resort. These accusations suggest AL members also perpetrated attacks on minorities and seizures of their properties.

Elite Hindus in Bangladesh often take pro-AL and pro-India positions for socioeconomic advantage, yet most Hindus in Bangladesh are not politically involved. They, like their compatriots of all religions, are focused instead on demanding peace, safety, and dignity from the state.

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