You think ,only those peoples (mollah) have duty to protest anty islamic activities.We all should do it.On the other hand we should also respect other religious´s.Its not my opinion.I have given this ouotation from holly quran.

There was a time when people thought of BNP as the party doing all of the damage – through rehabilitation of anti-Bangladesh forces, aligning with the Islamic countries, bringing about the first hack in the constitution (Bismillahir Rahmanur Rahim in the constitution), letting the Jamaaties do politics, making Shah Aziz the PM, etc. Well, folks – we all know that is not the complete picture. AL, slowly but surely, followed the same suit. Instead of becoming stronger over the years to resist what we faught against during the pre-liberation years, Al became weaker. Though there was no change brought about within the constitution itself during Bongobondhu

The fact that the cartoonist and his sub-editor were thrown to the dogs; the fact that the cartoonist was jailed and no lawyer dared to defend him; the fact that not a single newspaper dared to speak out against the utter nonsense of the charge; and the fact that the military government itself has fueled this by declaring the cartoon as part of a “conspiracy” are all strong indications that extremists have succeeded in creating a climate of fear.

So, E-BD is not engaging in character assasination of Motiur Rahman. I personally am lamenting his predicament, and by extension, the predicament of all of Bangladesh. You simply cannot appease Islamists by caving to their increasingly irrational demands. Their stated goal is not to have a pluralistic society. The goal of groups like Hizb ut-Tahrir, explicitly stated, is to do away with the constitution of Bangladesh. That, my friend, is anti-state activity – plain and simple. The question then is, while they zealously arrested university professors for “anti-state activites”, why is the military government not defending the constitution and going after these people on anti-state activities?

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If the CTG (aka Bar. Moinul) didn’t ban (Aplin and Saptahik 2000 Eid issue) and arrest the cartoonist, and Motiur Rahman didn’t sack his little-mag’s editior and complied with CTG’s pronouncements with absolutely no reservations… nothing would have happended. Some Moulana’s would have complained, as they always do… [they don't find it decent to see women with sleevelesses while we see that often on the streets of Dhaka - the first chance they get - they will try to do something about it or some other issue], but it would have remained at that level. It was the CTG that effectively fuelled it furhter, instead of letting it die out. The Khatib my friend, said what he said because all of this demands were met… he was the single winner in this battle to crush dissident voices… he has effectively done it, with the aid of none other than the CTG itself. So, what are you saying when you say that they have handled it pretty well?!?!

And about literacy and fanaticism… well, I don’t quite agree. Real fanatics are the leaders… who are quite literate. The rest of the people, the followers, are just that – the followers. They are not really fanatics, but they are almost coerced into it… note: most of the madrasa goers are from very poor families… families give their sons and daughters to the madrasas not because they are inclined toward religious teachings, but because they are poor and cannot take care of their children themselves.

Atunu #9,

Do you have something against the NRBs? Do you have something against e-activism? Do you think all the people writing and sharing their points of views are all Deshi expats?

It seems so. But, let me point this out to you