2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence
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Hindu temples, idols, shops and houses[1] | |
Weapons | Sword, petrol, diesel, |
Victim | Bengali Hindus |
Motive | ICT sentenced Sayeedi |
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Background
Attacks on Hindu minorities have been the work of extremists supported by the Jamaat and Bangladesh National Party (BNP). After the Judge's decision to give the death sentence to Delwar Hossain was released, the Jamaat and BNP burst into riots against governments, as well as attacking minorities and local police. The attacks destroyed thousands of Hindu houses and temples. These attacks have been heavily criticised by the United States Government, as well as India and other peace-demanding nations and organizations.
Attacks
After the verdict, the
Chittagong Division
In Noakhali District several Hindu homes and temples came under the attack of the Islamists.[6][7][8][9][10] On the morning of 28 February, the activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir began to gather near Rajganj Bazar in Begumganj Upazila.[11][12] At around 2 pm, immediately after the verdict, the activists armed with sticks, started a procession in protest against the verdict. The procession vandalised the Kali temple at Rajganj Bazar and the temple near Bainnabari. Then they attacked the Hindus in nearby Tongipar and Aladinagar villages. They vandalised eight Hindu households and looted all the valuables including money and jewellery.[11] The temple of Bhuiyan house in Tongipar village was vandalised. Six people were injured in the attacks.[12] The violence continued in phases till the evening. Around 6–30 p.m. Rapid Action Battalion was deployed to bring the situation under control.[11] On 23 March, Islamic extremists vandalised and looted a temple at Companiganj Upazila On 26 March, miscreants set fire in a Hindu house at Zirtali union belonging to Begamganj Upazila.[13]
In Lakshmipur District, five Hindu-owned jewellery shops were looted and one Hindu temple attacked and looted in Chandraganj.[14] After the midnight of 28 February, one Hindu temple has been on fire in Gaiyarchar in Raipur Upazila.[14][15] The police prevented the rioters from setting fire to another temple.[15] Two Hindu monasteries were set on fire.[14] On 1 March, the miscreants set fire to a Hindu house in Char Sita area of Ramgati Upazila.[16] On 11 May, Miscreants set fire on a Hindu Temple at Ramganj Upazila.[17]
On 28 February, in the afternoon Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists attacked the Hindus in Chittagong District.[18] In Banshkhali Upazila, the attackers set fire to Hindus houses in Dakshin Jaldi area of Jaldi Union. 20 houses were gutted. 16 Hindus were injured in the arson, two of the died.[11] A 65-year-old Hindu was killed in the attacks.[19] On early morning of 5 March at around 2–30 a.m., the Sarbajaneen Magadeshwari Mandir at East Rupkania of Satkania Upazila was torched.[20][21] At around 3:30 am the Khetrapal Temple was burned to ashes and money from donation box was looted.[22]
In Cox's Bazar, the Jamaat activists destroyed three Hindu temples. In Kutubdia Upazila, thousands of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists gathered before the Upazila Parishad office around 9 pm.[23] Around 10 p.m. they set fire to Hindu temples, after vandalising government offices and an Awami League party office.[23]
In Comilla District, image of a Hindu deity was vandalised in Brahmanpara Upazila.[11] On 1 March at around 11 pm, eleven shops including four owned by the Hindus were set on fire in Kheora Bazar in Kasba Upazila of Brahmanbaria District.[16] On the early morning of 6 March, some time after 2:30 a.m., unidentified miscreants set fire to Sarbajanin Kali Mandir after vandalising five idols at Chapatali village under Mohammadpur East Union in Daudkandi Upazila of the district.[24][25]
In
Khulna Division
On the night of 28 February, miscreants vandalised a Hindu temple in Pingjour village under Chingrikhali Union in Morrelganj Upazila of Bagerhat District. The Dumuria Sharbajaneen temple under Ramachandrapur Union too was set on fire. Two Hindu houses, one belonging to a local Awami League leader, were set on fire in Banogram Union.[27] On 3 April, Miscreants torched a Hindu temple after vandalism of its three idols of god and goddess in the same place again.[28] In Satkhira, Jamaat and Shibir rioters attacked Hindu houses and business establishments. In Kadamtala, City College More and Abader Hat areas of Satkhira municipality more than hundred Hindu residences and business establishments were looted and destroyed. The District Magistrate of Satkhira District promulgated Section 144 in Satkhira and certain areas of Assasuni Upazila. On 5 March, Jamaat-Shibir and BNP rioters set eight Hindu houses on fire in Khulna.[20] On 12 March around midnight, miscreants vandalised 23 idols of Shiva at a temple at the Angita cremation ground in Kaliganj Upazila of Jhenaidah District.[29][30]
On 18 March, more than 150 armed assailants attacked and vandalised the Pabla Sarbajanin Kalibari Temple in Khulna city's Banikpara around 9:30 pm. After blasting incendiaries, they ransacked the houses and shops of Hindus in the area.[31]
Rangpur Division
On 28 February, activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir attacked a Hindu temple and destroyed Hindu-owned business establishments in Gaibandha District.[32] In the evening, they vandalised some houses in the Shobhaganj Union. The Hindu community leaders complained that the attackers had vandalised the central Kali temple at Mithapukur Upazila in Rangpur District.[32]
Shortly after the midnight of 2 March, around 30–40 miscreants, shouting abuses and threatening the Hindus, attacked their homes at Uttar Maheshpur village in Raniganj area of
On 5 March, the Sree Sree Shoshan Kali Mandir at Rotherpar village in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat District was vandalised.[21] On 7 March, fanatics set fire to a Hindu temple after destroying goddess Kali idol at Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat. Sree Sree Kali Mandir at Bejgram village was also burnt down at night.[35]
On 8 March, a Radha Gobinda temple is burnt down in Rangpur city.[36][37]
Barisal Division
In
Rajshahi Division
On 7 March, an idol of the Hindu Goddess Kali was destroyed and a Hindu temple was set on fire at Hatibandha Upazila of Lalmonirhat.
Dhaka Division
On 3 March, in
On 18 March, seven idols in Harimandir in Netrokona Sadar upazila's Bobahala have been desecrated by smashing them to pieces.[31] On the same day in Gazipur District, the attackers damaged six idols in a Hindu temple at Dakhkhin Marta of Sreepur.[53] On 22 March, unidentified miscreants set fire to a Lakshmi temple at Gazipur Sadar Upazila in Gazipur District.[54][55]
On 2 April, religious fanatics set the largest Hindu temple at Bhuiyanpur upazila in Tangail District.[56]
On 5 April, unidentified miscreants vandalised the Kali Mandir, Panchmandir and Shiv Mandir in Mirzapur of Tangail District.[57] On the same day a Hindu temple was vandalised at Rajoir under Madaripur District during the clash of two political parties.[58] On 19 April, Unidentified miscreants torched a Hindu temple at Mahendri village in Rajoir upazila of Madaripur District.[59]
On 8 April, religious fanatics vandalised a Hindu temple in
On 29 May, senior artist cum audio-visual officer of the National Museum of Science and Technology, Shyamal Bashak was assaulted by Islamic fundamentalist co-workers in attempt to purge prominent Hindus from the National Science Museum.[62]
Sylhet Division
On 12 March, miscreants set fire around a temple at
Reactions
Domestic
The leaders of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council and the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad held a human chain at the National Press Club in Dhaka and Chittagong on 2 March in protest of the atrocities on minorities in Bangladesh.[63] At the meeting, the Hindu leaders expressed deep concerns in the recent developments and stated that the Jamaat-e-Islami had once again engaged in extermination of the minorities from Bangladesh as it did in 1971.[64] On 3 March, the Bangladesh High Court directed the Government to ensure security of the Hindus in Noakhali District and repair the temples and houses of the Hindus destroyed in the attacks. It also issued suo moto notice to the Noakhali District police, the district administration and the Inspector General of Police to take action against the persons involved in the attacks.[65][66]
Khaleda Zia, the chairperson of opposition party BNP, also expressed her concern about communal attack on Hindus.[67]
On 6 March, Hindus across the country protested against the violence.[68][69]
Foreign
In India, activists of Gairik Bharat burned an effigy of Sheikh Hasina in Silchar, in protest against her failure to protect the Hindu minorities in Bangladesh.[70] The Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal unit demands the central government to create pressure on Bangladesh government to protect the Hindus from Islamic extremism.[71] In Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament, main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party demanded that an all-party delegation be sent to Bangladesh to assess the "atrocities on Hindus" by Jamaat-e-Islami.[72] On the other hand, Muslim radicals of West Bengal stand for Delwar Hossain Sayeedi and Jamaat-e-Islami with conviction.[73][74] Expressing serious concern on the continued attacks on the Hindus in Bangladesh the South Assam Bengali Hindu Association demanded the intervention of the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee in stopping the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh.[75]
The British High Commissioner in Dhaka, Mr. Robert Gibson expressed his deep concern and resentment upon the attack upon the religious places and the recent attacks in a press conference on Sunday 3 March held in Dhaka.[76][77]
On 4 March, the United States Department of State expressed concerns over the attacks on Hindu temples and homes in Bangladesh.[78] Dan Mozena US Ambassador to Bangladesh express concern about attack of Jamaat on Bengali Hindu community.[3][4]
The Amnesty International has called upon the Bangladesh government for giving better protection to the minority Hindus in the country. In a 6 March report, titled 'Bangladesh: Wave of Violent Attacks Against Hindu Minority', the Amnesty said as many as 40 Hindu temples were vandalised in attacks by supporters of an Islamic party. Several hundred were rendered homeless as shops and houses belonging to the Hindu community were burnt down over the past week, it said. The report gave Bangladesh's war crimes trial as the "context" to the violence against the Hindus.[79][80]
At the
Although, there was local reporting of the anti-Hindu atrocities, there was little to no exposure from international media, but images from the attacks continued to be spread on social media.[82]
List of temples attacked
Date | Temple | Place | Upazila | District | Division |
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28 February 2013 | Kali temple | Rajganj | Begumganj Upazila | Noakhali District | Chittagong Division |
28 February 2013 | Hindu temple | Bainnabari | Begumganj Upazila | Noakhali District | Chittagong Division |
28 February 2013 | Hindu temple | Pingjour | Morrelganj Upazila | Bagerhat District | Khulna Division |
1 March 2013 | Hindu temple | Gaiyarchar | Raipur Upazila | Lakshmipur District | Chittagong Division |
2 March 2013 | Pinglakathi Sarbajanin Durga Mandir[27] | Nalchira | Gaurnadi Upazila
|
Barisal District | Barisal Division |
2 March 2013 | Hindu temple | Ramchandrapur | Morrelganj Upazila | Bagerhat District | Khulna Division |
3 March 2013 | Kali temple | Goalimandra | Lohajang Upazila
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Munshiganj District | Dhaka Division |
3 March 2013 | Sarbajaneen Puja Sangha Mandir[44] | Alidanga | Shibganj Upazila
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Nawabganj District
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Rajshahi Division |
4 March 2013 | Kali temple | Lakirpar | Kotalipara Upazila | Gopalganj District | Dhaka Division |
4 March 2013 | Kali temple | Ratherpar | Aditmari Upazila | Lalmonirhat District | Rangpur Division |
5 March 2013 | Khetrapal temple | Nathpara | Satkania Upazila | Chittagong District | Chittagong Division |
5 March 2013 | Guthia Sarbajanin Kali Mandir[20] | Guthia | Wazirpur Upazila | Barisal District | Barisal Division |
5 March 2013 | Hari Mandir[45] | Pakuria | Singra Upazila | Natore District | Rajshahi Division |
6 March 2013 | Hindu temple | Chapatali | Daudkandi Upazila | Comilla District | Chittagong Division |
6 March 2013 | Hindu temple | Bangla-Dashpara | Netrokona Sadar Upazila | Netrokona District | Dhaka Division |
6 March 2013 | Radha Krishna Mandir | Batajor | Bamna Upazila | Barguna District | Barisal Division |
6 March 2013 | Kali Mandir[39] | Pakshia | Burhanuddin Upazila
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Bhola District | Barisal Division |
7 March 2013 | Kali temple | Shashangaon | Sirajdikhan Upazila | Munshiganj District | Dhaka Division |
8 March 2013 | Radha Govinda temple | Amashu Kukrul Purbapara | Rangpur Sadar Upazila | Rangpur District | Rangpur Division |
10 March 2013 | Kali temple | Achhim Bazar | Fulbaria Upazila | Mymensingh District | Dhaka Division |
11 March 2013 | Shiva temple | Khalkula | Kaliganj Upazila | Jhenaidah District | Khulna Division |
11 March 2013 | Durga temple | Kafilabaria | Kotalipara Upazila | Gopalganj District | Dhaka Division |
11 March 2013 | Radha Govinda Mandir[41] | Amtail | Juri Upazila | Maulvi Bazar District
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Sylhet Division |
12 March 2013 | Radha Govinda Mandir[41] | Kuripaika | Patuakhali Sadar Upazila | Patuakhali District | Barisal Division |
15 March 2013 | Madhabpur Puja Mandir[52] | Madhabpur | Sherpur Sadar Upazila | Sherpur District | Dhaka Division |
18 March 2013 | Hari Mandir[31] | Bobahala | Netrokona Sadar Upazila | Netrokona District | Dhaka Division |
18 March 2013 | Kali Mandir[53] | Dakshin Marta | Sreepur Upazila | Gazipur District | Dhaka Division |
19 March 2013 | Hindu temple[46] | Sabekpara | Gabtali Upazila | Bogra District | Rajshahi Division |
19 March 2013 | Hindu temple[46] | Karmakarpara | Gabtali Upazila | Bogra District | Rajshahi Division |
19 March 2013 | Hindu temple[46] | Bamunia | Gabtali Upazila | Bogra District | Rajshahi Division |
19 March 2013 | Hindu temple[46] | Kamarchatt | Gabtali Upazila | Bogra District | Rajshahi Division |
22 March 2013 | Shri Shri Lakshmi Mata Mandir[54][55] | Keshurita Madhyapara | Gazipur Sadar Upazila | Gazipur District | Dhaka Division |
See also
- 1962 Rajshahi massacres
- 1964 East-Pakistan riots
- 1971 Bangladesh genocide
- Operation Searchlight
- Chuknagar massacre
- Jathibhanga massacre
- Shankharipara massacre
- Razakar
- 1989 Bangladesh pogroms
- 1990 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence
- 1992 Bangladesh violence
- 2012 Chirirbandar violence
- 2012 Fatehpur violence
- 2012 Hathazari violence
- 2012 Ramu violence
- 2013 Bangladesh Anti-Hindu violence
- 2014 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence
- 2016 Nasirnagar Violence
- Noakhali riots
- Persecution of indigenous peoples in Bangladesh
- Persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh
- Persecution of Buddhists in Bangladesh
- Persecution of Chakma buddhists
- Persecution of atheists and secularists in Bangladesh
- Freedom of religion in Bangladesh
- Human rights in Bangladesh
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