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trotsky

(49,533 posts) Fri Apr 19, 2019, 09:40 AM Apr 2019

Bangladesh starlet apologises after 'atheist' comments

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/459247-bangladesh-starlet-apologises-after-atheist-comments

A Bangladeshi actress has been forced to apologise after remarks construed as admitting atheism in a country where people have been murdered for renouncing religion.

Safa Kabir, an actress and model who has appeared in top Bangladeshi television dramas, told a private radio station this week she did not believe in the afterlife.

"I don´t believe in life after death. Actually, I never believe in what I can´t see," she said, in comments that some took as a rejection of Muslim beliefs in heaven and hell.

The remarks caused a storm on social media, with footage of the interview going viral, and Kabir faced a torrent of criticism in the conservative Muslim country.

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Bangladesh starlet apologises after 'atheist' comments (Original Post) trotsky Apr 2019 OP

One time a guy with an atheist bumper sticker cut me off in traffic. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #1

Yeah and whatabout China, huh? trotsky Apr 2019 #2

I got food poisoning in Taiwan. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #6

Did that happen in Boston, by any chance? Mariana Apr 2019 #3

Yes, but... Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #4

Boston priest pale on meeting atheist kiri Apr 2019 #7

Hmm...some days an atheist can't say anything, you know... MineralMan Apr 2019 #5

Religion. Iggo Apr 2019 #8

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)

1. One time a guy with an atheist bumper sticker cut me off in traffic.

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Fri Apr 19, 2019, 09:46 AM

Apr 2019

I almost spilled coffee all over my lap. #CounterPoints

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

2. Yeah and whatabout China, huh?

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 19, 2019, 09:49 AM

Apr 2019

They've done bad things to people who are theists!

(And atheists, but of course we aren't supposed to talk about that because that destroys the myth that atheists are persecuting theists for the crime of being theists.)

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)

6. I got food poisoning in Taiwan.

Reply to trotsky (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 19, 2019, 10:13 AM

Apr 2019

Gotta be fair and balanced to China.

Mariana

(14,965 posts)

3. Did that happen in Boston, by any chance?

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 19, 2019, 09:50 AM

Apr 2019

We've been told atheists in Boston are particularly intolerant.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)

4. Yes, but...

Reply to Mariana (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 19, 2019, 09:54 AM

Apr 2019

...one time an atheist stepped on my foot in New York City. Gotta keep it fair and balanced for the folks in Boston.

kiri

(865 posts)

7. Boston priest pale on meeting atheist

Reply to Mariana (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 19, 2019, 11:20 AM

Apr 2019

I was at an Interfaith dinner, and a UU minister(!) introduced me as an atheist. A priest next to me I had been chatting amicably with --became visibly pale, and within a few minutes got up and walked to the end of the table.