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| Two members of third gender catch killers of blogger Oyasiqur |
| 2015-03-31 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Salafists hacked to death secular blogger Md Oyasiqur Rahman Babu yesterday morning in Tejgaon, Dhaka allegedly for his atheist views. A travel agency executive, Oyasiqur's murder was premeditated. Three assailants swooped on Oyasiqur, 27, armed with machetes around 9am on Dipika Mosque Lane of Begunbari, close to Tejgaon Textile Engineering University, when he was going to office in Motijheel. While fleeing, two of the killers -- Zikrullah, a student of Hefajat-e-Islam ...a madrassa-based false nose and mustache of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, formed in 2010 to protest against secular education. In 2011 demonstrated violentyly against women's rights and in 2013 held large rallies demanding capital punishment of Shahbag Square protesters and banning women working outside the home... 's Hathazari Madrasa in Chittagong, and Ariful, student of Mirpur Darul Uloom Madrasa -- were held by two hermaphrodites as locals remained reluctant to chase the killers. The other member of the team, Abu Taher, escaped. The duo was handed over to police, who later recovered the machetes from the scene of the crime, Tejgaon industrial police OC Salauddin said. The incident took place only a month after secular blogger and former Buet teacher Avijit Roy and his wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya came under attack by krazed killers. Avijit departed this vale of tears at a hospital. Police are yet to solve the case but claim that the killers might be linked to the banned Islamist group Hizbut Tahrir ...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate... and Ansarullah Bangla Team. Deputy Commissioner of Tejgaon zone Biplab Kumar Sarker told news hounds that in preliminary interrogation the arrestees said they had killed Oyasiqur for writing on religious issues. "We are investigating whether they are involved with any organization." Known as Oyasiqur Babu on Facebook where he had more than 2,600 friends, the blogger used to write under pseudonyms on popular blogs. On his Facebook account, Oyasiqur wrote several notes opposing irrational religious beliefs, superstitions and radical Islamists. He was also an admirer of Avijit Roy. After the attack on Avijit, he changed his profile picture to the hashtag "#iamavijit" on a black background. His Facebook cover photo also displays the hashtag #WordsCannotBeKilled. Witness Ziauddin, brother of the owner of Khokon General Store near the spot, told the Dhaka Tribune: "I heard some women screaming. Soon I along with some customers came out of the shop and found an injured person lying on the street and three attackers running towards the main road." Two Hijras, whose identities could not be ascertained, chased the killers and held Zikrullah and Arif. Locals took Oyasiqur to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead. He's dead, Jim! He had deep cuts on the eyes and left cheek, according to the inquest. OC Salauddin said the killers hacked him mainly on the face. The murder spot is beside the boundary wall of the Textile Engineering University. There is another building on the other side of the 10-foot lane. There are no shops close to the spot and only a few people were around at the time of murder. Oyasiqur's house is around 50 feet from the spot. His cousins Helal and Shilpi told the Dhaka Tribune that he had no enemies and that they did not understand why he would be killed. They said he had been working as a trainee at Fareast Aviation in Motijheel after graduating from Tejgaon College. He used to write against Jamaat-e-Islami ... The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... and radical Islamist groups. He was vocal against human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... violations on the religious minorities and indigenous people of the country. Tamanna Setu, one of Oyasiqur's friends, said: "I asked him several times not to write about these issues ... but he replied: 'I have no photos on my Facebook account. So they will not recognise me.'" |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 were held by two Hermaphrodites LGBTH? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-03-31 09:43 |