Bangladesh Islamists to punish atheist bloggers
1 April 2013 6:25 AM IST
Amid heightened political tensions, a group of Bangladesh Islamic scholars Sunday submitted a list of bloggers who they alleged had committed blasphemy.
They handed over the list to the head of a government-formed committee, tasked with identifying and bringing to book bloggers and online activists who engaged themselves in writing derogatory contents.
Hasina administration 13 March formed the nine-member panel to identify and take action against those making derogatory remarks against Islam using social media like Facebook and blogs. ‘We met a group of Islamic scholars. One (scholar) gave us a list of 30-32 bloggers,’ Mainuddin Khandakar, head of the committee, said.
They handed over the list to the head of a government-formed committee, tasked with identifying and bringing to book bloggers and online activists who engaged themselves in writing derogatory contents.
Hasina administration 13 March formed the nine-member panel to identify and take action against those making derogatory remarks against Islam using social media like Facebook and blogs. ‘We met a group of Islamic scholars. One (scholar) gave us a list of 30-32 bloggers,’ Mainuddin Khandakar, head of the committee, said.
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