BANGLADESHI JOURNALIST FACES DEATH FOR TRYING TO TALK TO JEWS

Darkness in Dhaka - Bret Stephens
As these lines are being written, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, a gadfly Bangladeshi journalist, is running for his life. Assuming he survives till Thursday, he will face charges of blasphemy, sedition, treason, and espionage in a Dhaka courtroom. His crime is to have tried to attend a writers' conference in Tel Aviv on how the media can foster world peace. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. (Wall Street Journal, 10Oct06)

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Choudhury, the editor of Blitz, the largest tabloid English-language weekly in Bangladesh, was arrested in November 2003 when he tried to attend a conference in Israel. American Jewish Committee Executive Director David A. Harris said of Choudhury: "He has been a vocal opponent of radical Islam in his own country Bangladesh. He denounced the establishment of kindergarten madrassas, where the students have been indoctrinated with Wahhabi teachings promoted by Saudi Arabia that demonize Christians and Jews." (Asian Tribune)