The Talibanization of Bangladesh: 'Genocidal Campaign against Minority Hindu Population.' Where is Mohammad Yunus?
by Uzay Bulut • November 14, 2024 at 8:00 am
"Hindus targeted in #Bangladesh again. This time in Chittagong. Is administration led by Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus unable or unwilling to help Hindus?" — India Today, November 7, 2024.
Since the collapse of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government in August, the world has witnessed the full Islamization and Talibanization of Bangladesh.
"Ever since the Bangladesh prime minister was forced to flee... images, videos and accounts are streaming in of atrocities against the Hindu minority in Bangladesh, whose numbers have dangerously depleted over decades almost to the point of extinction...." — Sreemoy Talukdar, firstpost.com, August 8, 2024.
"One viral video clip shows radical Islamist lunatics inspecting the genitals of a murdered man, possibly lynched to death, and expressing satisfaction that he was a Hindu." — Sreemoy Talukdar, firstpost.com, August 8, 2024.
In many instances, members of Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh's largest Islamist party, are behind these attacks and rights violations. Jamaat-e-Islami was banned by the Awami League government on August 1. Four days later, PM Hasina was forced to resign and her government collapsed.
Jamaat-e-Islami has now gained strength under Bangladesh's Islamist interim government, led by Muhammad Yunus. Islamist radicals are the ones who brought Yunus to power.
The influence of the Hizb-ut Tahrir -- another in Islamist organization that aspires to re-establish the Islamic Caliphate and globally implement Sharia law -- also keeps increasing.
"The interim government led by Mohammad Yunus has largely failed to stop the violence against the minorities and has made matters worse by lifting bans on radical Islamist groups and releasing terror suspects from jail that rule the roost on the streets of Bangladesh." — Raja Muneeb, firstpost.com, September 5, 2024.
If a power such as the US sits back, does nothing and watches as the Talibanization of Bangladesh unfold -- as the Biden administration has done -- it is likely that the chaos will not remain within the borders of Bangladesh. India will not allow another Islamist state on its borders to wipe out Hindus, Christians and secular Muslims in Bangladesh. India might justifiably decide that its security is threatened enough.
Islamist violence against minorities, including Hindus and Christians, has been ongoing since the violent removal of Bangladesh's secular Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5. Non-Muslims in the country are facing heightened risk amid the country's ongoing political and social crises.
On November 5, the Hindu community came under attack from the police and military in Chittagong, the second-largest city in Bangladesh. Videos posted by news website OpIndia show policemen and soldiers hunting down Hindus. Videos also show law enforcement authorities deliberately destroying closed-circuit cameras.
Many accounts on Twitter have also reported on the attacks: Amy Mek posted:
"[T]he world remains silent, passively witnessing a Hindu genocide in Bangladesh.
"Trump has already issued a warning to Bangladesh, urging them to halt these attacks on Hindus—a reminder that strong leadership is needed to address this crisis."
