Bngladesh: Six tents torched at Ahmadiyya event venue

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For over a decade, Ahmadiyya Muslims have been facing abuse and aggression of religious bigots across the country. Many of their houses have been looted and some have even been killed.

File photo: Ahmadiyya convention

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: The Daily Star | BD
By Daily Star correspondent | February 7, 2012 (BD)

A group of religious bigots torched six tents of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat at Mouchak in Gazipur's Kaliakoir upazila last evening.

The Ahmadiyya Muslims were preparing for their three-day annual convention scheduled to start from tomorrow at Mouchak Scout Ground.

They set up the tents to accommodate the members and hold the functions, said Ahmad Tavshir Chowdhury, an executive committee member of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat.

Since yesterday afternoon, hundreds of bigots started to gather at the scout ground gate, he said, adding that after Maghrib prayers they torched the tents and vandalised the furniture, microphone and other valuables.

The tents were burnt down before fire fighters reached the spot. Before burning the tents, the bigots also blocked Dhaka-Tangail highway.

Tavshir said they got permission to arrange programmes there. A section of religious zealots started to spread hate among the general Muslims against them from a gathering of Khatme Nabuyyat on February 3.

Yesterday afternoon, they announced to hold a rally just in front of our venue, he said. "We feared violence and sought help from law enforcers but got no help from them."

He also claimed that the religious bigots brought men from different places by trucks to torch the venue, and they used gun powder. Khatme Nabuwat Movement men led the violence, he added.

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sanjit Kumar Roy said they fired six bullets from shotgun to tackle the situation but no one was injured. He denied the allegation of not providing security to the scout ground.

Leaders of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat said they chose the scout ground, which was away from locality, so that problems with local religious bigots could be averted.

For over a decade, Ahmadiyya Muslims have been facing abuse and aggression of religious bigots across the country. Many of their houses have been looted and some have even been killed.



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