Another shrine set on fire in Barguna
Islamists and local people allegedly vandalised and set fire to Ismail Shah鈥檚 shrine at ward 3 under the Amtali municipality in Barguna during a congregation early Monday.
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BEYOND FEAR: Sufism and shrines of Sylhet
鈥業 DON鈥橳 care about haram or halal. I鈥檇 rather extinguish the fire in hell and burn heaven so that people could start loving God for no other reason than love.鈥� This statement, as quoted by Shams Tabrizi in the book The Forty Rules of Love written by Elif Shafak, perhaps best encapsulates the esoteric vs the exoteric aspects of Islam. The path of inner...
Global Sufi Organisation presents 4-point demand
Global Sufi Organisation on Thursday made a four-point charter of demands including security for Sufi institutions and a judicial investigation into recent attacks on shrines...
Police report 44 attacks on 40 shrines since Aug 4: CA office
The police has received reports of 44 incidents of vandalism perpetrated on 40 shrines, including mazar, sufi graveyards and dargahs, in some areas of the country since August 4, 2024.
Ten killed in attack on Sufi shrine in Afghanistan
Ten people were killed when a gunman opened fire on a Sufi shrine in Afghanistan鈥檚 northern Baghlan province, an interior ministry spokesman said on Friday.
Stringency needed to stop attacks on religious, cultural sites
PERSISTENT attacks on cultural and religious sites 鈥� shrines, darbar sharifs and baul establishments 鈥� are gravely concerning. At least, three attacks on such sites in September 29鈥�30 suggest that the government has not adequately addressed the issue. At least, 30 people, mostly followers of Sufism, were injured as a group of villagers attacked a shrine at...
Shrine, darbar sharif, baul establishment attacked in聽3 districts
Different groups of people attacked and vandalised a shrine at Savar, a darbar sharif in Kushtia, and a baul establishment in Faridpur between Sunday evening and Monday.
HC questions govt鈥檚 inaction on protecting shrines
The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the interim government to explain its inaction on a letter seeking intervention from the home affairs ministry to protect shrines (mazars) across the country.
Shrines provide shelter to mass culture in Bangladesh: discussion
Spiritual singers and thinkers at a discussion said on Sunday that the shrines were used as shelters of mass culture in Bangladesh without any government incentives...
Bringing shrine attackers to book demanded
Political leaders, cultural activists and different social-political organisations on Tuesday held a rally in front of High Court Mazar in Dhaka protesting at attacks on shrines across Bangladesh...
DCs directed to protect shrines
The interim government鈥檚 religious affairs adviser, AFM Khalid Hossain, on Sunday directed the deputy commissioners to take action to protect the shrines across the country.
Islamic extremism to provoke Islamophobia around world: SSFB
Sufibad Sarbajanin Foundation Bangladesh on Saturday held a rally in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka protesting at attacks on shrines across the country.
Attacks on shrines continue amid protests
Attacks on shrines are continuing across the country despite protests demanding protection for the shrines and devotees and exemplary punishment for the attackers.
Authorities must take steps to stop attacks on shrines
CONTINUED attacks on shrines of pirs, fakirs and saints across the country shows the failure of the authorities and society to protect the sites that are an integral part of the...
Attacks on聽shrines trigger protests
Different sections of people continue protests as at least 25 incidents of attacks and vandalism at shrines occurred recently in different parts of the country following the ouster of the...