Bangladesh: ‘Believers in the Oneness of God’ beat man to death for resisting their mob assault on Sufi shrine

The Believers in the Oneness of God consider the Sufis to be heretics, and thus lawfully killed.

“In Bangladesh, Intra-Muslim Conflict Results In Death And Destroyed Shrines,” by Rashad Ahamad, Religion Unplugged, November 13, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

DHAKA, Bangladesh — The shrine of Nura Pagla, once crowded day and night with devotees, now stands eerily deserted. For nearly two months, it has remained sealed as a crime scene after a mob attack on Sept. 5 left one of his followers dead and dozens injured in Bangladesh’s Rajbari district.

The attackers, who identified themselves as Touhidi Janata — meaning “Believers in the Oneness of God” — beat to death Russel Molla, 32, a van driver, when he and about 200 other devotees tried to resist a mob assault on the shrine.

The assault on Nura Pagla’s shrine is part of a wider wave of attacks on Muslim Sufi shrines and followers across Bangladesh. Since August 2024 — when the country’s longest-serving government, the secular-leaning Awami League, was toppled by a student-led uprising — more than 100 shrines have been attacked or vandalized, according to rights groups.

The mob, after Friday’s Jumma prayer, exhumed and burned the body of Nura Pagla, the revered Sufi saint who had been buried just two weeks earlier at age 85. Video footage of the desecration went viral, sparking national and international outrage.

With permission from senior officers, this reporter entered the shrine complex. There were burnt clothes, shoes, furniture, and scattered belongings surrounding the empty grave of Nura Pagla — a haunting reminder of the violence that unfolded there.

What was once a sacred space filled with the fragrance of incense and the hum of devotion is now guarded by a platoon of police officers.

Surge of intra-Muslim conflicts
Similar mobs also targeted Hindu homes, temples, and businesses, many of the incidents appearing politically motivated and driven by the same extremist groups….