Taslima Nasreen’s post highlighted the dangers faced by ISKCON members, noting, “Hefazat-e-Islam has called for terrorism. They want to kill ISKCON members.”
Communal tensions are escalating in Bangladesh as the Chittagong-based Islamist outfit Hefazat-e-Islam called for a ban on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON. According to author Taslima Nasreen’s social media post on Friday, the group was heard chanting violent slogans, such as “Catch one ISKCON, then slaughter,” during a recent rally in Chattogram.
She emphasised that the ISKCON, a globally present organisation, has never incited violence. “ISKCON exists in many countries around the world, and nowhere does it face such issues, but it does in Bangladesh,” she wrote, attributing the hostility to “Islamists and jihadists who cannot tolerate people of other religions”.
The Chittagong-based group Hefazat-e-Islam has called for a ban on ISKCON. Today, their slogan was: "Catch one ISKCON, then slaughter." Hefazat-e-Islam has called for terrorism. They want to kill ISKCON members. Is ISKCON a terrorist organization that it should be banned? Have… pic.twitter.com/tDNoLczzzE
— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) November 8, 2024
Source : Hindustan Times
