7 more bloggers to be arrested

[Souljette]

Wednesday, April 03, 2013
HURTING RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT
7 more bloggers to be arrested: Home minister
Govt committee identifies 11 bloggers
Star Online Report



This April 2 photo shows three bloggers arrested for “writing derogatory content about Islam” at a press briefing at Detective Branch office in Dhaka. Photo: Palash Khan

This April 2 photo shows three bloggers arrested for “writing derogatory content about Islam” at a press briefing at Detective Branch office in Dhaka. Photo: Palash Khan

The home ministry has identified 11 bloggers “who have hurt religious sentiment of Muslims through their writings”, Home Minister MK Alamgir has informed.

“Four of them have so far been arrested while efforts are on to capture the others,” he told journalists after a high-profile meeting at the ministry on Wednesday.

Deputy Leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Food Minister Abdur Razzaque, Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif, Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan, Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud, State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam and State Minister for LGRD Jahangir Kabir Nanak were present at the meeting.

Details of the meeting that discussed the latest situation of the country could not be known immediately.

Police arrested blogger Asif Mohiuddin at Segunbagicha in the capital on Wednesday, a day after three others were held for posting “derogatory comments about Islam and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)” on the Internet.

The arrests came amid strong criticism over the government role, which many termed as “submissive”, following some radical Islamist organisations’ threat of unleashing anarchy if “atheist bloggers are not hanged”.

Many think the arrests would add further to the growing frustration of the youths and online activists, who have been agitating since February 5 demanding death penalty of war criminals, over the government role.

In the night of January 13, some miscreants attacked Asif with knives as he was entering his office in Uttara, leaving him seriously injured. He had to stay in hospital for a month.

On Monday, police arrested four members of Ansarullah Bengali Team, a newly-launched militant organisation, from different parts of the city ‘for attempting to murder’ Asif.

In an overnight drive on Monday, law enforcers arrested three bloggers, including a Dhaka University student, from different areas of the capital on the same allegation.

Hours after the arrest, they were each placed on a seven-day remand in a case filed for making disparaging comments about Islam and the Prophet.

On February 15, blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider was brutally killed by miscreants in front of their Mirpur residence. Later, police arrested five youths in connection with the murder.

Radical Islamist groups have been campaigning against the Shahbagh movement initiated by the bloggers.

Hefajat-e Islam, a so-called Islamist organisation instrumental to this end, will march towards Dhaka on April 6 and have threatened of non-stop shutdown and letting loose 313 members of suicide squad if the government obstructs its march.

 

[Muslim Woman]

better late than never . Alhamdulillah BD Govt. has arrested few .

In'sha Allah other atheists bloggers who insulted Allah , Prophet Muhammed pbuh , Mother of the beleivers , respected Shahabas will also be arressted and get due punishment.

 

[Pygoscelis]

better late than never . Alhamdulillah BD Govt. has arrested few .

In'sha Allah other atheists bloggers who insulted Allah , Prophet Muhammed pbuh , Mother of the beleivers , respected Shahabas will also be arressted and get due punishment.

Really? Your reaction is to ignore the murders and death threats and threats of suicide squads, while urging for more punishment to anybody who dares say anything unsupportive of your religion?

This is a perfect thread to have alongside the NYC bus add thread.

It shows both radical extremes.

As for the article itself, I think these anti-muslim writers are both brave and stupid. It may be for the best that they are taken in, for their own protection from the mobs.

 

[Scimitar]

This is just dumb... it's A BLOG ON THE NET. Who cares...

.... Bangaldesh govt is pushing an exercise to separate the radical right wing extreme groups (they have to create them first, you see?) from the moderate ones - it's a plot to please USA. Obvious.

This is just another elaborate media hyped witch hunt.

Why can't no one else see right through this?

Sheesh

Scimi

 

[Karl]

Good news



How can these people claim to defend Allah and our beloved Prophet (Peace be upon him) but at the same time go against Shariah? Suicide and murder is a major sin! I don't know where these idiots get their rulings from because its got absolutely NOTHING to do with Islam.

Desperate needs call for desparate deeds, this bunch may be more passionate than perfect. Maybe this is a sign of revolution in the wind. The shills to the West in government are probably starting to sweat. Those bloggers are probably on a CIA payroll.
How low can these bloggers get insulting a man that has been dead for over a thousand years. Why don't they insult someone who can fight back.

 

[Muslim Woman]

it's ok if one wants to be an atheist . But I wonder , how come BD athiests love to attack only Islam , Allah , Prophet Muhammed pbuh and his companions , Mother Khadeja ra ? I have not seen condemning them Prophet Jesus pbuh , Lord Buddha , Lord Ram and religious figures of other faiths.

U won't believe how nasty language they used against our beloved Prophet pbuh . There must be a conspiracy against Islam . An individual / a small group can't do this if they are not backed by some powerful org.

I hope , BD Govt. will find out who is really behind of these anti Islmaic blogs .

I m not in favour of suicide squads but I m happy that at least there is a protest against it .

 

[Karl]

This is just dumb... it's A BLOG ON THE NET. Who cares...

.... Bangaldesh govt is pushing an exercise to separate the radical right wing extreme groups (they have to create them first, you see?) from the moderate ones - it's a plot to please USA. Obvious.

This is just another elaborate media hyped witch hunt.

Why can't no one else see right through this?

Sheesh

Scimi

Blasphemy is a serious crime. Bangladesh has enough problems with flooding and overcrowding, it doesn't need blogging blasphemers bringing down the wrath of God on the land.

 

[Muslim Woman]

Protest in Chittagong , Sylhet , Dhaka

 

[Pygoscelis]

When the primary concern of muslims in threads like these appears to be blasphemy against the prophet, instead of violence, hatred, murder, and suicide attacks being done in the name of Islam (both doing direct harm and slandering the religion), is it really any mystery why these bloggers target Islam more than Christianity, Hinduism, or Bhudism? Your initial reaction to the news story explains exactly why people fear Islam. It shouldn't be at all surprising.

 

[marwen]

Protest in Chittagong , Sylhet , Dhaka

Sister, what is written in the posters ?

 

[abcdcool2012]

Wednesday, April 03, 2013
HURTING RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT
7 more bloggers to be arrested: Home minister
Govt committee identifies 11 bloggers
Star Online Report



This April 2 photo shows three bloggers arrested for “writing derogatory content about Islam” at a press briefing at Detective Branch office in Dhaka. Photo: Palash Khan

This April 2 photo shows three bloggers arrested for “writing derogatory content about Islam” at a press briefing at Detective Branch office in Dhaka. Photo: Palash Khan

The home ministry has identified 11 bloggers “who have hurt religious sentiment of Muslims through their writings”, Home Minister MK Alamgir has informed.

“Four of them have so far been arrested while efforts are on to capture the others,” he told journalists after a high-profile meeting at the ministry on Wednesday.

Deputy Leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Food Minister Abdur Razzaque, Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif, Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan, Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud, State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam and State Minister for LGRD Jahangir Kabir Nanak were present at the meeting.

Details of the meeting that discussed the latest situation of the country could not be known immediately.

Police arrested blogger Asif Mohiuddin at Segunbagicha in the capital on Wednesday, a day after three others were held for posting “derogatory comments about Islam and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)” on the Internet.

The arrests came amid strong criticism over the government role, which many termed as “submissive”, following some radical Islamist organisations’ threat of unleashing anarchy if “atheist bloggers are not hanged”.

Many think the arrests would add further to the growing frustration of the youths and online activists, who have been agitating since February 5 demanding death penalty of war criminals, over the government role.

In the night of January 13, some miscreants attacked Asif with knives as he was entering his office in Uttara, leaving him seriously injured. He had to stay in hospital for a month.

On Monday, police arrested four members of Ansarullah Bengali Team, a newly-launched militant organisation, from different parts of the city ‘for attempting to murder’ Asif.

In an overnight drive on Monday, law enforcers arrested three bloggers, including a Dhaka University student, from different areas of the capital on the same allegation.

Hours after the arrest, they were each placed on a seven-day remand in a case filed for making disparaging comments about Islam and the Prophet.

On February 15, blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider was brutally killed by miscreants in front of their Mirpur residence. Later, police arrested five youths in connection with the murder.

Radical Islamist groups have been campaigning against the Shahbagh movement initiated by the bloggers.

Hefajat-e Islam, a so-called Islamist organisation instrumental to this end, will march towards Dhaka on April 6 and have threatened of non-stop shutdown and letting loose 313 members of suicide squad if the government obstructs its march.

সব আপরাধিদেরই যখন বিচার হচ্ছে তাহলে এই বেয়াদব ব্লগাররাও কেন বাদ যাবে ?

 

[Futuwwa]

it's ok if one wants to be an atheist . But I wonder , how come BD athiests love to attack only Islam , Allah , Prophet Muhammed pbuh and his companions , Mother Khadeja ra ? I have not seen condemning them Prophet Jesus pbuh , Lord Buddha , Lord Ram and religious figures of other faiths.

Western (especially American) Atheists tend to be primarily preoccupied with Christianity. They, just like the Bengali atheists, would rather oppose the religion that dominates their own society than one which has a negligible effect on them.

 

[Muslim Woman]

Salaam/ Peace

Your initial reaction to the news story explains exactly why people fear Islam. It shouldn't be at all surprising.

huh , so u beleive it's a right of atheists to write fake stories in nasty language against Prophet Muhammed pbuh , companions of him , his wife who is mother of the believers and Muslims should watch it silenlty ? That's not fair .

Yes , Muslim should raise their voice against all evils. If they don't do it , it does not mean atheiests have a right to insult Islam and Prophet Muhammed pbuh.

 

[Muslim Woman]

Sister, what is written in the posters ?

6th April is long March , Long March towards Dhaka by the call of Hefazit e Islam : make it a success ; Hang the atheist bloggers ( it's not seen in these pic )

 

[marwen]

It's good to see muslims in Bangladesh don't remain silent when Islam is attacked, and government sould be pushed to stop these offenses and provocation against muslims in a muslim country.

 

[Scimitar]

True bro Marwen,

but wasn't the BD govt shooting down unarmed Muslims quite recently?

It gets to a stage where the people do not trust that the govt is there for the people - and start to believe that the govt is only their to increase the gap in the rich/poor divide.

I'm not a sexist, but what I will say next may make me appear so:

The Prophet pbuh warned us in hadeeth of the following - ."those who entrust their affairs to a woman shall never know prosperity" (Bukhari and the Musnad of Imam Ahmed)

Cue Shaikh Hasina, the cold poker face politician & PM of Bangladesh who turned her back thousands upon thousands of Muslims who had a right to land in Bangladesh, and left them to die at the hands of Buddhist extremists in Burma/Miyanmar.

This is the same leader, she's not what I would call a "typical Muslim" no... not at all.

Scimi

 

[Independent]

This doesn't make sense.

There were many hundred of thousands of people demonstrating against the Jamaat-e-Islami leaders who are suspected of crimes in the 1971 independence war. They are not (for the most part) atheists and religion wasn't the main issue. It's not even clear how many of the bloggers are actually atheist either. So why is blasphemy suddenly a big issue, when the protests were all about war crimes?

Surely, it is to distract attention and protect Jamaat-e-Islami leaders from prosecution - which it has successfully achieved.

I can see what's in it for Jamaat-e-Islami. The most puzzling element is why the Government seems to be going along with them in arresting the bloggers, even though it was the Government themselves who began the prosecutions.

There must be some kind of deal going on behind the scenes between the Government and Jamaat-e-Islami. The bloggers are the fall guys.

 

[Perseveranze]

Asalaamu Alaikum,

This is great news. These bloggers aren't simply "critical" of Islam as someone mentioned, they're very much insulting, causing confusing and spreading hatred. They're not up for a debate, instead, they just end up creating blogs to get a reaction from Muslims.

Being arrested is like a slap on the wrist for Blasphemy, that's the only disappointing part.

 

[Muslim Woman]

It's not even clear how many of the bloggers are actually atheist either. So why is blasphemy suddenly a big issue, when the protests were all about war crimes?

Surely, it is to distract attention and protect Jamaat-e-Islami leaders from prosecution - which it has successfully achieved.

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Some activists who are demanding to hang war criminals are also bloggers or supporters of bloggers in the name of freedom of speech .

Govt. at first did not do anything to stop / punish the bloggers . Govt. even did not block their sites / remove anti Islamaic posts . Thus a lot of Muslims became angry and now people are divided in to 2 groups .

U may say that now the question is , Are u a Muslim ? Then protest agaisnt those bloggers . On the other hand , the youth who first started the protest against accused war criminals are saying , we are not against Islam or any religion . Don't harrass any bloggers because of some Islmaic groups who want to protect the war criminals.

Only Allah knows what will happen next . Now we have another strike tomorrow imsad

 

[Pygoscelis]

This is great news. These bloggers aren't simply "critical" of Islam as someone mentioned, they're very much insulting, causing confusing and spreading hatred. They're not up for a debate, instead, they just end up creating blogs to get a reaction from Muslims.

And here's another muslim posting against the bloggers with no concern whatsoever expressed over the murders and death threats done in the name of Islam.

Being arrested is like a slap on the wrist for Blasphemy, that's the only disappointing part.

What would you prefer? Kill the blasphemers?