Of minoritisation and symbolic violence

Ahmad Ibrahim
Ahmad Ibrahim
8 October 2024, 12:26 PM
UPDATED 24 November 2024, 16:20 PM

Following the collapse of the government, reports began to circulate of attacks on temples, establishments and persons belonging to minority groups (that is, those of non-Bengali and non-Sunni Islam origins). News of these attacks themselves began to be weaponised, by regional and international interests, in a bid to reinforce the illusory narrative set by the Awami League.