Muhammad Yunus Calls Up Meeting With Hindu Youths to Discuss Attacks on Minorities

Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus has called for a meeting with Hindu students and youth on Monday to resolve the current crisis of attack on religious minorities and to ensure the protection of the Hindu community.

Muhammad Yunus previously condemned the attacks on minority communities, calling them “heinous,” and urged the youth to protect Hindu, Christian, and Buddhist families.

According to the reports, after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5, there have been at least 205 incidents of attacks on the Hindu community in 52 districts of Bangladesh.

“The attacks on religious minorities in some places have been noted with grave concern,” said the interim government on Sunday.

The minority groups are demanding the implementation of a minority protection law to safeguard their rights. A Hindu student group is to hand over an eight-point list of demands to Yunus. The demands include the establishment of a fast-track tribunal for swift trials in cases of attacks on Hindus, the urgent enactment of a minority protection law, upgrading the Hindu Religious Welfare Trust to a foundation, modernising the Pali Education Board, declaring a five-day holiday during Sharadiya Durga Puja, and establishing a Ministry of Minority Affairs.