Not only has the woman been inundated with rape and death threats, but those who made the threats went away thinking they were righteous. The reason for that is embedded within Islam’s teachings about women and modesty, particularly the Qur’an’s statement that women should cover themselves so that they will not be molested (33:59). The unspoken corollary is that if a woman does not veil herself, she deserves to be molested.
“BD women alarmed by emboldened Islamists,” AFP, March 16, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
DHAKA: Arrested for sexually harassing a Bangladeshi university student, Asif Sardar Arnab was soon released — greeted by a cheering crowd who presented him with flower garlands.
His alleged victim was a student who enthusiastically supported the youth-led uprising that overthrew the Muslim-majority nation’s autocratic government last year.
That young woman, after receiving a torrent of violent threats from religious hardliners emboldened by the political upheaval, now wonders whether she made the right choice.
“A perpetrator was freed because of a mob,” she said in a social media post.
“You can’t imagine the number of rape and death threats I’ve received,” added the woman, who cannot be identified due to Bangladeshi laws designed to protect sexual harassment complainants from retribution.
“We made a mistake by joining the movement. So many people sacrificed their lives in vain.”…
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I’ve read reports about how the new travel ban list countries for the US are being prepared. I just hope Bangladesh is in the same list as Afghanistan & Syria. The parties that are a part of the ruling coalition there are no different from Taliban or HTS. What HTS is doing to the Christians in Syria, the Bangladesh regime is doing to the Hindus
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I’ve read reports about how the new travel ban list countries for the US are being prepared. I just hope Bangladesh is in the same list as Afghanistan & Syria. The parties that are a part of the ruling coalition there are no different from Taliban or HTS. What HTS is doing to the Christians in Syria, the Bangladesh regime is doing to the Hindus
jerry glenn says
But it was such a peaceful act of harassment.