Tag: Hindus in Bangladesh

After the continuous attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, the US State Department had said in the past that the freedom to choose religion is a human right. Every person in the world, irrespective of religion or faith, needs to feel safe to celebrate their important festival. But in Bangladesh, the people of this community are not feeling safe in the midst of continuous attacks on minority Hindus. There are organized attacks, especially on the occasion of Hindu festivals. Hindus declined from 13.5 % to 6.5% In the last decade, there have been about four thousand attacks on Hindus in which hundreds of lives have been lost and thousands of Hindus have been injured. According to the 1974 census, there were 13.5% Hindus in Bangladesh, but by the year 2021, only 6.5% of Hindus have remained h