The bigots

By Imran Ahmed, Mohammadpur, Dhaka
23 March 2004, 18:00 PM
Religious bigots have been demonstrating their sinister extremism over the last few years. Their ugly design has caused so many casualties in recent times. The views they hold amount to infringement upon human rights. People shivered in fear when they witnessed the decapitated bodies, following the barbaric attack during thePahela Baishakcelebrations a couple of years back. They are divided into different groups but share the same mission. Their most recent onslaught was carried out on the free-thinker, Dr Humayun Azad.

These fanatics are moving freely and their hideouts are yet to be unearthed. Now-a-days they are pouncing on the Ahmadiya community. According to them, Ahmadiyas have stigmatised Islam and in the face of their continuous pressure the people belonging to Ahmadiya community are living in fear and in rural areas they have been ostracised in some cases. Time has come to take stern steps to wipe out the zealots who are a threat to society as a whole.