NEWS | Bangladesh’s Image of Tolerance Tarnished by Recent Murders
The image of Bangladesh as a tolerant nation for people of all religions has been severely tarnished by a string of highly public murders of bloggers, intellectuals, LGBT activists, and religious minorities. The perpetrators of these crimes claim to be working on behalf of ISIS, but the government of Bangladesh has taken great pains in denying this connection. Whether connected to ISIS or not, it remains clear that religious minorities and those deemed “enemies of Islam” by radicals in Bangladesh are not safe. Photo: Christians in Bangladesh at a prayer service in 2009 (Reuters). Full Story:http://ow.ly/uXuO300L76Z