A day of dream, an absolute agenda for a Nation: Bangladesh

By William Gomes

“Be aware of Bangladesh” this is how the Honkong based magazine “The Economic Review” titled on Bangladesh. This is the same Bangladesh which comes out of sacrificial 9 months long of liberation war against the Islamic fascist and brutal Junta of Pakistan in 1971. The new born nation was inspired by fully by non communal spirit. But the joy of liberation was struggling with the left inner vested quarter of Pakistani Junta “Al –Badar” and “Al- Shamas”. Slowly the vested quarter entered into the root of the policy making. The country faced horrible tragedy during 1975 and afterward. The father of the nation was killed by the army officials and the nation steps into new tragedy. That was beginning of new era in the history of Bangladesh. The constitution was amended many times afterward and the agenda of vested quarter was fulfilled. The secular entity of Bangladesh was removed and it was titled with “Bloody Bismillah”. That was the main base of injecting the slow poison of Political Islam in the land of peace. I want to recall the saying of great Italian philosopher Sonko “Religion is regarded by the common men as true, by the wise as false and by the rulers as useful”.

In Bangladesh Religion is highly useful for all forms of left –right politicians indeed. The secular writer Taslima Nasrin was forced to leave the country for the Islamic fascists. The free thinker Dr.Goni Gomez was killed by the JMB and the nation was shocked by the bomb blast in almost all districts by the Islamic fascists, and this is the result of the Islamization of Bangladesh.

In Bangladesh the minorities are under threat all the time in the name of Islam. We want to dream of a day, when we will be able to worship in Christmas day without the police security and without any fear of a Bomb Blast. We want to dream for a day when Bangladesh will be corruption free and when we will be free from poverty. We want to dream for a day when the people of all religions will sing the song of peace and harmony together and work together for a better Bangladesh. We want to dream of a better Bangladesh. We don’t want to see any title “Be aware of Bangladesh”, but we want to see the “Bangladesh: the unique example of peace and prosperity”.