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Bangladesh: Enraged 3,000-strong Muslim mob attacks Hindu households, temple over blasphemy claim

May 5, 2014 3:01 pm By Robert Spencer

hindu_temple-650_050514105941Madrasa loudspeakers spread the claim that two Hindu youths had slandered Muhammad. And we all know, as Barack Obama said, “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.”

In Islamic law slander is not spreading falsehoods about someone, but speaking even truths that one dislikes being spoken: “Slander (ghiba) means to mention anything concerning a person that he would dislike, whether about his body, religion, everyday life, self, disposition, property, son, father, wife, servant, turban, garment, gait, movements, smiling, dissoluteness, frowning, cheerfulness, or anything else connected with him.” (‘Umdat al-Salik, r2.2) Note that it doesn’t say anything about these “disliked” statements having to be false.

“Muslim mob attacks Hindu housholds [sic], temple in Bangladesh over alleged blasphemy,” IANS, May 5, 2014:

An around 3,000-strong mob attacked Hindu households and a temple in Bangladesh’s Comilla district, media reported on Monday.

The attacks took place on Sunday after rumours were spread over loudspeakers that two youths had defamed Prophet Muhammad, bdnews24.com reported.

Locals and police said teachers and students of eight madrasas in Homna upazila led the assault on Hindus at Baghsitarampur village.

Twenty-eight families have been affected in the attacks.

A mob of nearly 3,000 carried out the attacks and looted belongings of the Hindus, most of whom were poor farmers and fishermen.

Villagers said a call was made from the loudspeakers at Jamia Arabia Islami Emdadul Ulum Madrasa at Rampur village near Baghsitarampur to launch the attack on Hindus.

Before the assault, leaflets were distributed for the last several days in the madrasas claiming that two Hindu youths had slandered the prophet in a Facebook post April 27.

Police arrested the principal of Bagmara Madrasa at Muradnaga in connection with the attacks. However, the main accused, Nazrul Islam, who took the lead in distributing the leaflets is still at large.

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  1. ibn Muslim says

    May 5, 2014 at 3:08 pm

    Lesson: do NOT slander the Prophet of Islam

    Once you allow slandering, where would it stop? Mahdi, when he comes, will he allow people to slander him?

    • Madhi says

      May 5, 2014 at 3:11 pm

      Logical, thoughtful analogy. Now don’t you have some bowing to do? A clitorectomy, a stoning to go to? A meteor to kiss? I child bride wedding?

      Get off the internet, Achmed.

      • PJG says

        May 5, 2014 at 8:13 pm

        All salute the Mahdi! It’s an honour to have you here, sir!

    • john spielman says

      May 5, 2014 at 3:22 pm

      slandering the false PEDOPHILE prophet of Islam is impossible , because he was a mass murdering, lying thieving, misogynistic pedophile by his OWN ADMISSION!
      iSLAM ITSELF IS A SLANDER to Christianity and all that is HOLY and TRUE!

    • mariam rove says

      May 5, 2014 at 3:29 pm

      Mahdi disappeared in a well in Jamaran Iran near the city of Qum. Since most Shiat as you are are Iranians, and mehdi is an Arab and Iranians do not speak Arabic, peopel in Iran go to this well throw in sim cards, Farsi to Arabic dictionary for your 12th Imam to learn Farsi and call home!!!!m

    • Champ says

      May 5, 2014 at 3:49 pm

      ibn muslim wrote:

      Lesson: do NOT slander the Prophet of Islam

      Once you allow slandering, where would it stop? Mahdi, when he comes, will he allow people to slander him?

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      How twisted does someone have to be to consider muhammad worth defending? …pretty darn twisted, I’d say!

      Telling the **TRUTH** about muhammad is not slander. He was an evil criminal, so grow a brain, whydontcha.

    • eib says

      May 5, 2014 at 5:29 pm

      Islam is profane.
      You are doomed.
      Your messiah is a desert demon.
      You abandoned hope along ago.
      And that is why you submit.

    • Clare says

      May 5, 2014 at 8:51 pm

      Do you live in Bangladesh or where? The UK or the US? If you live in an Islam state, all your comments are a moot point and really to be ignored. I live in the US. I am an American. Are you a hyphenated American? Just askin’.

    • Timbo says

      May 6, 2014 at 5:19 am

      The prophet of islam called mohammed is of satan and followed satan. He – satan is the father of lies. All moslems are deceived and their actions will be judged by God in the day of judgement. The real God of heaven does exist and stands for love, peace and joy of which the followers of satan know not. A tree is known by its fruit. A good tree bears good fruit and a bad tree bears bad fruit. Islam is a cult. O that moslems everywhere had their eyes opened to see the devil in mohammed and turn to The Lord Jesus Christ who is the only name under heaven by whom you must be saved. He practiced the truth and is our only redeemer. He has given us a free will to choose life or death. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the father God but through me. God loves you moslems but you are listening to a liar called mohammed who wrote a book of lies called the koran. Repent from listening to islam and turn to know the true and living God Jesus Christ.

      • Laura says

        May 6, 2014 at 6:22 am

        yeah yeah yeah sure….but what about us Atheists? Tone the bible thumping down please Timbo!!

    • Laura says

      May 6, 2014 at 6:17 am

      Funny how Muslims say the most disgusting things about Infidels and Jews

    • Rob Crawford says

      May 6, 2014 at 10:34 am

      Lesson — free men need to shoot mobs hopped-up on goofball “religions”. And the “prophet” slandered himself.

  2. mariam rove says

    May 5, 2014 at 3:31 pm

    Now Imagine if 3000 Christians some where down south started a peaceful demonstration denouncing Islam.. Media will be all over it calling them racists, right wingers etc…. But 3000 muslims setting Hindus on fire, no mention. M

    • Jaladhi says

      May 5, 2014 at 5:36 pm

      The Western media has become totally dishonest – they lie, lie, lie for Muslims and Democrats who also lie for Muslims. They have lost all credibility.

  3. john spielman says

    May 5, 2014 at 3:44 pm

    maybe the Indian army should invade Bangladesh to protect the Hindus like Russia did in the Crimea allegedly to protect Russians.

    • sidney penny says

      May 5, 2014 at 7:26 pm

      The current Indian government ( which would direct the Indian Army) is a paper tiger.

      There are no tigers left in India anymore.

      Everyone in India is afraid of Pakistan and Bangladesh.

    • Jay Boo says

      May 6, 2014 at 12:24 am

      Russia is protecting Russians in the Crimea
      Remember the nearby Beslan school massacre and our own Boston attack

  4. Mahdi says

    May 5, 2014 at 3:54 pm

    “Mahdi, when he comes, will he allow people to slander him?”

    Ahem! Mahdi here …

    As a matter of fact, Yes …I will allow people to slander him because he’s going down …he’s goin’ down to China town!

    Yours truly,
    Mahdi

  5. CogitoErgoSum says

    May 5, 2014 at 3:56 pm

    Here’s an interesting article I found about slander/libel of a dead person. Everyone agrees that Muhammad is dead so I’d say he’s fair game…..at least under U.S. laws. Regarding Jesus…..well, He did die…..but Christians believe He rose from the dead and still lives……and Muslims believe Jesus (or Issa) never did die at all…..while others say he never even existed at all. So…..I’m resigned to allowing divine justice to resolve such matters. But whatever the case, in no way do I think that it’s something to be decided by a mob of vigilantes.

    http://jonathanturley.org/2007/08/18/defaming-the-dead/

  6. Richie says

    May 5, 2014 at 4:12 pm

    I’d like to ask one of these Mulims what should happen to Muslins who slander Jews

  7. mortimer says

    May 5, 2014 at 4:32 pm

    Islam, the religion of authorized mob violence. An unproved accusation is all it takes. Disbelievers deserve to be murdered or crucified anyway. It’s no great loss.

  8. Common Sense says

    May 5, 2014 at 5:20 pm

    Thank you the students of Jamia Arabia Islami Emdadul Ulum Madrasa for saving Mohammed from 2 Hindu youths. Allah really needs some help from you guys to protect himself Mohammed and Islam because this is a very bad world. So be ready.

  9. Jaladhi says

    May 5, 2014 at 5:29 pm

    This is Muslims’ age old trick – always accuse non-Muslims of blasphemy and then using excuse they attack them as they have done in Bangladesh. One should ask them how many times they have used this excuse to kill Hindus in Bangladesh. Muslims in Pakistan also use the same boiler plate excuse to attack, kidnap and kill Hindus and Christians. It is a daily occurrence there. So there is no truth when Muslims say it is because of blasphemy of their god -devil allah – they are killing non-Muslims – they just want to kill non-Muslims living among them. Period!!

    The West has to recognize this modus operandi of Muslims and never believe them when they say this.

  10. Wellington says

    May 5, 2014 at 6:28 pm

    Functions as just one more reason why Hindus should unite with Christians, Buddhists, Jews, Sikhs, agnostics, atheists, et al. in order to thwart at every opportunity what so many of Islam’s horrible doctrines intend for us all.

    United we should stand against Islam. It is the enemy of all of us. Whatever differences exist among non-Muslims, these can be discussed, worked out, compromised with, etc. without those chief characteristics of Islam when it doesn’t get its way——–self-pity, victim-status invocation, threats of violence and actual violence.

    Islam is the enemy of ALL non-Muslims. This should be the starting point.

    • Clare says

      May 5, 2014 at 8:43 pm

      Here, here.
      And the US non-Muslims should stop wasting time in ‘interfaith outreach’ and instead, as you say, recognize that the enemy of us all is that one that sticks out like a sore thumb, that one who does not integrate, that one who litigates and demands. In short, that one among us all, who does not comprehend the First Amendment to the Constitution: Islam.

  11. baconlover says

    May 5, 2014 at 6:39 pm

    What an easy way to rid the neighborhood of someone you don’t like, just start a rumor they defiled a koran or the like, how pathetically small minds to get swept up in mass hysteria, just sad.

    The mind of a moslum.

  12. baconlover says

    May 5, 2014 at 6:40 pm

    Look at how pathetically small minds to get swept up in mass hysteria, just sad.

    The mind of a moslum.

    • baconlover says

      May 5, 2014 at 6:42 pm

      Sorry duplicate post.

  13. sidney penny says

    May 5, 2014 at 7:18 pm

    “An around 3,000-strong mob attacked Hindu households and a temple in Bangladesh’s Comilla district, media reported on Monday.”

    Don’t these 3000 people have anything better to do?

    “An around 3,000-strong mob attacked Hindu households and a temple”

    Attacked a temple? Really,Nothing new here.”Mobs” have been attacking temples for a long time. Could they be Islamic mobs? or Hardline Muslims mobs ?

    http://voiceofdharma.org/books/htemples1/

    HINDU TEMPLES WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM
    Volume 1 A Preliminary Survey

    http://voiceofdharma.org/books/htemples2/

    HINDU TEMPLES WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM
    Volume II The Islamic Evidence
    (Second Enlarged Edition)

  14. PJG says

    May 5, 2014 at 8:25 pm

    JUST IMAGINE..if the blasphemy laws did not apply to non-Muslims. There would be pandemonium! There would be laughter in the streets as crowds of laughing non-Muslims pointed their fingers and slapped their thighs watching the Muslims walk into the mosque on Fridays…there would be acerbic and hilarious TV shows and films which criticised – and even burned – the Muslim holy books and had REALLY UGLY guys playing the part of the Prophet…school textbooks would tell the truth about Islamic history and Muslim kids would just have to suck it up…there would be Christians proselytising on every street corner…I could go on.
    But for that, non-Muslims in Muslim countries would need enormous courage. And non-Muslims in Western countires would simply need a spine (too hard.)

    • Clare says

      May 5, 2014 at 9:35 pm

      I can imagine. Really, they need to be trounced by pandemonium-fests. I imagine ‘ole time religion tent meetings across the street from mosques. Catholic priests and lay persons praying for Muslims on street corners, crosses all around. Huge patriotic American concerts on college campuses directly across from Fakestianian brown shirts’ trash Israel day. I think we have the courage, we just need the unity (see Wellington above) and a serious changing of the political guard. It’s doable.

      But this is why “blasphemy laws” and “hate speech”, this poison of Islam that has seeped into our country is so bad. Everyone must know that Mahometans largely do not, and possibly are unable to, comprehend the First Amendment to the Constitution.

      • ibn Muslim says

        May 6, 2014 at 3:22 am

        What you do not comprehend is that attack on Muhammad is attack on Islam and an affront to Allah!

        • Know Thy Enemy says

          May 6, 2014 at 4:58 am

          @ibn Muslim

          You forgot to add “… and since Allah can’t protect himself so his slaves have to do it for him!”

        • CogitoErgoSum says

          May 6, 2014 at 12:46 pm

          And the god, Allah, could destroy anyone who offends him in the blink of an eye ….or maybe not. Allah seems to prefer to let his slaves do all the dirty work. They are like his puppets on a string. Dance, little puppets, dance……..and kill the ones with no strings. Listen! Can you hear him laughing?

    • Jay Boo says

      May 6, 2014 at 12:29 am

      JUST IMAGINE Muslims accusing others of blasphemy.

      HOW SADLY IRONIC

  15. farhaz says

    May 6, 2014 at 11:06 pm

    The hindus kills muslims every day in India, specially in north east states. This is the best answer to the Hindus. The hindus should that we can also fight when they crosses the limit.

    • Anonymous says

      May 7, 2014 at 12:08 am

      It ain’t Hindus you dumb moron…It is a terrorist organization and it is not a Hindu terrorist org that is killing the illegal immigrants…check “national democratic front bodoland”

    • kumar says

      May 7, 2014 at 9:48 am

      Pakistan has kille millions of hundus. bangladesh muslims have killed millions of hundus. Pak army raped half million hindus in 1971. What revenge would suffice against Pak & India ? its high time to seek peace through respect for all religions.

    • kumar says

      May 7, 2014 at 9:50 am

      Pakistan has killed millions of hindus. Bangladesh muslims have killed millions of hindus. Pak army raped half million hindus in 1971. What revenge would suffice against Pak & Bangladesh? its high time to seek peace through respect for all religions. India is watching the way hindus are exterminated across Pak/Bangladesh. When no more hindus are in there, there will be chaos.

    • kumar says

      May 7, 2014 at 9:54 am

      India is watching the way hindus are exterminated across Pak/Bangladesh. When no more hindus are in there, there will be chaos.

  16. Boris says

    May 8, 2014 at 9:12 am

    What is good about Islam?
    It brings some order to a feeble person’s life.
    It gives them a cause to fight for.
    It gives them a right to be sexually aggressive.
    It will eventually make you insane and want to destroy something, anything that is not proper Islam.
    It is a waste of time and road to nowhere.
    Imagine a forceful religion that advocates the demise and eventual destruction of all others.
    Allah’s little warriors will be slain one way or the other until there is none left that dare subscribe to the insanity of Mohammad.
    There is no other way.
    Humanity will not go backwards for long.
    Islam is just a stupid insidious blast from the past.
    If anyone thinks it will amount to anything worthwhile they need their brain examined.

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