By Courtney Cox
Dr. Avijit Roy was brutally beaten
to death by a group of machete-wielding extremists on a university campus this
week in Dhaka. His wife, Rafida Ahmed, was
injured in the attack. Dr. Roy, the son
of a prominent secularist and human rights activist, was allegedly murdered in retaliation for criticizing Islam. An American
and Bangladeshi citizen, Dr. Roy was a well-known atheist thinker. The Daily Mail reported that he
was the founder of a blog named Free Mind
that featured blogs concerning “scientific reasoning and religious extremism.” Dr. Roy received death threats prior to his
murder for “crimes against Islam.” Protestors have taken to the streets to
demonstrate against “the
intimidation and murder of secular writers.”
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