MONSTROUS: American Blogger HACKED to Death in Bangladesh By ISLAMIST Group For Insulting Islam
Another horrifying attack on the Freedom of Speech has taken the life of a man threatened over his “insulting” Islam by advocating for atheism and secularism.
Watch below:
A prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger known for speaking out against religious extremism was hacked to death as he walked through Bangladesh’s capital with his wife, police said Friday.
The attack Thursday night on Avijit Roy, a Bangladesh-born U.S. citizen, occurred on a crowded sidewalk as he and his wife, Rafida Ahmed, were returning from a book fair at Dhaka University. Ahmed, who is also a blogger, was seriously injured. It was the latest in a series of attacks on secular writers in Bangladesh in recent years.
A previously unknown militant group, Ansar Bangla 7, claimed responsibility for the attack, Assistant Police Commissioner S.M. Shibly Noman told the Prothom Alo newspaper.
Roy “was the target because of his crime against Islam,” the group said on Twitter.
Roy was a prominent voice against religious intolerance, and his family and friends say he had been threatened for his writings.
About 8:45 p.m. Thursday, a group of men ambushed the couple as they walked toward a roadside tea stall, with at least two of the attackers hitting them with meat cleavers, police Chief Sirajul Islam said. The attackers then ran away, disappearing into the crowds.
Two blood-stained cleavers were found after the attack, he said.
Several hundred people joined a rally Friday near the site of the attack carrying banners reading, “We want justice” and “Down with fundamentalism.”
Here are some very graphic photos from the terrible attack:
Religion of Peace. Bangladesh. Atheist blogger #AvijitRoy hacked to death by Islamist savages for “blasphemy” pic.twitter.com/jxTT3TOJJw
— A Libertarian Rebel (@A_Liberty_Rebel) February 27, 2015
Freethinker,writer, blogger @avijit_roy_MM Roy died today by Islamists,his wife #Bonya is in critical condition. pic.twitter.com/UVRYKXBTQa
— Asif Mohiuddin (@IamAsifM) February 27, 2015
But hey, Atheists are too busy killing Muslims in America and worrying over extremist Christians to notice that we’re ALL targeted for death by Islamism.