Bangladesh is on the road to becoming another Afghanistan, fulfilling the clearly stated desires of jihadists and fundamentalists, according to Bangladeshis who have fled their homeland. Imams describe women as filth and demand that they cover themselves.  They accuse exploited female garment workers of prostitution when they are forced to work late into the night to earn a living.  Schoolchildren have to dress in Islamic garb, even if they are not Muslims.  Workers are discriminated against if they are other than Muslim.  Land grabs by Muslims of property owned by minorities occur all the time -- with impunity.  Atheist bloggers are beaten and even killed for "insulting Islam," and all this under the supposedly secular Awami League administration. The Hindu empire once stretched from Afghanistan to Indonesia, before the Muslim invasions whittled it down.  According to Dr. Sachi Dastidar, professor of politics at the...(Read Full Post)