Bangladesh: All about Israel-Hating

By Sebastian Bustle

• Everyone shook hands and greeted each other courteously, but Aslam Chowdhury came under fire in Bangladesh after the photographs of the two men together were published on Safadi's Facebook page, and then picked up by Bangladeshi media. On May 15, police detectives arrested Chowdhury for alleged "involvement in a plot to oust the Bangladesh government with the support of Israeli intelligence Mossad."
• Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, a Bangladeshi journalist, was sentenced in 2014 to seven years in prison, allegedly for trying to travel to Israel, to speak on the rise of Islamic militancy in his country, and how madrassahs (Islamic religious schools) are being used to spawn militants.
• Bangladesh has no diplomatic relations with Israel. It is a country where Jews and Israeli people are being cursed in every Friday sermon, from more than 250,000 mosques

This photo of Bangladeshi politician Aslam Chowdhury (center) with Israeli Mendi Safadi (left) led to Chowdhury's arrest for alleged "involvement in a plot to oust the Bangladesh government with the support of Israeli intelligence Mossad." (Image source: Mendi N. Safadi)

Israel, the Mossad and Jews, seen as one, are now a political issue in Bangladesh politics. Accusations and denials about "Israel and Mossad connections" are going on among the rival political parties and leaders. Both the government and largest opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), have been trying to cash in on the existing antagonistic sentiment against Israel among the country's 90%-Muslim population.

Bangladesh has no diplomatic relations with Israel. It is a country where Jews and Israeli people are being cursed in every Friday sermon, from more than 250,000 mosques. Imams across the country shout before the Friday prayer's sermon audience that Jewish people are infidels.

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