Thread by @MumukshuSavitri

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Pakistan’s genocide of Hindus in Bangladesh over 10 months resulted in slaughter of over 2.5 million Hindus, besides 1000s raped & 10 million Hindus forced to flee. Does this qualify as a Holocaust ? Let’s look at some evidence proving this was a planned genocide of Hindus.

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In 1971 Senator Ed Kennedy wrote in his official report to the US govt. that Hindus were marked like prey and slaughtered. Their homes were marked with big yellow “H”s to differentiate between them & Muslims so that Hindus could be specifically targeted for murder & torture.

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In 1972, Sydney Schanberg, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist from NYT who witnessed the war, wrote in his column describing the atrocities that it was observed that Muslim soldiers painted Yellow “H”s on Hindu homes to ensure they were specifically targeted for execution.

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An analysis of official Bangladesh Census Data reveals a horror - that in 1974 after the war, there was a 3.58M shortfall in the population of Hindus. Of these 1.11M left as refugees, which means 2.47 Million Hindus were slaughtered. If this is not a Holocaust then what is?

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A country like Bangladesh which emerged from untold oppression & persecution in the name of language pursued blatant discrimination against Hindus. By prescribing & sanctioning Islamic bigotry, it is only a matter of few years before Hindus are forced into extinction there.