Secular Blogger Killed in Bangladesh

Today in Dhaka, Bangladesh a secular blogger was killed in his apartment. They believe that it was a group of Islamist militants who came into the blogger's apartment and hacked him to death. The blogger's name is Niloy Chottopadhay, but he goes by a different name on his social media accounts. Niloy's friends said that he had been receiving threats recently and decided to take down photos off of his blog. On his Facebook account he often criticized radical Islamist's at home and across the world. After Niloy was killed, an email was sent from Ansar-al-Islam, which may be linked to Al Qaeda, to the media stating that they were responsible for the killing and said the blogger was an enemy of Allah. This now marks the fourth secular blogger who has been killed since February. Bangladesh’s state religion is Islam, however secular laws govern the country.

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