“My family didn’t want to go, they are taking them by force... If my family go there, to the island, they will die because of floods...”
Read More »Smugglers abuse trafficked Rohingya on boat
“They beat us mercilessly – hitting our heads, tearing at our ears, breaking hands.”
Read More »Stranded Rohingya refugees arrive on remote Bengali “detention island”
Activists raise concerns that the authorities are using COVID-19 as an excuse to “operationalise” the island as a home to refugees, despite it being called a “dangerously flood-prone island without adequate healthcare”
Read More »One of Bangladesh’s senior Muslim scholars, Sheikh Nurul Islam Bishwanathi, returns to his Lord
Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn. Prominent scholar from Bangladesh passes away. May Allāh have mercy on him.
Read More »Rohingya crisis: Repatriation attempts fail on day one
“We prayed to Allāh for our salvation. And our prayers were granted”
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