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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Fri Mar 4, 2016, 09:17 PM Mar 2016

Bangladesh could drop Islam as the country’s official religion following a string of extremist attacks against people of other faiths.

http://atimes.com/2016/03/bangladesh-may-abandon-islam-as-state-religion-after-extremist-attacks/

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Bangladesh may abandon Islam as state religion after extremist attacks (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2016 OP

Even now more than one in ten Bangladeshis are Hindu Recursion Mar 2016 #2

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1. A step away from state-sponsered religion is a step in the right direction. n/t

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 10:16 PM

Mar 2016

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2. Even now more than one in ten Bangladeshis are Hindu

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 10:26 PM

Mar 2016

And that's after a massive flight by Hindus during partition (my mother-in-law's family had to flee Dacca in the middle of the night).