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Pertinently, we were told by the government high-ups in the foreign office and elsewhere that Eliza Grisworld's article in the New York Times Magazine of January 23, 2005 ( The Next Islamist Revolution? ) is " one sided, baseless and politically motivated." Is it really so? Can anyone take it for granted that the international community would just shut their eyes to Bangladesh despite a series of political killings over the past few years? It seems that even less than 3% religious bigots are now dictating terms over 97% progressive people of Bangladesh and that we have an establishment presiding over all these! It is very unfortunate that while many people would like to call Bangladesh a "moderate Muslim country", they keep almost mum even after the series of killings (or attempts to kill ) of the distinguished journalists, intellectuals, and opposition political leaders, one after another. This can't be moderation, far less Muslim, so far we know from the Holy Book.

We don't know if Bangladesh will ever get a talented diplomat and visionary politician of international stature like the late SAMS Kibria, or gifted personalities like Prof. Humayun Azad, Professor Yunus, journalist Manik Saha , Shamsur Rahman and many distinguished sons of the soil , but we know that as a nation we are passing through an abysmal darkness.