In the previous post I mentioned Dr Avijit Roy who was murdered on February 26, 2015. The attack occurred during broad daylight on a public street and he was not the only victim that day. His wife, Bonya Ahmed, was also slashed by the machete wielding Defenders of Islam. Here is how she describes the attack:
That is how audacious they've become these days. The don't need to hide in darkness anymore. They wield their cleavers in well-lit streets, in front of thousands of people, in front of the police. I myself stood in the street, with four cleaver-inflicted head wounds, my hand gushing blood from a lost finger, begging for help from hundreds of people. Did anyone in that crowded street come forward to help? Before Jiban, the journalist, came to help me and Avijit, other people surrounded us in a circle to watch the spectacle. There were policemen in that circle.
She now realises that there is no justice for non-Muslims in the Muslim world. The politicians are too greedy for votes and the ordinary citizens quite enjoy the idea that infidels can be killed at any time by any one who chooses to do so. Bonya writes:
We have no demands for this government. Our only request to them is please stop wasting your energy by constantly shouting "We are the secular party." You might as well stay silent until your aims are fulfilled
Stay silent and go on oiling the fundamentalist cleavers, otherwise you might lose a few votes. You know very well that it is your silence that is allowing them to hone their weapons.
[The Defenders of Islam] are glorying in this mad festival of murder after murder. We are all of us helpless, stunned at this dance of destruction.This oppressive machine of state has silenced us so successfully that we grow inert in fear. Like deer caught in headlights, we watch this bloodied nation and just stare. I've heard from many people that these days those who come forward trying to help are eventually harassed by the police.The murderers know they have nothing to fear. They know their refuge is spreading. They know they will be awarded with the garland of state of silence.We have learned that in this country there is no justice in the courts.
You can read the full letter here:
About 800 years ago in Europe a gang very similar to today's "Defenders of Islam" began to murder dissenters in the public square. They referred to themselves as "Defenders of the Faith". They were the Catholic priests and their cruel Inquisitions tortured and murdered millions of innocent victims for 600 years before they were finally stopped.
Let's hope the situation in Bangladesh doesn't last so long.
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