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"Tolerance" Festival In Bangladesh Cancelled After Islamist Threats
A Bangladeshi mystic sect promoting religious tolerance has cancelled their popular music festival after Islamist threats, the latest victim of turbulent religious relations since a student-led August revolution.
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Bangladesh Arrests Islamist Hardliners Over Protests Against PM Modi
Hundreds of hardline Islamists have been arrested by Bangladesh police over the past week, officials said Sunday, after deadly protests against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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From Pakistan To Bangladesh, Protests Flare Up Against France
France stepped up security nationwide on Friday to guard against Islamist attacks after the fatal stabbings at a church in Nice, while protests flared in parts of the Middle East, Asia and Africa over French caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad.
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Don't Interfere In Internal Affairs, Dhaka Tells Islamabad. Summons Envoy
Bangladesh today summoned Pakistan's acting high commissioner to protest its interference in its affairs after Islamabad said it was "deeply saddened" by the execution of a top Islamist party figure for atrocities committed during the war to leave Pakistan.
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Students In Bangladesh Protest Rise Of Islamic Extremism
More than 100,000 students in Bangladesh linked their hands Monday to form human chains to protest two attacks last month by suspected Islamist terrorists.
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A Month On, Bangladesh Attackers' Bodies Still In Morgue
The bodies of five Islamists behind a deadly attack on a Bangladesh cafe have still not been claimed a month later, police said today, as tens of thousands took to the streets to protest against extremism.
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Row Deepens Between Pakistan, Bangladesh Over Executed Islamist Leader
Pakistan and Bangladesh summoned each other's ambassadors today to register "strong protest" in connection with a row over the execution of an Islamist leader in Bangladesh this week, both sides said in statements.
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Bangladesh Court Rejects Scrapping Islam As State Religion
Bangladesh's high court today rejected a petition by secular activists to scrap Islam's status as the state religion in the wake of nationwide protests by hardline Islamist groups.
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Bangladesh Arrests Publisher For 'Offensive' Book On Islam
Bangladesh police have arrested and charged a publisher after Islamists in the Muslim-majority nation warned of violent protests over one of his books which they deemed offensive, an officer said today.
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Bangladesh Writers Stage Freedom Rally Despite Fear of Attack
About 1,000 Bangladeshi authors and teachers marched through the streets of the capital today, asserting their right to free speech days after a suspected Islamist group attacked writers and publishers critical of religious militancy.
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Bangladesh Teachers, Students Rally Against Latest Killing
Protesters rallied in the Bangladesh capital today over the latest attacks against secular writers and publishers, accusing the government of failing to halt rising deadly violence blamed on hardline Islamists.
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Protest in Bangladesh Over Blogger Ananta Bijoy Das's 'Evil' Murder
Secular activists marched Wednesday through the Bangladeshi city of Sylhet to demand justice for a rationalist blogger hacked to death, the third such attack by suspected Islamists since February.
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Bangladesh Activists Protest US Blogger Avijit Roy's Murder
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Dhaka on today to denounce the murder of a prominent American blogger of Bangladeshi origin hacked to death with machetes after he allegedly received threats from Islamists.
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Fresh clashes kill five in Bangladesh over Islamist hanging
Bangladesh police opened fire on bomb-throwing Islamist protesters on Monday as five more people died in clashes sparked by the execution of an Islamist leader for war crimes.
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Bangladesh to hang Islamist opposition leader, says jail head
Bangladesh will hang an Islamist opposition leader within hours, his chief jailer said on Tuesday, heightening the risk of violent protests less than a month before elections are due.
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"Tolerance" Festival In Bangladesh Cancelled After Islamist Threats
A Bangladeshi mystic sect promoting religious tolerance has cancelled their popular music festival after Islamist threats, the latest victim of turbulent religious relations since a student-led August revolution.
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Bangladesh Arrests Islamist Hardliners Over Protests Against PM Modi
Hundreds of hardline Islamists have been arrested by Bangladesh police over the past week, officials said Sunday, after deadly protests against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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From Pakistan To Bangladesh, Protests Flare Up Against France
France stepped up security nationwide on Friday to guard against Islamist attacks after the fatal stabbings at a church in Nice, while protests flared in parts of the Middle East, Asia and Africa over French caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad.
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Don't Interfere In Internal Affairs, Dhaka Tells Islamabad. Summons Envoy
Bangladesh today summoned Pakistan's acting high commissioner to protest its interference in its affairs after Islamabad said it was "deeply saddened" by the execution of a top Islamist party figure for atrocities committed during the war to leave Pakistan.
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Students In Bangladesh Protest Rise Of Islamic Extremism
More than 100,000 students in Bangladesh linked their hands Monday to form human chains to protest two attacks last month by suspected Islamist terrorists.
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A Month On, Bangladesh Attackers' Bodies Still In Morgue
The bodies of five Islamists behind a deadly attack on a Bangladesh cafe have still not been claimed a month later, police said today, as tens of thousands took to the streets to protest against extremism.
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Row Deepens Between Pakistan, Bangladesh Over Executed Islamist Leader
Pakistan and Bangladesh summoned each other's ambassadors today to register "strong protest" in connection with a row over the execution of an Islamist leader in Bangladesh this week, both sides said in statements.
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Bangladesh Court Rejects Scrapping Islam As State Religion
Bangladesh's high court today rejected a petition by secular activists to scrap Islam's status as the state religion in the wake of nationwide protests by hardline Islamist groups.
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Bangladesh Arrests Publisher For 'Offensive' Book On Islam
Bangladesh police have arrested and charged a publisher after Islamists in the Muslim-majority nation warned of violent protests over one of his books which they deemed offensive, an officer said today.
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Bangladesh Writers Stage Freedom Rally Despite Fear of Attack
About 1,000 Bangladeshi authors and teachers marched through the streets of the capital today, asserting their right to free speech days after a suspected Islamist group attacked writers and publishers critical of religious militancy.
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Bangladesh Teachers, Students Rally Against Latest Killing
Protesters rallied in the Bangladesh capital today over the latest attacks against secular writers and publishers, accusing the government of failing to halt rising deadly violence blamed on hardline Islamists.
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Protest in Bangladesh Over Blogger Ananta Bijoy Das's 'Evil' Murder
Secular activists marched Wednesday through the Bangladeshi city of Sylhet to demand justice for a rationalist blogger hacked to death, the third such attack by suspected Islamists since February.
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Bangladesh Activists Protest US Blogger Avijit Roy's Murder
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Dhaka on today to denounce the murder of a prominent American blogger of Bangladeshi origin hacked to death with machetes after he allegedly received threats from Islamists.
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Fresh clashes kill five in Bangladesh over Islamist hanging
Bangladesh police opened fire on bomb-throwing Islamist protesters on Monday as five more people died in clashes sparked by the execution of an Islamist leader for war crimes.
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Bangladesh to hang Islamist opposition leader, says jail head
Bangladesh will hang an Islamist opposition leader within hours, his chief jailer said on Tuesday, heightening the risk of violent protests less than a month before elections are due.
