3 elements of Pakistan's policy in #Bangladesh (E. Pakistan):
* Rule Bengalis - they are unreliable.
* Islamize the masses - make a strong religious bond with W. Pakistan.
* Seize #Hindu property - provide a golden carrot to win over the under privileged Muslim middle-class.

1/ #Bangladesh - 1971 - RAPE was a strategic policy of Pakistan army that the Imams & Mullahs supported. A West Pakistan fatwa asserted that women taken from #Hindus could be considered war booty. Rapes of Hindu women aimed to destroy their FAITH, SOCIAL POSITION & SELF-ESTEEM.

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The SECOND phase of #Bangladesh Hindu Genocide began in April 1971. It aimed to eliminate 10 MILLION HINDUS, because Pakistan army deemed #Hindus "enemy of the state". The army burned thousands of villages in "kill and burn" missions, with only rain as a hindrance.

/1 In April 1971, Pakistan army started a pattern of killing in #Bangladesh; HINDUS first, followed by others; East Pakistan Rifles, police or East Bengal Regiment, students, and then teachers. Teachers, because they were supposed to have been corrupted by the #Hindus.

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#Bangladesh - 26 March 1971 - Kali Bari temple in Dhaka was destroyed by the Pakistan army. The priest, Swami Paramananda Giri, was forced to recite "Kalima", an Islamic declaration of faith before he was brutally killed by bayonetting in the stomach.

[1/4] ... #Hindu Men and women were separated into two lines, forced to say “Pakistan Zindabad” and recite “La-illaha illa’ Llah”. Then they were shot. Childern screaming in panic were set on fire with the half-dead adults while they were still begging for water.

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