As the turmoil in Bangladesh unfolded and the Army took over the reins, violence ensued, and it was the Hindus living in Bangladesh who have been bearing the brunt. Calls for burning and killing Hindus echoed all across the country. Here are some chilling reports:
Dire situation in #Bangladesh.
Hindus are being attacked countrywide. Local officials are lynched in medieval style, bodies hung and paraded.Another mass atrocity in the making…#SaveBangladeshiHindus pic.twitter.com/uPezxlaQGl
— Global Bangladeshi Hindu Alliance (@GBHAlliance) August 5, 2024
If the protest was against the Dictatorship of #SheikhHasina then why are Hindus being kiIIed in #Bangladesh ?
It's not a political protest a mass Hindu genocide is happening there
But as usual so called left liberals & radical supporters are dead silent !!!… pic.twitter.com/FhubGZFiUq
— Pratheesh Viswanath (@pratheesh_Hind) August 6, 2024
However, the likes of alleged fact-checker Mohammed Zubair and leftist mouthpieces like The Wire, kept insisting that Hindus were “safe” in Bangladesh. They went above and beyond, bending backwards to prove that Hindus were kept safe.
Here are some posts:
A handle that claims to be “anti-RSS” posted “FAKE NEWS ALERT Taking advantage of the unrest in Bangladesh, BJP IT Cell Coolies in India are spreading Fake News to create Hindu-Muslim unrest. Be Careful #KolkataPolice has already issued notification regarding Fake News and Fake Images. If you see Fake Images or News spread by RW, inform the Police.”
While some news was false, it is a fact that Hindu households were being attacked, some torched. Photos and videos of attacks on Hindus have been circulated since the coup took place.
⚠️ FAKE NEWS ALERT ⚠️
Taking advantage of the unrest in Bangladesh, BJP IT Cell Coolies in India are spreading Fake News to create Hindu Muslim unrest.
Be Careful #KolkataPolice has already issued notification regarding Fake News and Fake Images.
If you see Fake Images… pic.twitter.com/t8DX8v07NT— তন্ময় l T͞anmoy l (@tanmoyofc) August 6, 2024
In a video interview with Arfa Khanum Sherwani, The Wire‘s Siddharth Varadarajan stated that claims of Hindus in Bangladesh being unsafe were “baseless and stupid“
Chilling
Siddharth Varadarajan of Wire says absolutely nothing to worry for Hindus in Bangladesh
He says all such talk is "bewakoof"
Any Hindu in Bangladesh who fears for life is "bewakoof"? pic.twitter.com/1BpDm0tQnG
— Abhishek (@AbhishBanerj) August 6, 2024
Alleged fact-checker Mohammed Zubair, being the Islamist mouthpiece, bent over backwards to prove his Islamist brothers’ innocence. He already set propaganda that Muslims in Bangladesh were “stepping up” to protect the temples in the country. Well, protect from whom, one wonders.
A lot of Indian Right wing accounts are spreading communal propaganda.
Here are images of local Muslims stepping in to protect the temples in Bangladesh. pic.twitter.com/WJZNer4ntc— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) August 5, 2024
He shared multiple posts to prove this – photos and videos. In this post, he shared a video taken inside a mosque where a Bangladeshi Muslim man is seen making an announcement. He wrote, “A Special Announcement on a loudspeaker from inside the Mosque in Bangladesh. “Dear Citizens, We ‘Students Against Discrimination’ are requesting you, during this period of unrest in the country, We all must maintain communal harmony. We should protect Hindu minorities. Protect their lives and their wealth from miscreants/evil forces. It is your responsibility, our responsibility, and everyone’s responsibility. lets all be vigilant.” “
A Special Announcement on a loudspeaker from inside the Mosque in Bangladesh.
"Dear Citizens,
We 'Students Against Discrimination' are requesting you, during this period of unrest in the country, We all must maintain communal harmony. We should protect Hindu minorities.… https://t.co/lPYvfwRI7p pic.twitter.com/lcXTGzZETS— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) August 5, 2024
Zubair also reshared a post from an account that was created just a few days ago that Hindus are safe in Bangladesh – all this to shield his co-religionists across the border.
To shield his co-religionists across the border, @zoo_bear is reposting an account that was created this week, and has done only one post so far – that Hindus are safe in Bangladesh
No surprises given he tried to prove a Dalit woman liar for accusing his co-religionists of rape pic.twitter.com/oVSDml2aNa
— Swati Goel Sharma (@swati_gs) August 6, 2024
Another so-called Hindu in Bangladesh claims he is safe when news reports of attacks on Hindu businesses and households keep pouring in.
Stay safe Sir. And I will trust Bangladeshi media over you because you alone don't represent all Hindus spread all over Bangladesh. pic.twitter.com/kw8HFifDUw
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) August 6, 2024
A Bloomberg reporter even shared a picture of “Bangladesh’s Muslim clerics” who were “voluntarily guarding a Hindu temple in Cumilla after reports of attacks on Hindu communities and their places of worship prompted politicians and protest leaders to call for ‘resisting’ those committing violence.”
Bangladesh’s Muslim clerics are voluntarily guarding a Hindu temple in Cumilla after reports of attacks on Hindu communities and their places of worship prompted politicians and protest leaders to call for 'resisting' those committing violence.
Photo by Billah Mamun/Facebook pic.twitter.com/DPmGQXU0AU
— Nazmul Ahasan (@the_nazmul) August 5, 2024
It is very clear that a narrative of the “kind Muslim” helping and safeguarding Hindu temples keeps coming out. Netizens demanded answers from those who claimed Hindus were safe and who shared such posts.
From whom? Guarding from whom?
Say it. https://t.co/UffQFXEi1E— Arshia Malik (@arshiaunis) August 6, 2024
OK, guarding from whom? https://t.co/mKmLMVAjoP
— Sreejith Panickar (@PanickarS) August 6, 2024
Not this again. Peacefuls have this template down to a pat. Burn down temples, kill and rape Hindus and then a few will guard a temple and that becomes the news. https://t.co/yhHPuvESQJ
— Suds G (@SudsG5) August 6, 2024
Who ste the clerics guarding the temples from? https://t.co/BA0gotWbYG
— Venky (@venx36) August 6, 2024
As we publish report after report on the situation, more and more videos and news come flooding in from Bangladesh on Hindus and temples being attacked. It is noteworthy that there are over a crore Hindus living in Bangladesh.
Here are a few very recent horrific incidents.
VIDEO: ISKCON Temple in Khulna Torched, Deity Idols Destroyed Amid Bangladesh Unrest
Amid escalating unrest in #Bangladesh, an #ISKCON center in #Meherpur, #Khulna division, was set ablaze. The fire devastated the temple, destroying the holy deities of Lord #jagannath, Baladev,… pic.twitter.com/ljiVdkxCxZ
— Republic (@republic) August 6, 2024
No. Hindus are not safe in Bangladesh. No news channel is broadcasting these events. There is wailing and panic all around.#SaveBangladeshiHindus 🙏 pic.twitter.com/AmuXjgRubl
— Shanto Sarkar (@Ps_Sarkaar) August 6, 2024
Hindu minorities are not safe in Muslim-majority #Bangladesh.
A Hindu temple is burning in #Bangladesh
Also violence is going on in several districts. pic.twitter.com/Agg4ju8DBq
— 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 भारतीय 🇮🇳🤝🇮🇱 (@NarendraVictory) August 6, 2024
House of Hindu Advocate Anupam Dey. It is like 1971 where Hindu doctors, writers, intellectuals were all massacred. pic.twitter.com/M8xtalgTSq
— Voice Of Bangladeshi Hindus 🇧🇩 (@hindu8789) August 6, 2024
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