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Islam in Bangladesh. Islam is the largest and the state religion of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. [ 1 ][ 2 ] According to the 2022 census, Bangladesh had a population of about 150 million Muslims, or 91.04% [ 3 ] of its total population of 165 million. [ 4 ] Muslims of Bangladesh are predominant native Bengali Muslims.
Religion in Bangladesh (2022 Census) [1] Islam (91.04%) Hinduism (7.95%) Buddhism (0.61%) Christianity (0.30%) other religions (0.12%) The United Nations categorizes Bangladesh as a moderate democratic Muslim country. [2][3] Sunni Islam is the largest religion in the country and in all of its districts, except Rangamati. [4][5] The Constitution ...
According to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), Hindus are among those persecuted in Bangladesh, with hundreds of cases of "killings, attempted killings, death threats, assaults, rapes, kidnappings, and attacks on homes, businesses, and places of worship" on religious minorities in 2017. [59]
The preamble of the Bangladeshi constitution declares secularity as a basic constitutional principle. The second paragraph reads "Pledging that the high ideals of nationalism, socialism, democracy and secularism, which inspired our heroic people to dedicate themselves to, and our brave martyrs to sacrifice their lives in, the national liberation struggle, shall be the fundamental principles of ...
Freedom of religion or religious liberty, also known as freedom of religion or belief (FoRB), is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. It also includes the right not to profess any religion or belief [ 1 ] or "not ...
Irreligion in Bangladesh is rare and uncommon publicly. [1] A Gallup survey conducted between 2014 to 2015 found that approximately less than 1% identified as convinced atheists in the poll. [ 2 ] Bangladesh has 165.2 million people as of the 2022 census.
The 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement was a series of anti-government [ d ] and pro- democracy [ e ] protests in Bangladesh, spearheaded primarily by university students. Initially focused on restructuring quota-based systems for government job recruitment, the movement expanded against what many perceive as an authoritarian government when ...
Attacks by Islamist extremists in Bangladesh took place during a period of turbulence in Bangladesh between 2013 and 2016 when a number of secularist and atheist writers, bloggers, and publishers in Bangladesh; foreigners; homosexuals; and religious minorities such as Hindus, Buddhists, Christians and Ahmadis who were seen as having offended Islam and Muhammad were attacked in retaliation ...