Communal tensions are escalating in Bangladesh as the Chittagong-based Islamist outfit Hefazat-e-Islam called for a ban on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON. According to author Taslima Nasreen’s social media post on Friday, the group was heard chanting violent slogans, such as “Catch one ISKCON, then slaughter,” during a recent rally in Chattogram. Bangladesh Hindus participate in a protest rally to demand that an interim government withdraw all cases against their leaders and protect them from attacks and harassment in Dhaka on November 2, 2024.(AP) Taslima Nasreen’s post highlighted the dangers faced by ISKCON members, noting, “Hefazat-e-Islam has called for terrorism. They want to kill ISKCON members. Is ISKCON a terrorist organization that it should be banned?” the exiled Bangladeshi writer said. She emphasised that the ISKCON, a globally present organisation, has never incited violence. “ISKCON exists in many countries around the world, and nowhere does it face such issues, but it does in Bangladesh,” she wrote, attributing the hostility to “Islamists and jihadists who cannot tolerate people of other religions”. HT.com could …