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Tensions are rising for the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh as their biggest festival, Durga Puja, approaches..
Radical Islamic groups are opposing the open celebration of the festival, and are against nationwide holidays during the festival.. Recently, extremist groups also carried out a march in Dhaka's Sector 13, opposing the use of a playground by Hindus, who have been celebrating Durga Puja at the venue for years...
An organisation called Insaf Keemkari Chhatra-Janta staged a protest, holding placards in Bangla that read: "no worship anywhere by closing roads, no pollution to water by idol immersion, no worship to idols"...
Insaf Keemkari Chhatra-Janta argues that since Hindus make up less than two per cent of the population, Durga Puja should not warrant public holidays, as it disrupts the lives of the Muslim majority..
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