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Nazia Elahi Khan is an excuse: Islamists of Kolkata are desperate to show some street power after losing their political power

Rukma Rathore -
The political heft and the non-stop access to power for the Islamists have ceased with the dismissal of the TMC government in West Bengal. The numerous protests, violent threats and complaints against Nazia are a symptom of that.
Crime

Muslim mob pelts stones, carries out vandalism over social media post, Khandwa Police books 47, conducts flag march to maintain peace

OpIndia Staff -
A case was subsequently registered against 47 people, including 22 named and 25 unidentified individuals, for attacking the police station.
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Bangladesh: Hindu man arrested for calling Sanatana Dharma World’s oldest religion, booked for blasphemy

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammad Sarafat Ahmed Shubho submitted a case against Joy Sarkar "on behalf of all citizens of Faridpur district."
Opinions

Priyantha Kumara in Sialkot, Dipu Das in Bhaluka: Bangladesh completes its transition into absolute lawlessness and Islamic fanaticism of Pakistan

Sanghamitra -
The unsettling similarity between Dipu and Priyantha is not limited to just how they were lynched and by whom, the allegations against them were similar too. Flimsy accusations of ‘blasphemy’, baseless rumours of ‘insult to Islam’ and ‘Insult to the Islamic prophet’. 
Crime

Bangladesh: Hindu man Dipu Das lynched by a Muslim mob in Bhaluka, body tied up and set on fire over the claims of blasphemy

OpIndia Staff -
Dipu was brutally killed because he allegedly insulted the prophet of Islam. His body was later found and sent for autopsy by cops.
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Bangladesh: Yunus regime arrests popular Baul singer on charges of ‘blasphemy’, Muslim mob attacks his followers and threatens to slaughter folk singers

OpIndia Staff -
In a viral video, Muslim mobs were heard calling for the slaughter of Bauls. Chants of 'একটা দুইটা বাউল ধর, ধইরা ধইরা জবাই কর (Pick one Baul at a time and slaughter them)' rocked through the streets of Manikganj.
News Reports

Pakistan: Blind Christian man charged with draconian blasphemy law, tortured by police after falsely accusing him of insulting Prophet Muhammad

OpIndia Staff -
Rights groups say he was tortured into confessing, calling the case another misuse of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.
News Reports

Bangladesh: 13 cases where Hindus were attacked, tortured and persecuted by Muslim mobs under the pretext of ‘blasphemy’ since the fall of Sheikh Hasina

OpIndia Staff -
'Blasphemy' has been a new weapon in the arsenal of violent Muslim mobs, which have become emboldened under the incumbent regime of Muhammad Yunus
News Reports

Bangladesh: Islamists in Dinajpur stage protests demanding hanging of a Hindu man over alleged blasphemy

OpIndia Staff -
Islamist groups accused Hindu Man Sohag Das of hurting the sentiments of the Muslim community and committing blasphemy.
News Reports

Hindu youth arrested on allegations of ‘insulting’ Prophet Muhammad in Bangladesh: Here is a list of Hindus implicated in ‘blasphemy’ cases in just one...

Dibakar Dutta -
A group of Muslims had alleged that Bikash Dhar Deepta made 'objectional remarks' about the last Prophet of Islam on Facebook on 11th May. Soon after, they hounded him and created chaos and unrest in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila.
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