DHAKA, BANGLADESH, October 15, 2021 (NY Times): Paramilitary forces spread through much of Bangladesh on Friday to help curb the worst communal violence in years targeting members of the Hindu minority as they celebrated their largest annual religious festival. At least four people have been confirmed to have died and more than 100 others wounded since Wednesday as violence expanded across the country following allegations that a copy of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, was disrespected in a temple in Cumilla, a district southeast of the capital, Dhaka. Authorities shut down mobile internet access in Dhaka for much of the day.
Clashes and protests were reported in at least 10 of the country’s 64 districts, according to local media reports. Paramilitary forces were deployed to more than 35 districts to curb the spread of violence on Friday, the last day of a major Hindu festival, the Durga Puja, said Shariful Islam, a spokesman for the forces. Gobinda Chandra Pramanik, the secretary general of the Bangladesh National Hindu Mahajote, an umbrella group, said at least 17 Hindu temples had been attacked and that statues had been vandalized. He also said that more than a hundred people had been wounded. The violence in Bangladesh reflects an increasing intolerance toward minorities across South Asia. Religious and ethnic minorities, from Sri Lanka to Pakistan, say they have been the victims of blatant communal politics catering to majority groups.
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