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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Bangladesh, focus Buddhist temples photos on Facebook "offends the Quran"

Thousands of Muslims set fire to today's Buddhist temples and homes in southeastern Bangladesh after the publication on Facebook of a photo deemed offensive to the Quran. A crowd of 25 thousand people set fire to at least five Buddhist temples and hundreds of homes in the town of Ramu and the surrounding villages, about 350 kilometers from the capital Dhaka, told Agence France Presse in charge of the district, Joinul Bari According to the situation was brought under control. Buddhists represent 0.7 percent of the country with a Muslim majority. Approximately twenty people were injured in the attacks, propagated after Facebook had appeared the picture of a Quran burning. The rebels claim that it was a Buddhist boy in the area to post the image, but the Daily Star newspaper interviewed him and the guy claims to have been tagged to his knowledge in the photograph that circulated on Facebook. The account was immediately closed and the boy was taken to the police in a safe place with his mother. protests in Bangladesh come only days after the outbreak of violent protests in much of the Muslim world against the spread of Internet Video blasphemous "The innocence of Muslims"  produced by an American citizen. Among the victims caused by the attacks, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya died in the American consulate in Benghazi.

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