Covert genocide Hindus in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh >Sun, 2 Feb 2003 09:24:44 -0800 (PST) > > >COVERT GENOCIDE OF

HINDUS IN BANGLADESH > >By: Narain Kataria > > >A delegation comprising of

Jiten Roy, Ph.D., President, and Bidyut Sarkar, >General Secretary,

respectively, of International Federation of >Bangladeshi >Hindus & Friends,

Mohini Sarin, a Human Rights Activist, Dr. Narinder >Kukar, >former National

President of the Association of Indians in America and N. >Kataria, Founder of

Indian American Intellectuals Forum, called on Deputy >Ambassador, Indian

Mission, Mr. A. Gopinathan, at New York on January 20, >and >presented to him a

memorandum documenting the pitiable plight of Hindus >who >are being subjected

to relentless torture, ghastly murder, gang rape and >forcible conversion to

Islam. The memorandum urged the Indian Mission at >U.N. to take up this matter

seriously with the Government of India and >find a >permanent solution to the

state sponsored campaign aimed at >ethnic-cleansing >of Hindus in Bangladesh. >

>The memorandum, inter alia, stated that Bangladesh, where 11,000 of its >64,

>000 madrassas are constantly producing jihadis, "has become a safe haven >for

>Islamic terrorists - - including Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters fresh off >the

>boat from Afghanistan." (The Time Asia Magazine Oct. 16, '02; Far Eastern

>Economic Review (April 4,2002); The Wall Street Journal April 2'02); >Office

>of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism/US Department of State, May 21, >2002;

>Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2001: Bangladesh, March >2002)

>Time Asia Magazine, CNNews (Dec. 21, '01) New York Times (Nov. 27, '01) >etc.

>In the past one and half years, ever since the ruling coalition of >"Islamic

>hardliners" (The Guardian, Oct. 2, '01) assumed power with an absolute

>majority, the Islamic extremists have gained enormous strength >demonstrating

>that they are capable of enacting several Balies, if not 9/11s. > >Earlier,

using the Babri Mosque incident as a ploy to teach Hindus a >befitting lesson,

Jehadis had killed 15 Hindus, raped 2600 Hindu women, >razed >3,600 temples and

rendered 200,000 Hindus homeless. > >Militant Islamists have looted, razed and

in many cases set ablaze >dwelling >houses, businesses, temples, imposed

infidel protection tax, gang/mass >raped >[e.g. nearly 200 Hindu women were

mass raped by the Muslims in Char >Fashion >in a single night (The Daily Star,

Nov 16, 2001); mother and >eight-year-old >daughter were gang-raped together

subjecting the helpless father/husband >to >watch such ghastly scene], brutally

tortured, murdered, and left with the >ultimatum:" Go to India, where you

rightly belong." Incidents of rape >remain >generally underreported because of

the stigma attached to it, yet among >the >228 rape cases reported within the

day of election 225 or 98.68 % of the >rape >victims were Hindus and the

perpetrators belonged to the ruling parties >(see, >e.g., The Daily Janakantha,

Feb. 17, '02). When the victims of rape >approach >the police station to press

charges against the gang of rapists, the >commanding officers not only refuse

to accept their cases but in some >cases >also persecute the victim by

detaining them in the precinct lockup (see, >e.g., The Daily Janakantha, Feb.

17, '2). > >As a result of the above-mentioned systematic persecution, Hindu

>population >in Bangladesh has decreased from 35% in 1947 to 10% in 2003 >

>Hence, the Hindus of Bangladesh have no other alternative but to demand a

>permanent solution of this problem, by creating a protected region. If the

>Bosnian Muslims. East Timorese Christians, Srilankan Tamils, Iraqi Kurds

>deserve international attention, the Bangladeshi Hindus, 25 million of >whose

>people have been driven out of the country and 2.5 million acres of whose

>land confiscated, deserve help find a permanent solution to their problem,

>too. Such a solution can never be achieved unless India intervenes, like >it

>did in 1971 > >Narain Kataria >41-67 Judge Street >(5P) >Elmhurst, New York

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