In another case of blatant bigotry, Bangladesh national team cricketer Liton Kumar Das received several hate messages on his Facebook after he posted a photo of the Durga idol and sent greetings on the occasion of Puja, reports The Daily Star.
Just a few days ago, Bangladesh’s best all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was threatened by an Islamist for inaugurating a Kali Puja program in Kolkata. Shakib later had to issue an unconditional apology for hurting the sentiments of Muslims.
One Facebook user named, Mohammed Metun, attacked Liton for his religious beliefs, saying “I told you not to post such religious things”.
Another user asked him to remove the photo because Islam does not allow idolatry and Bangladesh is a majority Muslim country. However, there were several posts that are more abusive in nature.
Das, who was under a lot of pressure, later deleted the post and put up a new status on Facebook that read, “My first identity is that I am a Bangladeshi, and religion cannot divide us”,.
However, there were also posts from many of his fans supported Das for his post.
Nahin Hasan Shaoun said, “In any Hindu festival the number of Muslims is more than the number of Hindus. We all enjoy the occasions together, but some people are ruining it for the rest of us by making these derogatory comments”.
One person named John D Sana wrote, “Liton, majority of the people in Bangladesh is Muslim and praying to idols is forbidden in Islam. You have hurt the Muslims by posting a photo of Durga on your Facebook account. So think of yourself as a Bangladeshi and not as a Hindu”.