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Mukto-Mona
Mukto-Mona is a Bengali language blog for secularists, atheists, and freethinkers. It was founded by Avijit Roy who was subsequently killed by militants in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The attackers are believed to be members of Ansarullah Bangla Team. History Mukto-Mona, meaning freethinkers in Bengali, was founded by Bangladeshi-American secular blogger Avijit Roy, who was based in Atlanta, United States. He created a Yahoo group titled Mukto-Mona 26 May 2001 which he made into a website next year. He was killed in February 2015 in Dhaka, Bangladesh by militants. His wife, Rafida Ahmed Bonya was injured in the attack. Bonya took over the management of the blog after the death of her husband. The blog was awarded The Bobs – Best of Online Activism award by Deutsche Welle in June 2015. A number of atheist bloggers associated with Muto-Mona have been targeted and killed by Islamists Islamism (also often called political Islam or Islamic fundamentalism) is a political ideology whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avijit Roy
Avijit Roy ( bn, অভিজিৎ রায়; 12 September 1972 – 26 February 2015) was a Bangladeshi-American engineer, online activist, writer and blogger known for creating and administrating the ''Mukto-Mona'', an Internet community for Bangladeshi freethinkers, rationalists, skeptics, atheists and humanists. Roy was an advocate of free expression in Bangladesh, coordinating Worldwide Protests for Free Expression in Bangladesh, international protests against government censorship and imprisonment of atheist bloggers. He was hacked to death by machete-wielding assailants in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 26 February 2015; Islamic militant organization Ansarullah Bangla Team claimed responsibility for the attack. Early life and education His father, Ajoy Roy, was a professor of physics at the University of Dhaka who received the List of Ekushey Padak award recipients (2010–2019), Ekushey Padak award. Avijit earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from BUET. He earne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |