Religion of peace? Can we stop with that now? Horrible news today of yet another act of savage barbarism:
Foe of Islamists. MT @LegatumInst: #Bangladesh secularist writer Avijit Roy hacked to death in front of wife. http://t.co/v2fgAGwKUb
— Sadanand Dhume (@dhume) February 26, 2015
Avijit Roy, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was a fierce warrior against radical Islamists:
Police said the couple came under assault near TSC intersection at Dhaka University around 9:30pm on Thursday.
Witnesses said they were on a rickshaw returning from the Amar Ekushey Book Fair when two attackers stopped it, dragged them onto the footpath and started hacking them.
They were rushed to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared Avijit dead during an emergency surgery, its police outpost Inspector Mozzamel Haque told bdnews24.com.
DMCH casualty department’s Residential Surgeon Riaz Morshed also confirmed bdnews24.com about Avijit Roy’s death.
Islamist zealots have been threatening Avijit, a bioengineer and a naturalised US citizen, for his active campaign against Islamist radicals.
An online bookstore once had to stop selling books authored by Roy after death threats from savages.
Anti-Islamist BangladeshI intellectual #AvijitRoy murdered in Dhaka, wife injured: http://t.co/qewTUBk1ly More horror pic.twitter.com/zozxcfKkXL
— Daniel Pipes دانيال بايبس (@DanielPipes) February 26, 2015
Atrocity in #Bangladesh: secularist writer Avijit Roy 'hacked to death' in front of wife http://t.co/vSOsTdDFQu pic.twitter.com/CFCnc2JW9u
— Legatum Institute (@LegatumInst) February 26, 2015
Islamic terorists killed Avijit Roy @avijit_roy_MM,the talented Bengali scientist,writer,freethinkr in Dhaka tonite.We'r living in Dark Ages
— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) February 26, 2015
But, hey, jobs. Right Marie Harf? When will the madness end? This is just the latest act of atrocity:
There has been a spate of attacks on secularist bloggers and writers who are critical of Bangladesh’s Islamic fundamentalists. The country’s conservative clerics have also called for hanging atheist bloggers.
Thoughts and prayers go out to the family and loved ones of Mr. Roy.
"His example will no doubt continue to shine." #AvijitRoy http://t.co/DI2uAwVzPQ pic.twitter.com/vi6tCYlP3E
— Center for Inquiry (@center4inquiry) February 26, 2015
Rest in peace.
Dearest @avijit_roy_MM how we will miss you. & how we wish we lived in world where no one would justify your murderers at your expense.
— Maryam Namazie (@MaryamNamazie) February 26, 2015
Amen.
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