EPISODE · Sep 20, 2020 · 55 MIN
Oppression--Religious Repression & Violence in Bangladesh Parts 1 & 2
from Common Threads: An Interfaith Dialogue · host Fred Stella
In the early 1970s the more religiously tolerant East Pakistan broke away from West Pakistan to form the new nation of Bangladesh. Sadly, though it was founded as a secular state it later fell into Islamist extremism. In these episodes we learn the details of that history from someone who lived it. These aired in 2015. Theme music "Nigal."
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In the early 1970s the more religiously tolerant East Pakistan broke away from West Pakistan to form the new nation of Bangladesh. Sadly, though it was founded as a secular state it later fell into Islamist extremism. In these episodes we learn the details of that history from someone who lived it. These aired in 2015.
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