Monday, October 01, 2012

Muslims Set Temples On Fire And Behead Statue Of Buddha In Protest At Bangladeshi Man Insulting Their Religion On Facebook




A Buddha statue stands amid the ruins of a Buddhist temple that was torched in Ramu in the coastal district of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh


Damaged statues at a Buddhist temple that was torched in Ramu


Aftermath: Bangladesh's Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir (third from the left) visits a burned temple in Cox's Bazar
Aftermath: Bangladesh's Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir (third from the left) visits a burned temple in Cox's Bazar

Burning: Smoke rises from the remains of a Buddhist temple that was torched in Ramu. The attacks were sparked by a photograph on Facebook, which Muslims claimed was insulting to Islam

 
Ruined: Burnt statues at the temple of Shima Bihar at Ramu, some 216 miles south-east of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka
Burnt statue

Damage: A Bangladeshi man looks at the torched ruins of a Buddhist temple called Ramu Moitree Bihar


Attacked: People file past the destroyed homes of Buddhists living in Ramu, south-east Bangladesh


Response: Buddhists hold a rally in protest at the arson attacks on temples and homes
Buddhists

United: Bangladeshi Buddhist monks in Dhaka form a human chain during a protest against attacks on temples and homes
Bangladeshi Buddhist protesting


Demonstration: Buddhist monks also staged a protest in Chittagong as tensions simmered following the arson attacks in the south-east of the country
Buddhist Monks protesting 
Hundreds of Muslims in Bangladesh have burned at least four Buddhist temples and 15 homes after a Buddhist man apparently insulted their religion on Facebook.
They carried out the attacks in protest at a photograph posted which they said insulted Islam and had been put on the website by a Buddhist.
At least one Buddha statue was beheaded during the attacks, which happened in Buddhist villages in the Cox's Bazar area in the south-east of the country.

read more here http://www.dailymail.co.uk

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