Bangladesh may drop Islam as country's official religion

Dhaka - The country's Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments in favour of removing Islam as the official religion of Bangladesh

Islam could be dropped as Bangladesh's official religion following a number of attacks in the country against people of other faiths.
The country's Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments in favour of removing Islam as the official religion of Bangladesh, the Daily Mail reported.
Christians, Hindus and Muslim minority have recently faced attacks that are believed to have been carried out by extremists.
In last month, a Hindu priest was hacked to death following an attack on a temple in Panchgarh district. Two others were seriously injured in the attack. There have been several lethal attacks on writers and bloggers.
Muslims make up some 90 per cent of Bangladesh's population, while Hindus account for 8 per cent and other religions-including Buddhism and Christianity-make up the rest.
According to the report , Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh and Ansarullah Bangla Team are believed to have carried out at least seven attacks on foreign and minority people in Bangladesh in the past year.

Daily Mail Repot:
One Bangladesh police official told Breitbart: 'We have made arrests on each and every so-called Daesh-claimed attack.
'The attackers have confessed their crimes in court. They have also confessed being a Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh member, and denied any linkage with Daesh.'
However an American director of National Intelligence has insisted attacks were the work of terrorist groups.
In a written testimony to the US Senate James Clapper noted the claims of responsibility from Deash for 11 high profile attacks on foreigners and religious minorities, and claims from the Ansarullah Bangla Team and Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent for killing at least 11 progressive writers and bloggers in Bangladesh since 2013.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh has been in political ferment since the run-up to January 2014 elections.
They were boycotted by opposition parties, and over war crimes prosecutions brought against Jamaat-e-Islami leaders over alleged involvement in atrocities during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence.