Just read the whole thing..!! It is truly disheartning to see how a country which had been known for its inter-religious harmony and tolerance are slowly yielding to the 'fundies'.
Ever since I left the country, I never paid much attention to the politics. The BNP that has to form coalition w/ the extremists, is not the BNP Zia-the husband left behind.
I had always been very proud of our ability to get along with other fellow country men who happen to share diff. belief system. In Chittagong, with a large number of Buddist population, it was never a matter who belonged to what. There were, of course, those wannabe "Islamic Shibirs". Noone, I thought, paid any attention to those guys back in late eighties.
I guess its all changed now. I wonder why there is not protest/actions by population at large!
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