Freedom of expression under attack – Another atheist blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh!

Writing a blog and expressing your views about religion can be a dangerous thing to do. Two bloggers who were atheists who criticised religion have been brutally hacked to death for expressing their views.

Bangladesh arrests chief suspect in US blogger murder “He was brutally hacked to death this morning with big knives just 500 yards (460 metres) from his home at Dhaka’s Begunbari area,” local police chief Wahidul Islam told AFP.

DHAKA: A blogger was hacked to death in the Bangladesh capital on Monday, in the latest brutal attack on the country’s independent writers, a senior officer said.

Police have arrested two men over the murder which comes just weeks after an American aethist blogger was also hacked to death in Dhaka, a crime that triggered international outrage, the officer said.

It is alright to stand up and state that you believe in god.

It is worthy of a death sentence to state that you believe all religion is the result of medieval thinking, indoctrination, psychological need and fanciful superstition.

This blogger does not believe in any god, believes that all religion is harmful and despises the intolerance, cruelty and violence carried out in the name of all religions.

However, this blog is open to all. All religious people of whatever persuasion are welcome. I may not agree with you but I would fight for your right to believe in whatever you like. I relish debate, argument and freedom to express your views.

Intolerance, bigotry, fanaticism and hatred must always be opposed.

I support a world of love, harmony and peace to all people.

I wish all fellow bloggers my best wishes whether they are atheists or religious! You are welcome here – this is the blog of freedom.

My thoughts go out to the relatives and friends of the murdered bloggers. They heroically stood up against the fascism of fanaticism. The world needs more like them!