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Minority groups in Bangladesh reported 2,010 incidents of communal violence across the country between 4-20 August 2024. 1,705 families were directly affected in the violence. Among them, 157 families had their homes and businesses were attacked, looted, vandalized, and set on fire. Lands of some of the families were forcibly occupied.
From 13 to 19 October 2021, Muslim mobs instigated communal violence against Hindu communities across Bangladesh during the Durga Puja festival, in response to a viral video where Quran was kept under a temple idol's feet. More than 50 temples and makeshift worship arrangements were vandalised all over Bangladesh.
The Dumuria Sharbajaneen temple under Ramachandrapur Union too was set on fire. Two Hindu houses, one belonging to a local Awami League leader, were set on fire in Banogram Union. [27] On 3 April, Miscreants torched a Hindu temple after vandalism of its three idols of god and goddess in the same place again. [28]
The homes of Shahjahan Khan, former Minister, and AFM Bahauddin Nasim, former member of parliament, were vandalized. [2] The home of Mohit Ur Rahman Shanto, member of parliament for Mymensingh-4, was vandalized. [2] The residence of Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, former captain of Bangladesh National Cricket Team and member of parliament, was burned ...
Joint forces of Bangladesh Police and Bangladesh Army intervened to disperse the crowd and conducted searches of local properties in the area. According to statement from the joint forces, they were reportedly attacked by individuals in the crowd, who threw acid and other objects at them during the incident, resulting in the injuries to several ...
The total amount of land lost by Hindu households as a result of this discriminatory act was estimated at 1.64 million acres (6,640 km 2), which is equivalent to 53 per cent of the total land owned by the Hindu community and 5.3 per cent of the total land area of Bangladesh. [2]
Nearly 180 gravestones at two Jewish cemeteries in Cincinnati have been vandalized, according to the Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati and the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati.
Tagore Sculpture Controversy was an incident in the campus area of Dhaka University, Bangladesh.On 14 February 2023, a temporary sculpture of Rabindranath Tagore was installed there by some student to make people aware of various issues in the country.