‘Jihadist forces of hate’: Former US Congresswoman condemns assault on Hindus in Bangladesh

“It is time for the supposedly secular government of Bangladesh to protect the religious minorities from the jihadist forces of hate,” Tulsi Gabbard mentioned. “It is time for the supposedly secular government of Bangladesh to protect the religious minorities from the jihadist forces of hate,” Tulsi Gabbard mentioned.Condemning the assaults on Hindus in Bangladesh, former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday known as for the nation’s authorities to take motion in opposition to Jihadi forces of hate.

“It is time for the supposedly secular government of Bangladesh to protect that country’s religious minorities, including Hindus, Christians, and Buddhists, from the jihadist forces of hate,” Tulsi Gabbard mentioned.Violence erupted within the neighbouring nation on October 13, Ashtami, when phrase unfold that Hindus had desecrated the Quran by putting it on the knee of an idol at a puja pandal in Qoumillah. On October 18, a gaggle of assailants vandalised not less than 66 houses and torched 20 houses of Hindus in Bangladesh amid continued violence.Incidents of vandalism and violence have been additionally reported in temples in Chandpur’s Hajiganj, Chattogram’s Banshkhali and Cox’s Bazar’s Pekua, the report mentioned.ALSO READ | Being Hindu in Bangladesh, and Jogen Mandal’s inglorious legacy“It broke my heart to see such hate and violence directed towards devotees of God in their temples in Bangladesh,” she mentioned in a video tweeted on Wednesday. “For these jihadists to believe it’s pleasing to God to burn and destroy temples and the murti of such a saintly person as his Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad, shows just how far away from God they really are,” Tulsi Gabbard, the primary Hindu within the US Congress, added.(1) It broke my coronary heart to see such hate and violence directed in direction of devotees of God of their temples in Bangladesh. For these jihadists to consider it’s pleasing to God to burn and destroy temples and the murti of such a saintly individual pic.twitter.com/ZJUzlJTGJq— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) October 20, 2021
ALSO READ | Why Modi and Mamata are silent on the assault on Hindu temples in BangladeshIn the meantime, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina additionally issued a stern warning in opposition to these attempting to disturb communal concord within the nation. She promised motion in opposition to the perpetrators of communal violence.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.