ISKCON (Worldwide Society for Krishna Consciousness) held mass prayers at a whole lot of temples throughout the globe towards the atrocity on Hindus and different minorities in Bangladesh on Sunday.
“PRAYER FOR PEACE, Please be part of your native #ISKCON temple or middle for particular prayers and kirtan this Sunday, December 1, requesting Lord Krishna to guard our devotees and different spiritual minorities in Bangladesh,” ISKCON posted on X.
Two extra ISKCON monks arrested in Bangladesh: ISKCON Kolkata
The mass protest comes day after two extra Hindu monks had been arrested in Bangladesh. ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das claimed, “I’ve acquired info that two extra ISKCON monks have been arrested by police in Bangladesh.”
In a put up on X on Friday night time, Radharamn mentioned, “Within the meantime, unhealthy information has come: two devotees who went with prasad for Chinmaya Prabhu had been arrested on their method again to the temple, and Chinmaya prabhu’s secretary can be lacking. Please pray for them.”
Earlier on Friday, Radharamn had posted, “One other Brahmachari, Sri Shyam Das Prabhu, was arrested by Chattogram Police right this moment.”
“Does he appear to be a terrorist? #FreeISKCONMonks Bangladesh.
The arrest of harmless #ISKCON brahmacharis are deeply stunning & disturbing,” Radharamn posted on X on Saturday.
Chinmay Das in Bangladesh Police custody
Chinmay Das, who additionally served as a spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, was arrested at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal Worldwide Airport on Monday whereas en path to Chattogram to attend a rally. He was denied bail and despatched to jail on Tuesday by the Chattogram Sixth Metropolitan Justice of the Peace Court docket.
Hindu inhabitants diminished from 22 per cent to eight per cent
Traditionally, Hindus made up roughly 22 per cent of Bangladesh’s inhabitants in the course of the 1971 Liberation Conflict. The Hindu inhabitants, as soon as a considerable demographic in Bangladesh, has skilled a big decline in latest a long time, with the minority group now comprising solely round 8 per cent of the nation’s whole inhabitants.
This drop is essentially attributed to a mix of socio-political marginalisation, exodus and sporadic violence over time.
(With company inputs)
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