Genocide in the Making — and the World is Silent
February 28, 2009 by Dr. Richard L. Benkin
For over thirty years, Islamist radicals have been engaging in a systematic program of ethnic cleansing in Bangladesh. When they began, Hindus accounted for somewhat less than one in five Bangladeshis; today they are fewer that one in ten. Professor Sachi Dastidar of SUNY has estimated that the number of “lost” Hindus (that is, those murdered and those never born as a result of the ethnic cleansing) could total as many as 35 million!
Nor is it only the radicals who are culpable. The first partner in crime is the succession of governments in Bangladesh. It did not matter if they were right of center, left of center, a dictatorship, civilian or military. Every one of them maintained a blatantly racist act that has been a cornerstone in the Islamist plan: The Vested Property Act (VPA).
Imagine if the United States had a law allowing the government to seize the land of non-Christians and distribute it to Christians of their choice. Imagine the outcry not only from Americans (Christians and non-Christians alike), but from around the world. Every NGO; every country on earth; every blogger on the internet would scream “Racism!” And they would be right. While the US has no such law, Bangladesh does, except it seizes the land of non-Muslims and gives it to Muslims close to whichever political party is in power (including the current incumbent Awami League). It has been on the books for 34 years, and there is no effort to repeal it; even though several otherwise cautious Bangladeshi officials have admitted that it is racist and must be repealed.
But that brings us to the second partner in crime: us. For 34 years, self-styled champions of human rights have been silent. Amnesty International’s web site devotes several articles to Guantanamo but not a single one to this openly racist and jihadist law. The UN, too, has been silent. As its “Durban II” conference opens, millions will be victimized by this legalized form of ethnic cleansing in Bangladesh; this proudly announced form of racism.
And we know–we know with biblical certainty–that the racists who are running Durban II will not even mention this terrible atrocity that will eclipse those in Darfur, Rwanda, and elsewhere if not stopped. And the UN, Amnesty International, and the rest of the world will wring their hands, cry over the victims, and wonder how such a thing could have happened!
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when will hindus learn to fight against such acts
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I was absolutely amazed and horrified to hear that this ethnic cleansing has been going and for so long. Is this the ‘fault’ of Hindus and does the lack of global awareness and action arise from some other cause?
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