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Related: About this forumBangladesh police arrests another atheist blogger
Asif Mohiuddin
by Agence France-Presse
Posted on 04/03/2013 9:55 PM | Updated 04/03/2013 9:55 PM
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Police in Bangladesh arrested a self-styled "militant atheist" on Wednesday for anti-religious writings as part of a crackdown on bloggers in the face of pressure from radical Islamist groups.
The arrest of Asif Mohiuddin, 29, comes a day after the detention of three other bloggers and ahead of an Islamist march this weekend towards the capital Dhaka to demand the death penalty for online atheist writers.
"The detective police arrested Asif Mohiuddin on charges of hurting religious sentiment through his writings on blogs and Facebook," Dhaka police spokesman Masudur Rahman told AFP.
Mohiuddin, who is famed for his blogs that ridicule Muslims, the Koran and other religions, survived a machete attack by suspected Islamists in Dhaka in January.
http://www.rappler.com/world/25462-bangladesh-police-arrests-another-atheist-
http://www.centerforinquiry.net/cfe/cases/asif_mohiuddin
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Bangladesh police arrests another atheist blogger (Original Post)
rug
Apr 2013
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Phillip McCleod
(1,837 posts)1. maaaannnn..
WTF?!?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,368 posts)2. Bloggers in Bangladesh protest over arrest of writers
Eight popular Bangladeshi bloggers have blacked out their websites as part of a 24-hour protest over the arrests this week of four online writers.
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The government has been accused by liberals of appeasing Islamists calling for tough blasphemy laws.
Hardliners want those they perceive to be anti-Islamic bloggers to face the death penalty.
But liberals say that bloggers' freedom of speech must be preserved. The sites are mostly run by individuals or small teams.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22030388
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The government has been accused by liberals of appeasing Islamists calling for tough blasphemy laws.
Hardliners want those they perceive to be anti-Islamic bloggers to face the death penalty.
But liberals say that bloggers' freedom of speech must be preserved. The sites are mostly run by individuals or small teams.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22030388
However, I expect the Islamists will be only too pleased to see liberal blogs blacked out.
rug
(82,333 posts)3. This is the most intensive campaign I have seen.