Religious Politics and Communal Harmony in Bangladesh: A Recent Impasse

Authors

  • Anwar Hossain Choudhury

Keywords:

islamism, communal harmony, secularism, ramu

Abstract

On September 29 2012 the century-long peaceful co-existence of the Muslim Buddhist at Ramu in Cox s Bazaar have been deteriorated within a half day because of false defamation of holy Qu ran After that reporter columnist academician have expressed their concern about the destruction of the communal harmony in Bangladesh But a few of them tried to analyze critically this and its future implication This paper is divided into the following sections the first section will make an attempt to trace the historical development of Islamism in Bangladesh from the colonial period to present day Later it will focus on Ramu mayhem and a few reasons why this event is unique Moreover the third section will highlight three case studies The final section will introduce the concluding remark with a recommendation to take policy immediately to stop the politics of Islamism in Bangladesh

How to Cite

Anwar Hossain Choudhury. (2017). Religious Politics and Communal Harmony in Bangladesh: A Recent Impasse. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 17(C3), 21–27. Retrieved from https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/2247

Religious Politics and Communal Harmony in Bangladesh: A Recent Impasse

Published

2017-05-15