Why is the slaughter of Hindus in Bangladeshi not being reported?

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Twitter is alive with the most awful reporting of Hindus being slaughtered / raped. Children and women before men. Zoo animals being tortured and killed.

But missing from mainstream reporting? 💔

Who is killing the Hindus?

What utter nonsense. The appaling attack at that music festival does not warrant wholesale murder by a state on innocent men, women and children in bombing runs. It does not warrant starving people of food and water as well as medical treatment.

That would be like the UK turning off water and blocking food going into certain parts of Ireland, then bombing the place irrespective of who is there.

No one cares unless it is Palestine. There's a whole topic devoted to it.

I wonder why

Oh give it up

Palestine shouldn't elect terrorists as leaders and start wars they can't win.

How has this become about Palestine?

More reporting emerging now of attacks on Hindus. www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/rahul-ananda-bangladesh-mobs-hindu-attack-b2592472.html

Because the slaughter of innocent children, babies and the unborn by any means is appalling.

Responsible U.K. press (and other decent news orgs) only report when they have 2 credible sources, we saw last week what happens when a "news" org reports without verifying the source.

Rumour is not sufficient to report such atrocities however I would be very surprised if the main press agencies were not attempting to get verified accounts from the area as long as their own journalists are safe to do so.

It's really sad news and yes, Hindus are very peaceful loving people who don't cause trouble. They don't make an agenda of everything and don't cry victim while committing crime. They are being slaughtered in Bangladesh by Islamist majority and no one seems to be raising voices. They don't have to resources to jump on a boat and land in EU for every little excuse.

It's similar case as Armenian genocide of Christians or Nigerian genocide of Christians by islamic majority. No body talks about it, neither does any pressure covers it.

Also, why some of these posters are riled over this and derailing this thread by posting about Palestine. Media is covering enough of it, please don't derail this thread, it's an important issue being discussed here, go start your another thread rather than hijacking this one here.

The sad part is the same people who cry foul over Palestine are the ones denying genocide of Hindus, I wonder what's the agenda and what's making them do that, how do you justify genocide of people of one religion while crying foul for others. All lives matter equally!

1. Jews can't be blamed
2. Some groups get a more favorable press in the UK

Snort

Course they are

Read some news from India and then come back

Are there going to be mass marches against the genocide of Hindus then?

Are there going to be mass marches against the genocide of Hindus then?

I think we know there's not a change of that happening.

Can you be "part Jewish" ? Or 'part' any religion really? How does that work?

I get my news and information from a variety of Indian news sources and a wide network of people I know there. You need to get out of the anti Hindu, anti Modi, anti BJP echo chamber created by the likes of the BBC, Guardian etc

Oh do shut up with that nonsense! No religion, race or colour etc is how you describe the Hindus because they are all built up from the same species - human beings. Who are all, more or less, designed to be the same.

Exactly this.
There is so much going on in the world at any given time, but people only get worked up about what becomes mainstream news.

The book 'Manufacturing Consent' is really good to read about this.

A friend had a go at me the other day for not having detailed knowledge of something currently trending, but hadn't heard of some of the goings on elsewhere.

Yes. Human tend to behave in a very warlike manner, en masse. Also, poor men fight rich people's wars.

There was a reason the separate areas of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh were created when India became independent. Religious differences quickly became very violent and people were 'encouraged' to move to a safe area for their religion. And it's still a problem, as usual all in the name of religion.

I think the main reasons this isn't widely reported is because for the most part people in this country won't be particularly interested. Violence/slaughter in Asia is a bit like famine in Africa: it's a long way away, most people in this country have no intention of ever going there and have no family connection. (Clearly in numerical terms lots of people do but in percentage terms the majority don't.)

News isn't reported on the basis of how important or worthy a story is, it's reported so as to maximise viewers/readers/listeners. Even for a self-proclaimed impartial organisation like the BBC which doesn't rely on advertising, the key metric is how many people consume what they put out. If the BBC news channel got zero viewers, it would be a prime target for budget cuts.

On a personal level, what do I care what happens in Asia? How much does the average person on the street in Dhaka follow news stories about events in Britain? Some probably do but I doubt they really care about events here unless they have relatives here.

There's so much trouble in the world that there's no point worrying about what is happening thousands of miles away. There's enough shit to deal with here already.

You clearly have no knowledge of world geopolitics or religious history, so you can get back in your box.