He placed the Qur’an in the temple in order to make it appear to local Muslims that the Hindus were disrespecting the Islamic holy book. The ensuing Islamic violence against Hindus is exactly what Mohammed Iqbal Hossain had wanted to bring about.
“Bangladesh: Iqbal Hossain sentenced to 16 months in jail for placing Quran in Puja Mandap, inciting anti-Hindu violence, released for having served his term already,” OpIndia, March 3, 2023:
On Thursday (March 2), a Dhaka court sentenced one Mohammad Iqbal Hossain to 16 months imprisonment for orchestrating the anti-Hindu violence during the 2021 Durga Puja celebrations in Bangladesh by placing a copy of the Quran at the feet of Lord Hanuman.
As per a report by The Daily Star, the matter was heard by the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge AM Zulfiker Hayet. He passed the verdict in the presence of the accused.
Given that Mohammed Iqbal Hossain had already served 16 months behind bars, the Judge directed the jail authorities to release him for having served his sentence in advance (in case he is not wanted in any other case).
The Background of the Case
On October 13, 2021, a 35-year-old man named Iqbal Hossain placed a copy of the Quran on the feet of the idol of Lord Hanuman at the Nanuar Dighir Par Durga Mandir in the Cumilla district of Bangladesh.
His actions triggered a series of violent attacks against the minority Hindus in the country. The Hindu community had insisted vehemently that nobody among them had kept the Islamic ‘Holy book’ at the Puja Pandal and the incident was a deliberate plan to foment trouble.
For over five days, houses and temples of the Hindu community in Bangladesh remained under attack. Videos of broken idols, demolished pandals and Moorti of Maa Durga being thrown in a pond emerged on social media platforms along with other videos of attacks on Hindus….
After analysing the CCTV footage, it was also found that the accused incited people to commit violence in the morning and gave hate speeches against Hindus.
Keith O says
And what would the result have been if a Hindu had done a similar thing in a mosque???
Deuce says
Radical Hinus do in fact exist a Ex-muslim by the name of HArris sultan has pointed this out.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Harris Sultan is a militant Atheist and a fraud. In fact, I don’t get why he ever apostatized, since he continues to endorse a narrative that has muslims as victims
Joe1 says
I don’t suppose any of the violent perps are in prison.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Bangladeshi Hindus should just stop celebrating their Hindu festivals, for a couple of reasons:
– They overwhelmingly consider themselves secular humanists, rather than Hindus. Even after moving to India, they support Leftist parties like they did in Bangladesh
– They’ll never get justice, nor do they have the guts to stand up and fight for it, and take the fight to the muslims. They are pretty cowardly, and fold pretty easily, or they only know how to ‘raise awareness’, which doesn’t do squat for them at home in Bangladesh
So they should just quietly fight for secularism and Leftism within Bangladesh, and see how many muslims they can peel off. Those who are genuine Hindus – I doubt that it exceeds double figures as a percentage – can try making a beeline to India