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Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star are reporting that Dhaka restaurant hostages were instructed to recite the Quran, those who couldn't were tortured, those who could were not harmed. Their report comes from an interview with one of the rescued hostages, Rezaul Karim.
http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/dhaka-restaurant-attack-july-1-2016/
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Bangladesh hostages tortured based on whether or not they could recite the Quran [View all]
BlueNoMatterWho
Jul 2016
OP
It's nothing new, I believe that is why there is nothing to say. It's almost expected. Sad.
BlueNoMatterWho
Jul 2016
#3
There will come a time when women's rights, LGTB rights, religions (jews and christians)
Quantess
Jul 2016
#29
That is a ridiculous assertion. Do we have to post a reply to every atrocity in order to "prove"...
Hekate
Jul 2016
#42
Well good, you can be the self appointed purveyor of utter doom and hopelessness
Hekate
Jul 2016
#67
There is a turning of the tide here at DU...... we will no longer be cowed..threatened...
clarice
Jul 2016
#70
If you feel there are "self appointed thought cleansers" you can always take it up with...
Hekate
Jul 2016
#71
How do you want us, as Americans, to alter our foreign policy vis-à-vis Bangladesh...
Ash_F
Jul 2016
#31
World traveller, are you? Crossed a bunch of places off your bucket list based on radicals?
Hekate
Jul 2016
#44
Frankly, any of us is more at risk of death driving on a freeway. The whole point of terrorism...
Hekate
Jul 2016
#69
Yep, SOS carried out by various religions over eons. Different times, different
RKP5637
Jul 2016
#49