the religious element is important here. a disproportionate (likely majority) of those civilians directly killed were probably hindus. i think that’s one reason muslim bangladeshis have been relativley sanguine about the issue; very few people they know personally were affected. the other group were leftist intellectuals, which is a very small slice of the pop….
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razib 11:07 pm on April 18, 2008 | #
the religious element is important here. a disproportionate (likely majority) of those civilians directly killed were probably hindus. i think that’s one reason muslim bangladeshis have been relativley sanguine about the issue; very few people they know personally were affected. the other group were leftist intellectuals, which is a very small slice of the pop….