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blitzkrieg
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27 May 2025, 11:45 am

.... her removal.

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A college professor in Bangladesh says the authorities have yielded to the demands of Islamist groups and removed her from her post for being vocal about women's property rights.

Nadira Yeasmin, an assistant professor of Bangla language at Narsingdi Government College, was transferred about 270km away to another college near the border with India after a 48-hour ultimatum was issued by Hefazat-e-Islam.


https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-professor-transfered-women-property-rights-islam-b2758282.html



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27 May 2025, 2:34 pm

I guess Bangladesh has their own version of MAGA?


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27 May 2025, 3:51 pm

Yikes. No religion should ever be involved in government, ever. And this is one reason why. (although, many of our cultures are ridiculously sexist with or without religion, unfortunately.)


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29 May 2025, 12:31 am

there is some suspicion the Bangladesh government seems to classify honour killings of women as "suicides"
https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/cr ... rcp3avzc0i

As with Pakistan the Bangledeshi religious police, government, army and authorities work closely hand in hand.
If I was this professor I would seek refugee status quickly and leave the country