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MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts) Mon Apr 25, 2016, 10:40 AM Apr 2016

Editor of Bangladesh's first LGBT magazine hacked to death

Source: The Independent

A senior editor of Bangledesh's first LGBT magazine has been hacked to death, police say.

Julhas Mannan and another person were murdered when three people came to their apartment in Dhaka posing as couriers and attacked them.

Another person was injured in the attack.

The activist was an editor for Roopbaan, which focuses on issues facing the country's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/editor-of-bangladesh-dhaka-first-lgbt-roopbaan-magazine-hacked-to-death-a7000021.html

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Editor of Bangladesh's first LGBT magazine hacked to death (Original Post) MowCowWhoHow III Apr 2016 OP

The poor dears couldn't help themselves. US foreign policy made them do it!!! Coventina Apr 2016 #1

Now it's not just atheists, maybe this will get some attention. whatthehey Apr 2016 #2

They have been killing LGBT all along, all over the region. It's never beeen 'just atheists' kid. Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #10

While I'm sure there is plenty of anti-GLBT violence as in most religion-dominated countries whatthehey Apr 2016 #14

It's Bush's fault, or Obama or Clinton Democat Apr 2016 #3

I can't figure out your intended point here... WheelWalker Apr 2016 #5

Check the post just below yours Democat Apr 2016 #6

Understood. Thanks. WheelWalker Apr 2016 #16

I think there's a little more nuance than that to it. LiberalLovinLug Apr 2016 #22

Because someone will come along and try to triangulate this as a result of Western policy ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2016 #8

I see your point. WheelWalker Apr 2016 #17

There were 1,200 anti-gay hate crimes in the US last year. Stryst Apr 2016 #4

There's a lot of difference between writing fag on a Whole Foods cake StarTrombone Apr 2016 #7

+1 iandhr Apr 2016 #12

No one at Whole Foods wrote that on a cake. It was a poorly executed shakedown attempt. FrodosPet Apr 2016 #13

I trust that attempts will be made to arrest and prosecute those who murder.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2016 #9

And that makes it ok? Really creepy to cite such a statistic, almost as if you justify the murders Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #11

Nice deflection there. romanic Apr 2016 #15

a deflection, an apology - enablement and cover for the radical muslims MariaThinks Apr 2016 #21

And I think you posted it PRECISELY leftynyc Apr 2016 #19

Oh God. This keeps getting worse. n/t Yo_Mama Apr 2016 #18

yet another killing by radical muslims - the supposed few. MariaThinks Apr 2016 #20

Greenwald was unavailable for comment... Blue_Tires Apr 2016 #23

Al Qaeda claims murder of U.S. activist in Bangladesh Eugene Apr 2016 #24

Coventina

(27,129 posts)

1. The poor dears couldn't help themselves. US foreign policy made them do it!!!

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 10:42 AM

Apr 2016

RIP Julhas Mannan and unnamed victim.

whatthehey

(3,660 posts)

2. Now it's not just atheists, maybe this will get some attention.

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 10:49 AM

Apr 2016

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

10. They have been killing LGBT all along, all over the region. It's never beeen 'just atheists' kid.

Reply to whatthehey (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:37 AM

Apr 2016

whatthehey

(3,660 posts)

14. While I'm sure there is plenty of anti-GLBT violence as in most religion-dominated countries

Reply to Bluenorthwest (Reply #10)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:02 PM

Apr 2016

this particular spate of secularist hackings is an organized response to a political dispute carried out by an armed group complete with hit list etc. To date GLBT folks have not been included in that, and I cannot find reports of an equivalent pogrom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_secularists_in_Bangladesh

Democat

(11,617 posts)

3. It's Bush's fault, or Obama or Clinton

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 10:59 AM

Apr 2016

Please do not criticize any culture as better or worse than any other.

WheelWalker

(8,955 posts)

5. I can't figure out your intended point here...

Reply to Democat (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:14 AM

Apr 2016

Am I just an obtuse simpleton who can't see the obvious? I invite you to expand your thought.

Democat

(11,617 posts)

6. Check the post just below yours

Reply to WheelWalker (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:20 AM

Apr 2016

No matter how evil someone is, no matter what the laws of a country in regards to women or gays, a number of posters on DU will either insist America is just as bad, blame Bush or Obama, or deflect by saying that the Tea Party would do the same thing if they could.

These DUers will defend or minimize any violent right wing anti-gay behavior not done by American Christians.

WheelWalker

(8,955 posts)

16. Understood. Thanks.

Reply to Democat (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:46 PM

Apr 2016

LiberalLovinLug

(14,175 posts)

22. I think there's a little more nuance than that to it.

Reply to Democat (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 04:20 PM

Apr 2016

I don't think most liberals dismiss these abhorrent crimes, I think its just a build up of our own media ignoring or not giving as much importance to stories of LGBT abusive behaviour from authorities or private citizens that take place in our own communities. Its a reflective response. Like, if you are a good parent, you are naturally more angry and concerned about bad behaviour in your own kids, but are reluctant to criticize parents, at least publicly, of other kids who are misbehaving. And that it is more frustrating when you feel helpless watching States like N. Carolina's new bathroom law go forward, a State within your own country. So when a story breaks about anti-LGBT behaviour in another country, no matter if it is more extreme, the human response will be to compare the same issues closer to home before you start to lay into other countries citizens' misdeeds.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)

8. Because someone will come along and try to triangulate this as a result of Western policy

Reply to WheelWalker (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:26 AM

Apr 2016

As if Islamic radical fundamentalists would be cool with a LGBT magazine editor and activist if they just didn't hate the US so much.

WheelWalker

(8,955 posts)

17. I see your point.

Reply to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Reply #8)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:49 PM

Apr 2016

Agreed.

Stryst

(714 posts)

4. There were 1,200 anti-gay hate crimes in the US last year.

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:11 AM

Apr 2016

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2014/december/latest-hate-crime-statistics-report-released

I say this not to detract from this man's families tragedy, but as a point of solidarity; even in the country that likes to bitch other countries out for their human rights violations, we had 1,200+ anti-gay crimes here.

StarTrombone

(188 posts)

7. There's a lot of difference between writing fag on a Whole Foods cake

Reply to Stryst (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:23 AM

Apr 2016

And getting chopped up with a machete

I know you are but what am I

iandhr

(6,852 posts)

12. +1

Reply to StarTrombone (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:43 AM

Apr 2016

Thank you for talking sense.

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)

13. No one at Whole Foods wrote that on a cake. It was a poorly executed shakedown attempt.

Reply to StarTrombone (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:46 AM

Apr 2016

There are enough legit problems with hate in the U.S. People like the Austin pastor and the basketball player in Lincoln Nebraska are a negative distraction.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)

9. I trust that attempts will be made to arrest and prosecute those who murder....

Reply to Stryst (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:31 AM

Apr 2016

....members of the LGBT community in the United States.

Let's see if the killers are rounded up so quickly in Bangladesh. I'm sure they've got them working in shifts down at the crime lab. That is if they aren't too busy throwing a party for them.

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

11. And that makes it ok? Really creepy to cite such a statistic, almost as if you justify the murders

Reply to Stryst (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:42 AM

Apr 2016

by citing other hate crimes. Can you tell me who commits those crimes in the US against LGBT? Care to discuss that? Hint, most are motivated by religion.

romanic

(2,841 posts)

15. Nice deflection there.

Reply to Stryst (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:38 PM

Apr 2016

These "machete" attacks by Islamic jihadis are becoming an epidemic in Bangladesh. If there's a story of Christian fundies doing the same here then post it, otherwise your post is just another deflection of Islamic extremism.

MariaThinks

(2,495 posts)

21. a deflection, an apology - enablement and cover for the radical muslims

Reply to romanic (Reply #15)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 01:31 PM

Apr 2016

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)

19. And I think you posted it PRECISELY

Reply to Stryst (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:58 PM

Apr 2016

to deflect. Otherwise you wouldn't have felt the need to make a comparison.

Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)

18. Oh God. This keeps getting worse. n/t

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:50 PM

Apr 2016

MariaThinks

(2,495 posts)

20. yet another killing by radical muslims - the supposed few.

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 01:31 PM

Apr 2016

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

23. Greenwald was unavailable for comment...

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 06:01 PM

Apr 2016

Eugene

(61,914 posts)

24. Al Qaeda claims murder of U.S. activist in Bangladesh

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:03 AM

Apr 2016

Source: CBS/AP

CBS/AP April 26, 2016, 8:46 AM

Al Qaeda claims murder of U.S. activist in Bangladesh

NEW DELHI -- The Bangladeshi prime minister has vowed to hunt down and prosecute those who fatally stabbed two men, including a gay rights activist who also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, and accused the country's opposition party and allied militants of orchestrating the attack.

The killings Monday night were the latest in an ongoing wave of attacks claimed by radical Islamists and targeting the country's outspoken atheists, moderates and foreigners.

The banned group Ansar-al Islam, the Bangladeshi branch of al Qaeda on the Indian subcontinent, claimed responsibility in a Twitter message Tuesday for what it called a "blessed attack."

It said the two were killed because they were "pioneers of practicing and promoting homosexuality in Bangladesh" and were "working day and night to promote homosexuality ... with the help of their masters, the U.S. crusaders and its Indian allies."

The victims were identified as USAID employee Xulhaz Mannan, who previously worked as a U.S. Embassy protocol officer, and his friend, theater actor Tanay Majumder.

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