Breitbart Muslim mob attacks across Bangladesh have killed at least six people, including four Hindus, after sparking last Friday in response to an image posted to social media allegedly depicting the desecration of Islam’s holy book, the Quran, during a recent Hindu festival, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Tuesday.
Hundreds of Muslims in Bangladesh participated in violent protests starting on October 15 after video footage began circulating online that allegedly showed a copy of the Quran being placed at the feet of a Hindu statue. The unverified footage was allegedly filmed during celebrations for an annual Hindu festival known as Durga Puja in Bangladesh’s eastern district of Cumilla sometime last week, as the holiday’s main days lasted from October 11 through October 15 this year.
The allegedly blasphemous video footage outraged hundreds of Muslims in Bangladesh, who took to the streets — first in Cumilla and then across a dozen other districts — seeking revenge on the country’s minority Hindus. Islam is the state religion of Bangladesh, where 90 percent of the country’s population of over 170 million are Muslim. Less than nine percent of people in Bangladesh are Hindu.
