By Uma MR (California) When 32-year-old factory worker Dipu Chandra Das stepped out of his home in Mymensingh on December 18, 2025, he had no reason to believe he would never return. Hours later, he was dead, lynched by a mob in an attack that stunned his community but surprised few who had watched Bangladesh’s political crisis deepen. Over the…
By Brajesh Shandilya This article correlates Bangladesh’s surges of violence against Hindus with Iran’s societal backlash against state‑mandated Islam. In Bangladesh since late 2024, blasphemy rumors, mob vigilantism, and weak or politicized protection have produced lynchings, sexualized terror, and arson targeting Hindus. Rights groups and media chronologies show dozens of blasphemy‑linked assaults, while officials have dismissed critical assessments as “misinformation.”…
