A recent attack on members of the Ahmadiyya community and the destruction of their homes in Panchagarh has angered and concerned fifteen distinguished citizens of Bangladesh.
"If appropriate action had been done in the past against attacks carried out on the Ahmadiyya community or other religious minority groups, today's scenario would not have arisen in the month of independence," the "Sacheton Nagorik Samaj" stated in a statement sent to the media on Saturday.
According to the statement, "extreme Islamist terrorist groups" are attacking not only the Ahmadiyya community but also other religious minorities around the nation.
The 15 citizens are former advisors to a caretaker government Advocate Sultana Kamal and Rasheda K Chowdhury, Oikya NAP President Pankaj Bhattacharya, Theatre Activist Ramendu Majumder, Trustee of the Liberation War Museum Dr Sarwar Ali, President of Sammilito Samajik Andolon Syed Anwar Hossain, General Secretary of Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council Advocate Rana Das Gupta, President of Women's Council Dr Fawzia Muslim, Member Secretary of Anti-Communalism and Militancy Dr Noor Mohammad Talukder, President of Bangladesh Farmers Association SMA Sabur, Human rights activist Khushi Kabir, Senior lawyer of Bangladesh Supreme Court Advocate Tabarak Hossain, Dhaka University Professor MM Akash, Robayet Ferdous, Dhaka University Senate Member Ranjit Kumar Saha and ALRD Executive Director Shamsul Huda.
Two people were killed in the clash over a Jalsa in Panchagarh on Friday.
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