Do the Hindus of Bangladesh on the path of Sure Extinction?
Along with Hindus, a Buddhist inhabitant is also reducing in an alarming manner. Buddhist people are concentrated in the Chittagong hill tract comprising of three districts Bandarban, Khagrachhari, and Rangamati. In last three decades, a large number of tribal Buddhist people have been displaced from the belt. Some people have tried to attribute this ‘vanishing Hindu’ phenomenon to the willing and voluntary migration of Hindus in search of better opportunities. However, considering the fact that the Muslims have also migrated in greater numbers and in almost equal proportion to Hindus this reduction in Hindu percentage cannot be explained. Census 2011 gives a vital indication in this regard. It is obvious that there should be more reasons for the ‘Vanishing Hindus’ phenomenon. Various studies and news report indicate that atrocities, conversions, and land grabbing are the main reasons behind the phenomenon. In multiple incidents repeated over the years, Hindus have been attacked, their properties have been looted; houses burnt to ashes, temples were desecrated and set on fire. The causes have been flimsy. In 2013, the international crime tribunal sentenced Delwar Hussain Saidee, to death for war crimes of 1971. As a reaction, terrorists made wide spread loot and arson of Hindu people and their properties.
