Ahmadiyya issue
So it begins by banning books and ends with murder and mayhem in the name of hurting the feelings of a few? I was under the impression that Bangladesh was a People's Republic. I thought there was a democracy. It shames me to think that my own kinsmen can be so blind and so ignorant as to treat the citizens of their own country differently and with such prejudice.
Also, books are supposed to expand a person's horizon.
Islam attaches great importance to knowledge. How can anyone do something so atrocious as to ban books in the name of Islam? It's unthinkable! How are we different from the so-called Communists who burned books to oppress their people? By banning these Ahmadiyya books you are not only alienating them as minorities in their own country, but you are also oppressing the rest of the population by not allowing them to read.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. So what if a collective few are close-minded. The government has every right to uphold people's basic rights. Emotions play no part in politics. But then again, our government has failed us over and over again.