“Tolerance” Festival In Bangladesh Cancelled After Islamist Threats

“Tolerance” Festival In Bangladesh Cancelled After Islamist Threats

Dhaka: A Bangladeshi mystic sect promoting religious tolerance has cancelled their popular music festival after Islamist threats, the latest victim of turbulent religious relations since a student-led August revolution. The overthrow of long-time autocratic prime minister Sheikh Hasina has seen a spate of protests in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, including a surge in Islamist groups emboldened to […]

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