Tag: Qawmi madrasa
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2013-15: Documentation of madrasa rapes in Bangladesh
The article discusses reported cases of madrasa rapes in Bangladesh, focusing on the abuse of both boys and girls by religious figures. I’ll analyze this in the context of some common questions: What do these incidents mean? And why do religious scholars commit such crimes? What do the laws say? My response will draw on…
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How dangerous are the Afghan returnee militants of Huji-B?
Bangladesh has been talking about Islamist militancy and extremism, or an armed struggle to establish a Shariah-based state, since early 1999. Members of the Bangladesh branch of the Pakistani militant outfit Harkatul Jihad al-Islami or HuJI attacked poet Shamsur Rahman with the intention of killing him on January 18 of that year. After that, in…
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