Word: ahmadiyya
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...Worst hit by the deterioration in law and order have been Bangladesh's religious minorities. The Ahmadiyya, a tiny Muslim sect that is not recognized by the fundamentalists as being truly Muslim, has had to endure angry mobs surrounding its mosques, defacing the walls and disrupting religious services. The other prime target of the extremists' wrath is the country's large Hindu community, which has been repeatedly subjected to threats, rapes, arson, looting and assaults. Human-rights activists claim there has been little effort made to protect the Hindu community. "In many cases the police simply refuse to register complaints...