Attack on Ahmadiyya community
The indifference of government towards the religious bigots is becoming a cause of grave concern. The repeated attacks on the religious minority has not drawn much attention from the high ups of the government, worse still, in some cases a partner of the coalition is involved in it.
I found the news coverage of the recent attack on the central Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Mosque at Bakshibazar in Dhaka rather disturbing. The use of the word 'Sunnis' attacking the 'Ahmadiyya' gave me the weird feeling that I am living in some sectarian violence torn place like Gujarat or Baghdad. If the bigots are not reined in, Dhaka can well become that kind of a city.
Their demand of declaring of the Ahmadiyyas non-Muslim by the state is equally ridiculous. What difference will it make? The Almighty will decide who is a Muslim and who is not. His decision is the only thing that should matter to a Muslim.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The political game initiated by this issue is distasteful and unwarranted.