Bangladesh may drop Islam as country's official religion

[Recursion]

http://m.timesofindia.com/world/south-asia/Bangladesh-may-drop-Islam-as-countrys-official-religion-following-attacks-on-minorities/articleshow/51275715.cms

Islam could be dropped as Bangladesh's official religion following a number of attacks in the country against people of other faiths.

Christians, Hindus and Muslim minority Shiites have recently faced attacks that are believed to have been carried out by Islamic extremists.

The country's Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments in favour of removing Islam as the official religion of Bangladesh, the Daily Mail reported.

Islam has been the country's official religion since 1988, but the battle to overturn this - which is being supported by many minority religious leaders - will argue that the decision to designate Islam the official religion was illegal.

Bengal, the idea, has a large part of my heart. I love Tagore, Netaji, and Vivekananda. I would live to see Bengal re-assembled.

[whatthehey]

1. It would be a genuinely decent gesture

but unlikely to achieve anything. Machete-wielding fundies are not slaughtering infidels because of a quarter century old bit of governmental handwaving.

[mountain grammy]

2. True that, but this may make them a bit more accountable..

we hope. Some really brave people taking this on.

[FLPanhandle]

3. It's always good when a government isn't officially tied to some imaginary sky daddy

Now to work on the majority of the population which are crazy.