Bangladesh starlet apologises after 'atheist' comments

[MineralMan]

Religious persecution is a two-way street. Sometimes, people of one religion are persecuted by people of another. Sometimes, people with no religion at all are persecuted by people of religion. All persecution for reasons of belief is stupid beyond belief. And yet, it persists. Nobody should be persecuted for believing or not believing that deities exist. Nobody! What the f**k about that, eh?

Bangladesh starlet apologises after 'atheist' comments



DHAKA: A Bangladeshi actress has been forced to apologise after remarks construed as admitting atheism in a country where people have been murdered for renouncing religion.

Safa Kabir, an actress and model who has appeared in top Bangladeshi television dramas, told a private radio station this week she did not believe in the afterlife.

"I don't believe in life after death. Actually, I never believe in what I can't see," she said, in comments that some took as a rejection of Muslim beliefs in heaven and hell.

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Atheism is largely taboo in Bangladesh, where nearly a dozen atheist activists have been brutally attacked and killed by suspected Islamist extremists in recent years.

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