Bangladesh : Members of jihadi group attack Hindus over FB post
Dhaka (Bangladesh) – In a fresh violent attack on minorities, over 80 houses of Hindus in the village of Sunamganj were attacked and vandalized by the supporters of Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam. The attack was planned after a young Hindu criticized Joint-Secretary General Maulana Mufti Mamunul Haque in a Facebook post.
A conference held at Derai Upazila on 15th March hosted Hefazat-e-Islam’s Joint-Secretary General Maulana Mufti Mamunul Haque. A young Hindu from Noagaon was enraged by Haque’s speech and made a Facebook post criticizing it, which he uploaded.
Bangladesh continues to be infamous for its failure to protect the Hindus, which are in minority. A 2020 report revealed that Hindus in Bangladesh were attacked over 30 times by violent Islamists in just one month.