Prominent Muslim leaders in the U.S. and elsewhere have called for restrictions on the freedom of speech, including the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, and the Muslim Brotherhood — and in the U.S., Sheikh Husham al-Husainy of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center in Dearborn, Michigan and Imam Mohammad Qatanani of the Islamic Center of Passaic County, New Jersey. Given Sharia prohibitions on free speech, that is to be expected. So is the violence that Bangladesh is experiencing — it will come here, too.
An update on this story. “Ten dead and hundreds injured as police battle hardline Islamist group demanding death penalty for those who insult Allah,” by Amanda Williams for the Daily Mail, May 5:
Ten people were killed and hundreds more injured in Bangladesh today in fierce street fighting between police and Islamic hardliners demanding the death penalty for blasphemy.
Rioters chanting ‘God is greatest!’ torched shops and vehicles, blocked roads and fought bloody battles with police in the capital of Dhaka and its suburbs.
Seven people were killed in the early morning clashes in the city centre and another three died in Kanchpur on the city’s outskirts, local media reported.