“Bangladesh has a secular legal system and applying Sharia in criminal cases is illegal.” The stoning was certainly in accord with Sharia. Stoning adulterers is not “extremist”; it is Islamic law. The caliph Umar, one of Muhammad’s closest companions, even maintained that it was originally in the Qur’an: ‘Umar said, “I am afraid that after […]
Bangladesh: Muslim caught trying to plant Qur’an in Hindu temple in order to incite riots
This ploy has worked in the recent past. “Youth captured with Quran near Puja pavilion in Habiganj,” by Md Serajul Islam, Dhaka Tribune, November 19, 2021: A 25-year-old youth was held in Chowdhury Bazar area of Habiganj town on Friday while entering the Sarbajanin Puja pavilion with a Quran. Locals apprehended him as he had […]