In Bangladesh, the interim government led by Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus insisted on removing ‘secularism’ from the Constitution of Bangladesh, citing the 90 percent Muslim population in the country. During a High Court hearing on the validity of the constitutional amendment, Bangladesh’s Attorney General Mohammad Asaduzzaman argued, "Secularism does not reflect the realities of Bangladesh, where 90% of the population is Muslim." The Attorney General accused ‘socialism’, ‘Bengali nationalism’ and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman "Also called for removal of other key provisions like naming him as ‘Father of the Nation’.…
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