New Delhi: With string of brutal attacks on followers of other religions being reported from Bangladesh, the country is likely to drop Islam as its official religion.
The country’s Apex Court is hearing a plea challenging the status of the official religion of the country, which has 90 per cent of Muslim population.

Bangladesh, which was declared a secular country after its formation in 1971, was declared an Islamic country following a constitutional amendment in 1988.

The move is being supported by leaders from the minority communities like Hindus, who constitute up to 8 per cent of the population, Christians and Muslim minority Shiites, who form 2 per cent of the population.

Last month, a Hindu priest was hacked to death in an attack on temple in Panchgarh district. The attack had left two others injured.

According to a report in the Independent, Islamist groups Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh and Ansarullah Bangla Team are believed to have carried out at least seven attacks on foreign and minority people in Bangladesh in the past year.