Jihadi Muslims in Bangladesh vandalize and close down ‘ISKCON’ restaurant

Attack on ISKCON restaurants for operating as a centre for spreading Hindutva ideology

Dhaka (Bangladesh) – Jihadi Muslims vandalized ‘Govinda’s Kitchen’, an ISKCON vegetarian Hindu restaurant in Dhaka’s Malibagh area, forcing it to close. The jihadists, who identified themselves as members of the ‘Tawheedi Janata’ group, claimed that ‘Govindaz Kitchen’ was targeted because it did not serve beef. The incident took place on 16th January. The closure of the restaurant has created concern among locals. Many have condemned the violence on social media and demanded action from Police officials.

1. According to eyewitnesses, a post circulated on social media led to the attack on the restaurant’s staff, manager and owner by jihadi Muslims. Several people were injured.

2. The attack on the restaurant was mainly due to a provocative post spread by a Facebook account named ‘Paradoxical Sajid’, which was about beef. The post called for a boycott of vegetarian restaurants run by ‘ISKCON’, claiming that these restaurants are centres for spreading Hindutva ideology.

3. The post called on people to ‘not rent out property to ISKCON to run restaurants’, and also alleged that ISKCON restaurants mix cow urine and cow dung in their recipes. The restaurant was attacked because of this post.

4. ‘Govinda’s Kitchen’ was a popular restaurant, known for its affordable vegetarian food. The customers here were not only Hindus, but also Muslims from low-income groups.

False propaganda that Hindu restaurants are hide-outs for Hindu terrorists !

It is alleged that various provocative posts were spread to create an atmosphere for attacking Govinda’s Hotel. It says that ‘conspiracies are being hatched through Hindu restaurants in Bangladesh. Hindu terrorists have set up hideouts in these restaurants and these restaurants are working as branches of Indian intelligence agencies’.

‘Rajdhani Hotel’ of a pro-Hindu Muslim also attacked

In the same way that ‘Govinda’s Kitchen’ was attacked, the ‘Rajdhani Hotel’ in Dhaka was also attacked. This restaurant is owned by a Muslim and was sympathetic towards Hindus and this restaurant was attacked because it did not serve beef.

Editorial Perspective

When devout Hindus oppose Muslim butchers and smugglers over beef, secularists took Muslims’ side. Why are they silent on these incidents ?