Epigraph:
Do they say, ‘He has forged it?’ Say, ‘Bring then a Surah like unto it, and call for help on all you can besides Allah, if you are truthful.’ (Al Quran 10:39) One of the several verses for freedom of speech for the non-believers.
By Sugam Pokharel, Ivan Watson, and Yuli Yang, CNN
New Delhi (CNN) Machete-wielding attackers struck in the capital of Bangladesh Wednesday night, killing 26-year-old secular writer Nazimuddin Samad.
Samad, described by Bangladesh police as a masters student at Jagannath University, is the sixth secularist writer or publisher to have been murdered in Dhaka in the last 16 months. Police called the murder a pre-planned attack.
Story highlights
- Secular blogger murdered in “pre-planned” attack
- Murder adds to fears among intellectuals and writers who challenge religion in Bangladesh
“He was on his way back home from his evening classes when he was circled by a group of three to four people,” Senior Assistant Police Commissioner Nurul Amin of the Dhaka Police, told CNN.
“First the attackers hacked Samad with machetes, then shot him.”
Police say the attackers then fled the scene on motorcycle. No arrests have yet been made.
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Categories: Free Speech, Freedom, The Muslim Times
You forgot to say that this murder – of course – has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam.