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> In his Facebook post, Rahman, 30, questioned the 2013 trial and sentencing of Islamic leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee and the disappearance of a key witness for his defense. Sayedee was charged with rape, murder and the persecution of Hindus during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

I’m NOT justifying anything, but the story seems an opinion piece, or rather one side, purely based on the guys version. We don’t know why the mom was arrested.

Son seems like an Islamist or at least someone who sympathizes with them (see above). So, it is possible that his mother was involved in the protests or at least was arrested for reasons other than simply the son’s post.

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That seems like a massive leap and the timing unlikely. I am sympathizing with this poster, does that make it likely that my mother is involved in something that should get her arrested in Bangladesh?

I have noticed a distinct Hindutva streak on HN.

We’re all giving someone a benefit of doubt.

Many posters, including perhaps yourself, are giving the son & mother a benefit of the doubt. My comment above was about giving the other party an equal benefit of the doubt.

In end, no one except the involved parties know the truth. I certainly don’t.

Not sure why you’re bringing in hindutva to the discussion.

> Many posters, including perhaps yourself, are giving the son & mother a benefit of the doubt

This is the basis of fair criminal trials. Also, Bangladesh seems to have a terrible human rights record [1]. So the presumption of innocence for the mother is strengthened absent evidence of a crime (which, in a competent court system, should be public record).

[1] https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/bangl...

Incredible that pointing out the sympathies of the poster lies with the party responsible for Hindu genocide during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war makes it Hindutva.

Does pointing out that someone's sympathies lies with banned pro-Hitler speech calling for the Holocaust in Germany makes one a Zionist?

Let's leave aside why being a Hindutva or Zionist is wrong.

Why is it a problem to be a zionist?

Some might say that church and state should not be the same thing.

Some might have a problem that Palestinians sure being evicted from their homes by colonial settlers from foreign lands.

While I am not a fan of the settler movement, their "new" homes are mostly very close to their place being born.

sure, but being UK is also not perse bad.

None. But many people make it out to be a problem to be a Zionist or a Hindutva proponent.

Nationalism and pride for me but not for thee.

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