#religious-minorities

#religious-minorities

A spate of recent attacks has amplified fears among the country's religious minorities ahead of the February 12 vote, even though the government insists most incidents have been ordinary crimes. Dhaka, Bangladesh Sukumar Pramanik, a Hindu teacher in Rajshahi city about 250km (155 miles) from Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka says the country's upcoming national election could be his final test of trust in politics.

The Druze community is a small Middle Eastern religious sect characterized by an eclectic system of doctrines, developed from a branch of Shia Islam, but they do not identify as Muslim.