32 People Killed in Bangladesh in Violent Uproar Over Blogging Perceived as Blasphemous

Posted on May 7, 2013

There has been a violent protest against "blasphemous blogging" in Bangladesh. RT News reports that thirty people were killed in the violent protests by radical Islamists angry about blogging they think is blasphemous. As many as 200,000 people were involved in the protests in the Motijheel commercial district, which included starting fires in stores and vehicles. The protesters are angry about people allegedly using blogs for spreading atheism. The protesters want these bloggers executed.

The protesters are very serious about their calls for executing bloggers. There were similar, but smaller protest in February according to BBC News. A blogger was murdered outside his home during those protests.

There is a blasphemy law in Bangladesh, see here. Islam became the state religion in 1988.