[Reader-list] BANGLADESH: Islamists force removal of Baul Sculptures

[inder salim]

it is all sad


On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Naeem Mohaiemen
<naeem.mohaiemen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Baul/Lalan Shah statues have been removed after Islamist protests.
> Left activists are wearing gamcha in protest today. Once again,
> bullying a spineless state works wonders for the jongi mollah squad.
> Today I'm so angry, I can't give a **** about using sensitive words to
> describe my opponents. Why can the Islamists threaten to topple the
> state and everyone believes them and the left can't mount the same
> threat (at all!) in Bangladesh?
>
> angry angry angry
> #################
> Sculptures near ZIA removed after protests
> Staff Correspondent
>
> Daily Star
> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=58970
>
> The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) and Civil Aviation Authority
> of Bangladesh (CAAB) were forced to remove five sculptures of Bauls
> (folk singers) including Lalon Shah in front of the Zia International
> Airport in the face of protests from an Islamist group.
>
> Sculptor Mrinal Haque told reporters that almost 50 percent task of
> the Tk 1crore project had been finished at a cost of around Tk 50
> lakh.
>
> Two of the five sculptures had been removed by yesterday evening while
> the rest was to be removed by midnight, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the
> Airport Police Station Sirajul Islam told the Daily Star.
>
> He said the erection of the sculptures began about a month ago.
>
> Earlier, Murti Protirodh Committee (Sculpture Prevention Committee)
> led by Khatme Nabuat Chairman Mufti Nur Hossain Nurani gave an
> ultimatum of 24 hours for removal of the sculptures.
>
> Witnesses said around 2,000 people gathered in the area when the task
> of removing the sculptures began at about 11:00am.
>
> The OC quoting the committee leaders said they do not want any
> sculptures in the airport area where the hajj camp is located.
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