Gay Activist and Editor of Bangladesh's First LGBT Magazine Hacked to Death in Brutal Attack -

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by Andy TowleApril 25, 2016

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Xulhaz Mannan, a gay rights activist and the editor of Bangladesh’s first LGBT magazine Roopbaan and Mahbub Tonoy, also a gay activist and on the magazine’s executive committee, were hacked to death on Monday by suspected Islamic militants using machetes, according to reports.

“Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesperson Maruf Hossain Sorder said at least six men entered the seven-storey building, saying they were there to deliver a parcel to the home of one of the victims, News24 reports. “Private station Jamuna TV, quoting witnesses, reported the attackers shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ (God is the greatest) and fired blanks to create panic as they left.”

Mannan had said earlier this month that he had been threatened by Islamists for organizing an LGBT rights rally called The Rainbow Rally, held since 2014 on April 14, Bengali New Year, which police banned this year.

A third person, a security guard, was injured in the attacks, an 18-year-old security guard named Parvez, who also reported that the attackers had come disguised as delivery men: “But half an hour later, I heard shouting and shooting sound from the flat and went to look into the incident. The assailants then attacked me with knives.”

Adds The Daily Star:

Mohammed Iqbal, officer-in-charge of Kalabagan Police Station, said they suspect the involvement of militants in the killing. Mannan…worked as a protocol officer of former US ambassador Dan Mozena (pictured below, right) for a long time.

The incident took place two days into the grisly murder of Rajshahi University teacher Rezaul Karim Siddiquee in the northern city. According to US-based SITE Intelligence Group, international militant group Islamic State claimed responsibility of Siddiquee’s murder
Mannan and former US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena

Mannan and former U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena

The Wall Street Journal adds:

Marcia Bernicat, the U.S. Ambassador, condemned the killing and urged the Bangladesh government to apprehend those responsible.

In Washington, State Department spokesman John Kirby called Mr. Mannan’s killing unjustifiable and inexcusable. “We’re outraged by the barbaric attack on Mr. Xulhaz Mannan,a beloved member of our embassy family and a courageous advocate for LGBTI rights,” he said.

Mr. Kirby said the U.S. is considering offering refuge to Bangladeshi writers who have faced increasing dangers in the country.




Mannan and former U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozen

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. Allahu Akbar (Arabic: الله أكبر) is an Islamic phrase, called Takbir in Arabic, meaning "God is greater" or "God is [the] greatest".

What is Allahu Akbar? - Middle East Issues - About.com
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Definition: Although most often translated as "god is great," Allahu Akbar is Arabic for "god is greater," or "god is greatest."

Allahu Akbar
Also found in: Wikipedia.
Allahu Akbar (ˈæləˌhu ˈakˌbaː)
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1. (Islam) Islam an exclamation used in the call to prayer and also used as a call to the defence of Muslims, an expression of approval, and a FUNERAL LITANY
[from Arabic, literally: God is most great]

The real meaning of “Allahu akbar” http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/01/the-real-meaning-of-allahu-akbar/

Wow that is truly extreame.

I was speechless. This is a disgusting crime to me.

The Westerner's mindset does NOT consider morality/immorality and crime as one in the same. And therefore punishable by death.

Geez. If we disapprove of something we will avoid you & maybe pray for you & maybe write a congressman, maybe boycott you , but we won't kill you.

disgusting!
How much longer do we let Animals like them proscribe our thoughts and actions?

I don't think most people realize the horror that is going on in Bangladesh.
And USA & UK media sites seem to to ignoring it.
The Islamic "cough* state.
Have been targeting people/ Individuals that (in their opinion), defy Islam.
They are HACKING people death, in Bangladesh, the last 2 months, nightmare stories have came out.
They are HACKING to death
Homosexuals, Christians, Priests, Hindu Monks.
All this victims fit the pattern of NOT & NEVER being Islamic.
And that is the ONLY reason they are being EXTERMINATED.

I have seen a few articles that downplay it, by referring to the perpetrators as " Terrorists ".

NO.. That term, is NOT good enough. Who, believes that? SMFH
Their goal is make Bangladesh & the world Islamic. They are on what they consider a 'Holy war',
When the tables turn... When people fight back.. When they defend themselves... are we going to refer to those people as 'Terrorists'? Are we going to say, ' Holy war' for all those religions & sexualities?
Or is the world going to condemn people from defending themselves, & call them names, like Islamicphobic ? As if people who fight back have the problem ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh/

Ethnic groups (2015[3])

98% Bengali
2% other

Religion 86.6% Islam (state religion)[4]
12.1% Hinduism
0.6% Buddhism
0.4% Christianity
0.3% Others[3]


Rant over

The Religion Of Peace at its best!