There is one way to survive where its like just hide your identity. We are scared really are very scared we have to state the movie have to fight for his fight against. The policy of the government does it or to live in siggins to militancy we have not polluted we would not tolerate. This government of be going to look good for you know to some extent its the fastest public. To use it all we call for the rule of islamic law but with. Reports in the terrible trap i think between the devil in the deep blue sea you are saying. Theyre both trying to pretend. This species to be screwy. Weve come to bangladesh a country that few people outside asia know much about not many tourists venture here. At a time when intolerance religious fundamentalism and zina phobia are on the rise worldwide we want to find out more about what is happening in this densely populated country where muslims form the majority. When it comes to bangladesh western News Coverage tends to focus on reports of flooding lack of development and poverty. The terrible work conditions in the countrys textile industry also make headlines an industry that provides the rest of the world with cheap clothing. In recent years away that islamist terrorism has also swept over the country. Many of the victims have been liberal or secularist bloggers and writers. The mass exodus several hinge or refugees to bangladesh is now confronting the country with another dont think challenge we wonder what future awaits densher. At a university in the capita. Daca we need a Computer Science student who is part of a Younger Generation that looks to the west. There are many who are hiding their identities and living here in peace and harmony this is the safest way to survive here there was i dont think its wise to stay here. I should doesnt wish to give her real name we met her through contacts in a local blogger see she only agreed to meet with us if she could cover her face. If anyone sees me here they would just straight complain to my parents like its your daughter take care of. Well its really something. I feel like. Using. When someone gets a bird they dont let them fly. In a cage and take good care of the bird. For the University Campus is a place of refuge and freedom at twenty five she lives with her parents and extended family who insist she be home by dark they want ayesha to marry so as a virgin. How well to do parents insist that her husband be muslim for ayesha thats not important. I dont care who you feel is a muslim all right he knew or. Any team can be anything its her choice im afraid for them its i it really was free to go for any. She would never dare to say such a thing at home is an atheist and only talks about religion with her blogger friends they chat online anonymously i shall understands the danger she faces in recent years dozens of Free Thinkers secular activists members of religious minorities and outsiders have been killed by radical islamists. This is moving the lawyers for the. Its a move. Like our Education System where. The religion and the art form to our name age. So does this look bad of brainwashing and this is like a virus then wont. It just spreads. All this you dont have a fax they now are in medicine so the only medicine i think is education. To students and Doctor University are celebrating the semester is over. Just a few metres away is the place where blogger roy was killed. And avowed atheist roy was paying a visit to a doctors book fair in feb twenty fifth teen while walking home with his wife he was killed by radical islamists wielding machetes. Roys father is heartbroken ajoint royo is a retired professor of physics and a human rights activist as a young man he fought in bangladeshs war of independence. A joy roy did not want his son who was living in the United States to visit dhaka he warned that his books and blogging could spell his death at the hands of religious extremists. Who have been spied on by. At bias. He gave his wife. And here theyre really big idea. Why bonderman delivered. Why ponderable their theory. I never lied. How dare you know something. And he paid the price. Sometimes give us an old style opt out all i require bob. Of all i know why they look great is. You why your very good why do you. Roy it was one of five secular bloggers murdered in twenty fifteen none of the killers have been convicted when of egypt roy was attacked police were nearby but they did not intervene. Royce father says the police and secret service have failed his son. But he lays the greatest share of the blame with the government. Politically bangladesh is. Being mismanaged by the leaders who have been to hear. All. Punishment. If this can get worse. There shouldnt be. Anybody. And i fixed date. I cannot say i did it today i should say that. It can promote an infusion all. Noted interests you dont have good intentions particular country. We plunge into the noise and crowds that make up doc the metropolitan region is home to at least eighteen Million People the bustle and energy of this comparatively Young Country is in evidence here as is the importance of islam. Bangladesh is not an Islamic Republic like pakistan. Under the constitution the state is officially secular. But Islamist Groups are increasingly demanding a state founded on islamic law. What is the governments position on the rise of islam islam and what is their stance on the violence that has been directed at bloggers hossein to mom is an advisor to the Prime Minister. This is a preponderantly muslim country. Or will be and some of them are very superstitious or extremely religious so when you distort the quran which is a holy book and comment on the life of the prophet some people are incensed. They lose their balance thats how the bloggers the brought it on themselves. The mom is one of Prime Minister shaikh huskiness closest political advisors yet he and by extension the government are suggesting that the bloggers share in the blame the man does little to counter that impression. We practice secularism and the enemies of secularism are those with the blogs and the those who kill them. The extremists we have to bring them within the mainstream that is our main purpose. The man has been involved in politics since the founding of bangladesh he believes the government must extend its hand to the islamists in order to maintain social cohesion for example by recognizing the degrees obtained by graduates of private matter asa institutes we have given the commission to the highest system of education so that they can also compete with the other who are completely and generally to question what is the there going to come out of the shell this they see that the world is wide wide open for them there are opportunities for. We pay a visit to the private quran school belonging to the old buck mosque in dhaka. The state has no influence over what students are taught here we soon realize that many in this closed society see themselves as victims of anti islamic propaganda. Is the will to keep. The more. Islamic which is a liberal and moderate religion will too. These people from the jewish and christian religions become perpetrators too you will be hindus and it is false also commit crimes but when and only when a perpetrator is muslim but his religion is that blame for his crime they do it as have a scumbag to do it i suppose. Teaches islamic sharia law and is among the countrys leading islamists. In our interview he presents himself as a moderate but he also has another face such as when he called for the execution of a minister who dared to criticize the annual pilgrimage made by muslims to mecca. The place god team on disc land that god we thank you Prime Minister shaikh has seen that you removed latif city key from your cabinet or saturn could i turn up that has never been done i the but that is not enough that we demand more. Latif said dicky is an a. P. C. To watch and his punishment is not beyond that. That. God was the was. We asked him was this not an incitement to violence a charge. Did nice. That is dominated by the motto be in his nom about it ah dear is it allah and the prophet. If you insult or abuse them up off the whole be a hot spot. So what should you do if you are hurt deepika by weapon with them or that they know about it the islam does not commit that is what when it comes to those who hurt you and make your heart cost or at least you can ask for their punishment oh. Of the vehicle to have a. View that other. Democracies were it can mobilize huge crowds in bangladesh within the space of just hours. He casually dismisses the separation between religion and the state that is in shrine in the constitution secularism he says played no role in the birth of bangladesh. Approach. To violate a secular reason i was not an issue before. During the mass uprising of one thousand nine hundred eighty nine the Independence Movement and then the Liberation War of one thousand seven to one secularism was never mentioned part of what im going to him a couple other of edge of their what i will call it was a later addition i. Look at alec. This museum is dedicated to the war of liberation which pays tribute to the countrys violent separation from pakistan were here to meet zahra jose one of the countrys most prominent lawyers when she was a child her father played a key role in the drafting of the bangladeshi constitution. This is good to see this example of the spine is broken and thats an unfortunately i think a very accurate metaphor forces really happen to the constitution and the constitution of practice in todays bang that this would be im exaggerating its not broken its just been damaged and maybe thats a more accurate thing were not broken and were not fully paralyzed and this is still moving and still moving forward but with a lot of obstacles in. Complications. In the museum we are confronted with the brutal history of the countrys founding as an independent nation a history that still reverberates today. The long road to independence began in one nine hundred forty seven with the end of British Colonial rule the subcontinent was partitioned creating pakistan which was itself split into eastern and western parts. Many in east pakistan chafed under what they saw as the dominance of west pakistan and demanded their own state. In march one thousand nine hundred seventy one a war of independence began. The military carried out massacres against civilians in the east locals who wanted to remain part of pakistan also took part in the Bangladesh Government says that up to three Million People were killed. Indias intervention led to the creation of a new country out of east pakistan bangladesh millions of people were uprooted. There are going to be the leaders of the new nation wanted a secular even socialist bangladesh. They enshrined the principle of secularism and of the preamble of the constitution. Many years later in one thousand nine hundred eight the countrys ruler declared islam the state religion. With far reaching consequences. We dont really subscribe to secularism any longer we dont believe that everyone has a right to life and liberty and freedom of expression irrespective of what their religious belief or background is i think what were seeing is. A willingness to tolerate the intolerant but also embrace in that actually asserting intolerance as a way of being and saying that so long as my views are respected im fine im not respecting other peoples views. Early the next morning Zohra Hussein takes us to bangladesh Supreme Court. She wants to show us the power that islamist hardliners have secured over matters of politics. And. A statue of you still the ancient roman goddess of justice stood before the Supreme Court building. But islamic hardliners complained that it was a form of idol worship and cultural decadence. Breaking with the authorities finally capitulated ordering the removal of the statue of lady justice. Its been moved to a place that is no longer in public view. Her removal demonstrated that unfortunately our government is definitely favoring groups that. Fundamentalist in their views utterly irrational really opposed to ideas the secularism or equality or even justice for all and its favoring them over Progressive Forces i think our history shows us that thats really playing with fire the more you give the more they want this these kinds of groups are very easily appears does that is why. These are hussein has to leave for her next appointment. Although bangladeshs legal system is facing increasing pressure she is determined to persevered in her work on behalf of equality and human rights. We travel to the south of the country bangladesh is less than half of germanys size but its population of more than one hundred sixty Million People is twice as large. And again a gar would be an ordinary village if it werent for the regular patrols carried out by Armed Police Officers the police are supposed to protect some two hundred fifty hindus who live in this village of two thousand muslims. Far from l. A. You have a problem to say. We provide security around the clock on the road that the when an unexpected incident happens i take immediate action normally hindus and muslims and people from other communities live like brothers in bangladesh by way he said with all of that of what is. In february twenty thirty in this piece was broken. An angry mob gathered before the friday call to prayer at the village bazaar so they marched forth heading toward the huts where local hindu families left. If any panic is also hindu he was on his lunch break when the violence broke out. Thank god when i was for another to sit on it we heard the sound of how mostly if we did see a friend run over and told us to leave when the people were headed our way to attack us. I ran away with my sister and some friends i think it was when we returned that i saw the temple was a burning my house had been damaged they used gunpowder to burn our temples on the ground at the dollar the i would. Run it by nic helped rebuild the temple but he says the fear of fresh violence took a long time to fade. The attack by radical islamists on the hindu families in the village of ana dina ghar was no isolated event in early twenty thirteen a wave of violence swept across the entire country. The main targets were religious minorities and Free Thinkers. At the time a special tribunal in dhaka had begun to hand down death sentences against several leaders of the top Islamist Party they were convicted of atrocities committed during the one nine hundred seventy one war of independence islamic hardliners were outraged by the verdict which soon spilled over into protests and violence. Visible scars from the attack are still evident on rhony panix house. For a time he debated fleeing to neighboring india. How did the whole media if we went to india with wed have to live as refugees with the thought next to the here where independent with all of this is our country about whether here through by we say its our right to live here at this. Hour that will be good if the delicious. We arrived and she took off with more than four million residents its bangladeshs second largest city. Its also home to one of the largest ports in southern asia which is essential to the countrys export oriented economy. And in. The morning. In the morning in atlanta are you going to. Live one tree self is more traditional and less cosmopolitan than the metropolitan region of dhaka. To our own surprise were permitted to film in the heart as are you my trust so its normally closed to filming and women are not usually permitted access. The heart to saudi much raso is among the most influential in the country. The hot desirea school is regarded as a center of a particularly hard line form of islam is that. The school which has Twelve Thousand students has repeatedly been under police observation. Maulana and nice adani whose father is director of the madrassa insists that hotas ari is not a breeding ground for islamist terrorism. It is not a. Muslim and every muslim needs Islamic Education the Islamic Education does not mean teaching to torture or kill others islam teaches peace on this edition of one of the. Students who graduate from the same address more than willing gaijin social causes so that the problems we have in society will diminish the more they will hope that they will they will eradicate immorality and corruption in our society some of them of us for the model of the owner than of us for the basic good of it. The islamic scholar says that the quran can be the only foundation of the country it provides answers to all earthly questions we ask him if the i phone can also be found in the quran probably oshas yes of course that described in the koran of will when it does the research is going to find all of these discoveries in the koran for example the missiles that are being invented today about this and that tom exponents of these things were all foretold by the profit of one thousand four hundred years ago they were yours and they would have nudism. Just a few weeks after this interview we found out that the teachers of the heart as our image confiscated and burned hundreds of mobile phones because they had music and dance videos stored on them. The schools leadership believes that women have no role to play in public life. Move the saw walk probably tells us that they have their own special classes. Weve done a great deal to support womens education in bangladesh the food we want to inspire women to support our countrys development to do handicrafts minded children to tend to the household you know give to their husbands something without them kind to the nameless division within. We continue on to coxs bazar a town on the south east coast of bangladesh its near the refugee camps where real hinge of muslims who fled the buddhist nation of myanmar are living. In one of the camps we meet one euro and her young son. A stock of bamboo struck her forehead during her escape. Eighteen year old man iraq is pregnant and nearing her due date and shes one of at least seven hundred thousand rohingya whose return to me in mar is being negotiated but its hard to imagine that people who live in this crowded camp will ever return. Thats kind of the added i would hide there that in bangladesh is giving us shelter. Mine in bangladesh just giving us food that we dont have to fear for our lives and were saying. We will stay here there hide as we would rather. Than go back to myanmar now if i had to come out about obamacare motherhood. Oh but. Theres no electricity for too little fresh water and hardly any sanitary facilities the danger of epidemic is ever present conditions in the refugee camps are desperate but people are afraid of being forced to return to me and mark. Here at least the row hinge or are among the muslims. Are now lives in a loss hence what we depend on have. I dont have any dreams for my children i might die while giving birth to my child or i might survive thats in a last chance that is what palace good. Business must have repeatedly called for age of heart a holy war against me in march we are told that the first hunts are set up in the refugee camps more months the money came mainly from saudi arabia and from iran schools in chicago on and dhaka. We wonder how a poor country like bangladesh is coping with the arrival of so many refugees. The village of digger beer which lies adjacent to the refugee camps has a new mosque also built with aid from saudi arabia. But first the villages here sympathize with the real hinge a refugee. But meanwhile they have grown wary. Of. The road home will look you up a little bit with that i. Think came here because they suffered in their country but it would be good if they went back that they get all the aid we dont get anything. Found out the. Body of all dont want to. Know what it began long the problem is that our life has become more difficult because of the refugees living in transport costs have doubled its better if they leave. The following. That was not. Was no but. It is a situation that is ripe for unrest as we leave the refugee camps it is apparent that bangladesh is struggling to cope with the situation it has been confronted with and that the refugee crisis is far from over. Just a few kilometers away but a universe apart from the misery of the refugee camps the worlds longest stretch of beach. This is one of the few draws of bangladeshs fledgling tourist industry. On our travels we keep seeing posters telling the leader of the Ruling Awami League party. Shakos sina the Prime Minister of bangladesh is the daughter of the countrys first president. The main Political Parties in bangladesh are dynastic. We also see a few posters of khaled asea leader of the countrys Largest Opposition Party the Bangladeshi Nationalist party or b. N. P. Zias husband was a well known general. Back in dhaka we meet the secretary general of the b. N. P. Mirs on them gear has been sent to jail several times just like the leader of his party when the b. N. P. Was in power they were just as ruthless with their opposition were told that people who oppose the ruling party often vanish without a trace neither of the two large Political Parties that vie for power in bangladesh appear willing to make concessions they always blame us for everything so everything clinic. Wants them for it so this is the mindset that is the problem here in this country in any democratic country throughout the whole flight and you have the dialogue within the government body and obligation if you destroy the democratic system in vial of this there is. A prevention of. Extremism to rise. I. Ordinary people in bangladesh have other worries. The next morning we go to one of the slums of dhaka to me a refill. She lives with her mother who is sick and her Three Sisters in a tiny room. For the many poor in bangladesh this is normal life. Or if i had hoped to become a teacher. But instead she was forced to go to work at fourteen. My. Songs are all still i wanted to go to school but my familys too poor my father died early and i have younger sisters who should go to school it was very difficult so i had to work sometimes im sad when i see children going to school when its at. The one day he said what can i do i must help my family and that means i must work suffered over those almost all of this. Just so. We accompany a reefer to her next shift. She is one of the millions of textile workers in an industry that is fueling the growth of bangladeshs economy. The textile industry now accounts for some eighty percent of the countrys exports. Aretha works up to twelve hours a day six days a week earning the equivalent of just under seventy year olds a month if she were to get sick her family would not have enough to live on. Market this is not from a shovel i dont understand much about it but i do believe the main problem in bangladesh is politics. If the big Political Parties blame each other for everything and we the ordinary people suffer as a result. What they fight each other they organize big demonstrations provoke violence and we are caught in the middle but they have the power and they do whatever they want to do internationally and as. I travel is are coming to an end we are back at dark as University District and shoebox where we meet two Young Musicians suffering and review come here often the square holds a special fascination for them. For decades all major demonstrations and movements in bangladesh had their start here. Sufi now and read who have just started their University Studies when they come here to shop box where they dream of a Better Future and not only for themselves. To me shabab square is a place of old. Because there are. Many Free Thinkers. Studying on the university and there is. A unity here. We all unite. To do something new we want to be together again and if theres a religion again you know we is really all we all sing together real give slogans and we want our freedom. There is freedom but we want more. When our last evening and bangladesh suffering in rebuttal invite us to watch their band park rehearse. For us this marks the end of our travels through a divided country ordinary people here it is clear are unhappy with the countrys political elite bangladesh appears to be at the Tipping Point the danger that islamists could seize the advantage seems very real. In the end it is the young people of bangladesh who will determine the countrys future. The young people in the quran schools. And those in yarn for more freedom. We are scared we are very scared and it is very very sad that things are happening in bangladesh. But you know the hope is the thing with feathers i open never dies. Can. Our whole sixth floor bodies looking back. 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