ISKCON holds mass prayers throughout world in protest towards atrocity on Hindus in Bangladesh
ISKCON (Worldwide Society for Krishna Consciousness) held mass prayers at lots of 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 clergymen arrested in Bangladesh: ISKCON Kolkata
The mass protest comes day after two extra Hindu clergymen 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 evening, 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 like 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 throughout the 1971 Liberation Battle. The Hindu inhabitants, as soon as a considerable demographic in Bangladesh, has skilled a major decline in current many years, with the minority neighborhood now comprising solely round 8 per cent of the nation’s complete inhabitants.
This drop is basically attributed to a mixture of socio-political marginalisation, exodus and sporadic violence over time.
(With company inputs)
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