Seeds of extrmism should not take root in Bangladesh.
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UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire has opined that the seeds of extremism should not take root in Bangladesh.
In a blog titled “Freedom of speech is a right to be defended” posted on Friday, the UK minister also made a call to commend, and protect the “rich tradition of freedom and religious tolerance” in the country.
He wrote the blog following the brutal killing of Bangladeshi blogger Niladri Chatterjee, also known as Niloy Neel.
Terming the murder as “extremism above all,” he wrote: “It shows both extreme cowardice and extreme ignorance. Cowardice because five men with machetes put a single unarmed man to death. And ignorance because if you have good enough arguments, you really don’t need to resort to murder. Read More … [/su_column] [/su_row]