{"id":119416,"date":"2021-10-20T16:29:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T23:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=119416"},"modified":"2021-10-20T16:29:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T23:29:24","slug":"please-dont-blame-innocent-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/10\/20\/please-dont-blame-innocent-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Please, Don\u2019t Blame Innocent Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"

MD Pathik Hasan<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

\u2018<\/strong>Bangladesh<\/strong><\/a> Finalizes Agreement to Build\nBuddhist Monastery in Lumbini, <\/strong>Nepal\u2019\nwas the headline of Hong Kong based Global Buddhist Door\u2019s news headline on\nOctober 11, 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can anyone imagine that A Muslim\ncountry is going to build a Buddhist monastery in a Nepal (religiously Hinduism\nbased) country? Recently it established a clear-cut example amongst all\ncountries in the world that Bangladesh is the role model of communal harmony in\nthe world. The Bangladesh government has interest and intention to hold\nBangladesh as a non-communal Bangladesh. But some barbaric culprits and stupid\ncriminals are trying to damage the national prestige of Bangladesh in\ninternational arena by committing a heinous misdeed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is Bangladesh which can be\nconsidered as a champion and role model of Communal harmony in the whole world.\nPeople have been living here with lasting intercommunal peace and confidence.\nBangladesh\u2019s Inter communal harmony is well known to and praised by the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The people of Bangladesh believe in\nthe policy Religion is everyone’s festival; everyone has equal respect for all\nreligions.\u201d Now a question arises. But why? Because uncivilized, barbaric\nperpetrators and propagandists don\u2019t want it to be implemented. People who have\nAnti-Bangladeshi sentiment in their mindset always seek the time, place. They\nwaited for the golden time for committing this and have tried to take advantage\nof this opportunity. Recent events surrounding Durga Puja celebration in\nBangladesh proved it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what\u2019s going on in Bangladesh\nnow? Some miscreants spread the rumors through using social media to\ndestabilize the peace and stability of communal harmony in Bangladesh. The\npeople of Bangladesh have been enjoying the God-given blessings in case of\ninter-communal ties. But miscreants who don\u2019t want the development of the\ncountry might be behind this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bangladesh as a secular country\nalways tries to ensure the rights of all ethnic and religious groups. Bengali\nculture is synonymous with inter-communal harmonies. It is one of the countries\nin the world where Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, various ethnic\ntribes are living together with eternal peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But recent incidents regarding\nvandalism of Durga Idols in Bangladesh created tensions. It was an incident.\nThe people who allegedly committed the crime must be brought under\njurisdiction. No one has the right to bother or disturb anyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BD PM Sheikh Hasina led government\nbelieves in inter-communal harmony. She always tries her level best to join any\nreligious and cultural programme. Anyone can understand that she is committed\nto ensure the rights of all groups. Regime under Sheikh Hasina is committed to ensure\nthat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bangladesh is committed to protect\nthe rights of all groups because the inception and journey of Bangladesh was\nstarted through the participation from all walks and quarters in the society in\nthe great 1971 liberation war. Country\u2019s constitution has obliged Bangladesh to\ndo it. Bangladesh knows it and practices it. No one can deny that. We are\nBengali people. The Bengali nation consists of multiple religions. Bengali\npeople hold the spirit of the great 1971 liberation war. 1971 liberation war sentiment\nis more related to inter-communal harmonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bangladesh is a responsible country\nin the world. It is known to shelter the human beings (Rohingyas from Myanmar)\nand take back its own people to its own lard (Chakma people in 1994).\nBangladesh wants to ensure perpetual regional peace in the region (in the line\nof 1997 (Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in Comilla, those who have\ninsulted the Qur’an, attacked and vandalized the puja mandapa don\u2019t symbolize\nthe mindset of the whole Bangladeshi people. Basically, that was mockery,\nmisconception, terrorism in the name of serving own religion. It is true that\neach and every religion in the world teaches us tolerance towards others,\nnonviolence and to be respectful to others. Every and each human being is safe\nunder the shelter of the umbrella of God. Recent Comilla, Chandpur, Chittagong,\nRangpur incidents in Bangladesh are not the symbol of Bangladesh. Bangladesh\nhas more districts and regions. But the incidents in the above-mentioned places\nare pathetic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But perpetrators must be brought\nobliviously under exemplary punishment. When the Bangladesh government is\npaving the way for ensuring inter-communal harmony, this could harm the image\nof Bangladesh as a role model of inter-communal harmony worldwide. I am sure\nthat the Bangladesh government will do that because it is the national policy\nof the Bangladesh government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

People should be seen as human\nbeings, not religious identities. Bangladesh is a country of communal harmony.\nThose who want to destroy this harmony must be under tribunal. BD Prime\nMinister has already assured this. Her prompt reaction was seen during her\nmeeting Hindu community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is Bangladesh in\nwhere Mangal Shobhajatra or Mangal Jatra at dawn on the first day of the Bengali\nNew Year in Bangladesh, Various religious festivals such as Eid of Muslim\ncommunity, Pujas of Hindu community, Easter Sunday, Christmas Day of Christian\ncommunity, Buddha Purnima are taken place simultaneously. Muslim festivals of\nEid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Azha, Milad un Nabi, Muharram<\/a>,\nChand raat, Shab-e-Baraat, Bishwa Ijtema; Hindu festivals of Durga Puja and\nJanmashtami; Buddhist festival of Buddha Purnima; Christian festival of Christmas\nand secular festivals like Pohela Boishakh, Nabanna, Language Movement Day,\nIndependence Day, Rabindra Jayanti, Nazrul Jayanti witness widespread celebrations\nand usually are national holidays in Bangladesh. Bengalis and Non-Bengalis in\nChittagong Hill Tracts region celebrate together the tribal festivals such as\nBiju, Sangrai, Baisabi etc. Basically, there is no religious, ethnic boundary\nin Bangladesh. Everyone is for everyone. People from all religions and\nethnicities are united in Bangladesh. The rcent incident is just a separate\nincident in Bangladesh. Please, don\u2019t blame Bangladesh for those separate\nincidents. Bangladesh is a country of all religious groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article was first published in India\u2019s Sentinel\nAssam.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MD Pathik Hasan \u2018Bangladesh Finalizes Agreement to Build Buddhist Monastery in Lumbini, Nepal\u2019 was the headline of Hong Kong based Global Buddhist Door\u2019s news headline on October 11, 2021. Can anyone imagine that A Muslim country is going to build a Buddhist monastery in a Nepal (religiously Hinduism based) country? Recently it established a clear-cut […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-md-pathik-hasan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}