Mon 28 Aug 2006
A very touching and sad piece from Anisul Huq in Prothom Alo about the recent death threat against MZI and Hasan Azizul Huq. Ever since I have been reading his column, I have never seen him so dispirited.
http://www.prothom-alo.org/mcat.news.details.php?nid=Mzc3&mid=Mw==
Also a good overview on the whole affair and examples of similar incidents in the recent past is here
August 28th, 2006 at 9:07 pm
It is indeed sad.
August 30th, 2006 at 8:59 am
More here http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/002849.html
August 31st, 2006 at 8:45 am
Zafar Bhai seems to be hardly bothered by these
threats. I hope his optimism is well-founded and his stature in the country across political spectrum (except some fundamentalists) will give him some immunity.
Here is a message from him:
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i am really embarrassed from all the attention! don’t worry- this is
part of life here. thank you for your concern. i know if you read
something in news paper it sounds terrible, if you are in the middle
of it, it is not that bad!
thank you again.
m. zafar iqbal
August 31st, 2006 at 9:07 am
His modesty is so refreshing…