The issue of religious tolerance have become a matter of great concern as we see a global rise in narrow-mindedness, prejudice and hatred.

The bizarre and clearly communally inspired section in this year’s HSC Bangla question paper is a dangerous occurrence that could easily have been overlooked had it not been doing the rounds on social media.

Apparently, only the majoritarian population experience hurt sentiments – minority communities have no sentiments to be hurt.

The incident did not draw much criticism from the country’s majoritarian religious group.

Police today arrested college student Akash Saha (20) from Khulna over a case filed against him for making a Facebook post that reportedly hurt religious sentiments in Lohagara upazila of Narail.

A Tangail court yesterday sent a Hindu youth to jail for hurting religious sentiments of local Muslims.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said hurting religious sentiments of others by writing something is not acceptable.