The Enemy Property Act: When Government Becomes the Robber
“It was something far more than shameful as several hundred terrorists, probably supported by anti-Indian religious based party attacked Buddhist shrines and homes and vandalized those because of an alleged anti-Islamic photo on the facebook. It is at these moments are common day by day, few terrorists are using Islam of their own way to tortured the people and becomes unpopular in so many parts of the world. Few have taken collective and social barbarism to such heights even as they claim to be mistreated.”
In 2013 elections and post-election frenzy, Hindus were targeted and brutally pressurized by various political parties. The reports of abduction of minor Hindu girls and their forced conversions are numerous. For example, The Dhaka Tribune reported in 2013 a story titled “Forced conversion of religion after abduction”.
Men kidnap and marry 10 to 16-year-old girls from minority communities by forcing them to sign declarations convert to Islam.” Thus a vicious cycle has been set where Hindus migrate to avoid persecution, leaving the rest of the Hindus in reduced numbers and more vulnerable to attacks. Ali Riaz, a political scientist, and professor from Bangladesh who is now in the USA has concluded in his book ‘God Willing: The Politics of Islamism in Bangladesh’ that in last 25 years about 53 lakh [5.3 million] Hindus have migrated from Bangladesh.
Writer: Prof of Economics and Chairman- REO – A Human Rights Organization, Bangladesh.
