Chill Bangladesh Thread

[DalalErMaNodi]

Guys if you're talking about Korean Bhai, he is a subject of interest in Dhaka because Korean culture is increasingly popular in Dhaka (what with KPOP and everything Korean for millenials including food etc.) and he is an ambassador of his culture to Bangladesh. I doubt anyone is trying to validate how cool our culture is thorugh Korean Bhai. Bangladeshi culture is what it is, take it for what it's worth in good or bad. Same with Korean Culture. or Chinese/Japanese/Malaysian/Thai/Indonesian/Vietnamese cultures. I have been fortunate to make friends with people from each of these fascinating cultures (I live in cosmopolitan LA, remember)- which has enriched my life for the better, whether through trying new foods or other festive aspects. Also - Muslims exist in all cultures and we must have an open mind to accept every culture for the beauty it assigns to our religion, not saying other religions aren't full of beauty to their adherents. Here is a story,

Diversity Amongst Muslims: Korean Muslims and Their Lovely Traditions

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When my airplane finally landed in Incheon at the world’s most advanced airport, I felt very excited. Not only was it the first time for me as a German citizen to travel that far, I also knew that this journey would be something special — a Muslim spending five weeks in South Korea, a country that is home to the largest Pentecostal church and with about 46% of the population having no religious affiliation according to the American Pew Research Center.

This is Seoul Central Mosque in Korea
The fact that Muslims account for only a tiny minority in the southern Korean peninsula didn’t stop me from learning as much as I can about the culture and country itself. Ever since my ears came to hear the Korean language and my eyes could recognize Hangul, the Korean letters, I knew that I wanted to be able to speak the language. And while I consider myself still to be a beginner in the language, the feeling that a woman dressed in Hanbok gave me when I asked her in Korean how to take the train from Incheon International Airport to Seoul, and she actually understood me, deeply touched my heart. It was as touching for me as the following subway ride from Seoul Station to Itaewon where an older Korean man with his three friends suddenly came to help me search for my guesthouse very late at night.

Itaewon, a Slice of Muslim Life In The Heart of Seoul
Itaewon can be seen as the home of the roughly 150.000 Muslims that are estimated to be living in Seoul with almost one third of them being ethnic Koreans. It is a popular district in the capital city among Koreans in their twenties and it’s where the Seoul Central Mosque is located — Korea's first mosque that opened in 1976. Itaewon is also home to many Halal restaurants and shops including Eid Halal Restaurant—a Korean restaurant that is run by a lovely Korean Muslim family.

Ola Bora Song (instagram @olaborasong)
Today Seoul Central Mosque is one of the 15 mosques in Korea, apart from the 60 prayer rooms you can find at the airport, in universities and big shopping malls. The mosque serves as a hub to connect for Muslims and non-Muslims as well. Ola Bora Song, a Korean Muslima who is an Arabic teacher also answers non-Muslims their questions about Islam. My encounter with her in the mosque lasted only for a few minutes when I was looking for a meeting with Korean Muslims in the conference room. But it was the first time for me to realize how independent Islam is from any culture. She was Muslim yet Korean. A combination that many non-Koreans and Koreans may surprise at first but to me made sense since I first saw Hanbok — the traditional clothing in Korea.

Two Korean Girls wearing Hanbok in Chang-deok- gung (창덕궁)
Hanbok — Koreas Modest Way of Dressing
A young Korean woman recently said on Korean television, when she puts on her Hanbok she feels honor and a desire to act noble and gracefully. It is a modest way of dressing and it’s what Islam encourages you to do. Korean women even used to cover their head with a piece of cloth called Jang-ot (장옷) for the very same reason many Muslimas decide to put on hijab in public. And while Hanbok nowadays has been replaced with more modern and western clothing it has been gaining increasingly more popularity among both tourists and Koreans during the recent years. In fact, renting Hanbok and visiting one of the palaces with your Korean friends such as Gyeong-bok-gung (경복궁) or Chang-deok-gung (창덕궁) has become one of the top things to do when traveling to Korea. Many places even give you free entrance when you enter dressed in Hanbok. Today Korean fashion designers are trying to bring back this traditional piece of cloth by modernizing it and making it more affordable.

Modern Hanbok by Leesle (leesle.com)
Bridging The Gap Between Korean Culture and Islam
Korean Muslims are rapidly changing the way people perceive Islam in a time where the religion is often portrayed as dangerous and associated with terrorism in mainstream media. One of my favorite artists Muna Hyunmin Bae who is a Korean Muslima and currently resides in the United Arabic Emirates uses her artistic skills to show us how close Islam and Korean culture can be.

Muna Hyunmin Bae, a Korean Muslima and artist (Instagram @mhmbae)
“It’s a very interesting process to discover the similarities between my roots and Islam”

For her it is a constant search after her identity. At first she felt isolated when she converted to Islam. “But when I studied more about the Sunnah and Hadiths I sometimes found habits in Islam that also my mother taught me, which in turn she learned from her own parents”, she explained. These connections and similarities are exactly what she is trying to convey through her drawings, many of them showing Korean women wearing their traditional Hanbok clothing.

“Sometimes I get negative feedback from people in Korea about my concepts”, she goes on. Islam is still a very young religion in Korea after all. “Therefore, I am always looking for more resources that draw connections between the far east and middle east.” She sometimes even finds historical evidence that Korean culture and Islam can go along together. Her progress can be followed on her website and on Instagram.

My conversations with her reveal just how much Muslim and Korean she is at the same time — a universal message so important that I want to use it to end this article with.

Islam is not bound to any race nor culture. You can be Muslim and Arabic just like you can be Muslim and Korean or whatever country you are from.

I'm afraid you're missing the point Bhai,.

I will add some videos on here later, after watching those, going through the channels and reading the comments, you'll know what I mean.

Already kids are going gaga over foreign cultures like Indian culture through Bollywood and we all know how that's turning out for us.

 

[Avicenna]

I'm afraid you're missing the point Bhai,.

I will add some videos on here later, after watching those, going through the channels and reading the comments, you'll know what I mean.

Already kids are going gaga over foreign cultures like Indian culture through Bollywood and we all know how that's turning out for us.

Yea what you said is true.

But enjoy the little cute hearts he makes with his fingers nonetheless.

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

Ibn Sina hesitates to treat one of their own, nurse dies

A misplaced Covid-19 certificate took her life

A nurse from Ibn Sina Hospital died without admission at the same hospital's emergency yesterday, after allegedly being refused on grounds of her not having a Covid-19 clearance certificate.

The nurse was also a 2018 graduate of Ibn Sina Nursing Institute's diploma programme in nursing and midwifery.

22-year-old Habiba Sultana had a brain stroke on June 10 and was admitted at the National Institute of Neurosciences at Agargaon. On Saturday night, her condition deteriorated and the doctors informed the family that they should look for empty Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds.

"We asked around and decided on Ibn Sina since that was where she was employed. The doctors had tested her for Covid-19 and she was found to be negative, so we were confident that admission would not be a problem," said Rupa Moutushi, aunt of the deceased.

Once they reached the hospital, however, they found that the Covid-19 clearance certificate was missing from the medical folder handed over by the public hospital.


"It was handwritten on her file that the patient is 'Covid-19 negative', but that was not enough for the doctors at the emergency," claimed Moutushi. She claimed that the doctors from the neurosciences institute also spoke to the Ibn Sina doctors and confirmed that Habiba is not Covid-19 positive.

She was brought to the hospital at 1:30 am at night.

"We begged the doctors for 2 hours and promised to just give her some primary treatment while we make other arrangements, but they wouldn't touch her. We spoke to the resident physicians of the neuro-medicine department and implored them to save her," lamented Moutushi.

One of the resident physicians, who requested not to be named because he could not speak in an official capacity, confirmed that he knew about the patient.

"The patient had difficulty breathing. These patients usually get admitted into the flu corner and are made to undergo a test. They cannot be taken into the ICU directly. This is the hospital's protocol. The emergency department was asked to follow the protocol," he said.

Unfortunately, Habiba's condition was such that the flu corner would not have sufficed -- she needed the ICU, and so admission was denied, her family claimed.

"We called the 999 emergency hotline. They sent over police from Dhanmondi police station. At 3:30 am the police came to discuss. During all of this, her limbs had started going limp -- we were losing her. The police quickly instructed the doctors to take her to the emergency," described Moutushi.

The doctors did, but when they hooked her to the electrocardiogram machine, the monitor only showed a single flat line.

"She was moving, she was breathing when we brought her to the hospital. She died during the two hours of negotiations," alleged Moutushi.

Senior general manager of Ibn Sina Hospitals, Anisuzzaman said, "She was brought dead, or when she was close to death. We give primary treatment to patients who are Covid-19 suspects while simultaneously getting them tested. She would not have survived that procedure."

A missing piece of paper, a paper that is flimsy enough to get misplaced, or get blown away by the wind is all it took for Habiba's life to come to an untimely end.

The nurse was buried in Naogaon. She was the elder daughter and left behind a sister studying in fourth grade.

 

[Michael Corleone]

Ibn Sina hesitates to treat one of their own, nurse dies

A misplaced Covid-19 certificate took her life

A nurse from Ibn Sina Hospital died without admission at the same hospital's emergency yesterday, after allegedly being refused on grounds of her not having a Covid-19 clearance certificate.

The nurse was also a 2018 graduate of Ibn Sina Nursing Institute's diploma programme in nursing and midwifery.

22-year-old Habiba Sultana had a brain stroke on June 10 and was admitted at the National Institute of Neurosciences at Agargaon. On Saturday night, her condition deteriorated and the doctors informed the family that they should look for empty Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds.

"We asked around and decided on Ibn Sina since that was where she was employed. The doctors had tested her for Covid-19 and she was found to be negative, so we were confident that admission would not be a problem," said Rupa Moutushi, aunt of the deceased.

Once they reached the hospital, however, they found that the Covid-19 clearance certificate was missing from the medical folder handed over by the public hospital.


"It was handwritten on her file that the patient is 'Covid-19 negative', but that was not enough for the doctors at the emergency," claimed Moutushi. She claimed that the doctors from the neurosciences institute also spoke to the Ibn Sina doctors and confirmed that Habiba is not Covid-19 positive.

She was brought to the hospital at 1:30 am at night.

"We begged the doctors for 2 hours and promised to just give her some primary treatment while we make other arrangements, but they wouldn't touch her. We spoke to the resident physicians of the neuro-medicine department and implored them to save her," lamented Moutushi.

One of the resident physicians, who requested not to be named because he could not speak in an official capacity, confirmed that he knew about the patient.

"The patient had difficulty breathing. These patients usually get admitted into the flu corner and are made to undergo a test. They cannot be taken into the ICU directly. This is the hospital's protocol. The emergency department was asked to follow the protocol," he said.

Unfortunately, Habiba's condition was such that the flu corner would not have sufficed -- she needed the ICU, and so admission was denied, her family claimed.

"We called the 999 emergency hotline. They sent over police from Dhanmondi police station. At 3:30 am the police came to discuss. During all of this, her limbs had started going limp -- we were losing her. The police quickly instructed the doctors to take her to the emergency," described Moutushi.

The doctors did, but when they hooked her to the electrocardiogram machine, the monitor only showed a single flat line.

"She was moving, she was breathing when we brought her to the hospital. She died during the two hours of negotiations," alleged Moutushi.

Senior general manager of Ibn Sina Hospitals, Anisuzzaman said, "She was brought dead, or when she was close to death. We give primary treatment to patients who are Covid-19 suspects while simultaneously getting them tested. She would not have survived that procedure."

A missing piece of paper, a paper that is flimsy enough to get misplaced, or get blown away by the wind is all it took for Habiba's life to come to an untimely end.

The nurse was buried in Naogaon. She was the elder daughter and left behind a sister studying in fourth grade.

Great.

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

Shamima Begum can't enter Bangladesh: foreign ministry

British citizen Shamima Begum, one of three east London schoolgirls who travelled to Syria to join ISIS in February 2015, has no Bangladeshi citizenship rights, the foreign ministry said in a statement today.

"The clear position of Bangladesh is that British citizen Shamima Begum has never been a citizen of Bangladesh; she has no rights in this regard. There is no scope to permit her any entry to Bangladesh," the ministry said.

Shamima Begum, of Bangladeshi descent, left for Syria to join ISIS in 2015. In February last year, she was discovered by journalists in a Syrian camp. She was nine months pregnant at the time and said she wanted to return to the UK; shortly afterwards she gave birth, reports The Guardian.

The same month the then home secretary of UK Sajid Javid informed her family that Shamima's British citizenship was being revoked. In March, her baby son Jarrah died.

After being moved to al-Roj, another camp in northern Syria, Begum initiated legal action remotely at the high court against the Home Office and against the decision of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, which hears challenges to decisions to remove British citizenship on national security grounds.


Shamima Begum, the woman who left Britain as a schoolgirl to join the Islamic State, could not effectively challenge the government's decision to deprive her of British citizenship while she was in a detention camp in northern Syria, the court of appeals was told.

At the start of a two-day online hearing, her lawyers challenged a ruling by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) this year that she has not been rendered stateless because she is entitled to Bangladeshi citizenship, The Guardian reported on June 11.

British government wants her to be our problem.

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If this wretched creature shows up in Bangladesh, I hope she is prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law and sentenced to Death.

 

[Buddhistforlife]

@DalalErMaNodi @bluesky @UKBengali

 

[Michael Corleone]

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@DalalErMaNodi @bluesky @UKBengali

Nigga

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

@gom poa

Video ebe saon, time stamp dir

Chittaingey oler mukh kharab

@Michael Corleone in the last video, he says the word that you were asking me about at the very beginning.

 

[Buddhistforlife]

@gom poa

Video ebe saon, time stamp dir

Chittaingey oler mukh kharab

@Michael Corleone in the last video, he says the word that you were asking me about at the very beginning.

@DalalErMaNodi Chittagong is highly multicultural I think in terms of religion. There is good number of Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists and Christian in Chittagong.

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

@DalalErMaNodi Chittagong is highly multicultural I think in terms of religion. There is good number of Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists and Christian in Chittagong.

Probably true, my family home from my father's side in Sitakundu is in a Hindu village, where there are 3 temples and 1 small mosque, population to match 70% Hindus. Sitakundu has the highest proportion of Hindus not only in Chittagong but in all of Bangladesh. Anywhere from 30 to 40% are adherents of the Hindu faith.

Buddhists in Bangladesh are concentrated in Chittagong, I believe. I'm not sure but I think there is a Buddhist monastery in khulshi area atop a hill ? Although I could be mistaken, it could be a Hindu temple, I don't remember. I think Rangamati upazila is predominantly Buddhist and perhaps khaggrachari too, is the demographic data available somewhere?

Christianity has a history in Chittagong, introduced by Portuguese merchants and settlers who interacted with locals when they came to the port of Chittagong. Firengis are the direct descendants of these Portuguese merchants.



Btw when I say Chittagong division, I'm referring to Greater Chittagong area including CHT (since they come to the city for jobs and higher studies, might as well include them. Not sure if they consider themselves as Chittaingey?)

Despite current grouping, Noakhali, Feni, Comilla and co. are NOT a part of Chittagong.

Cox Bazar people have an absurd accent but they do speak a rather bastardised version of Chittagonian.

 

[Buddhistforlife]

Probably true, my family home from my father's side in Sitakundu is in a Hindu village, where there are 3 temples and 1 small mosque, population to match 70% Hindus. Sitakundu has the highest proportion of Hindus not only in Chittagong but in all of Bangladesh. Anywhere from 30 to 40% are adherents of the Hindu faith.

Buddhists in Bangladesh are concentrated in Chittagong, I believe. I'm not sure but I think there is a Buddhist monastery in khulshi area atop a hill ? Although I could be mistaken, it could be a Hindu temple, I don't remember. I think Rangamati upazila is predominantly Buddhist and perhaps khaggrachari too, is the demographic data available somewhere?

Christianity has a history in Chittagong, introduced by Portuguese merchants and settlers who interacted with locals when they came to the port of Chittagong. Firengis are the direct descendants of these Portuguese merchants.



Btw when I say Chittagong division, I'm referring to Greater Chittagong area including CHT (since they come to the city for jobs and higher studies, might as well include them. Not sure if they consider themselves as Chittaingey?)

Despite current grouping, Noakhali, Feni, Comilla and co. are NOT a part of Chittagong.

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Cox Bazar people have an absurd accent but they do speak a rather bastardised version of Chittagonian.

Hill tracts is 60% tribal and 40% bengali as per last data. Tribals are also slowly moving into Dhaka and Chittagong. There is one Chakma temple in Mirpur

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

We should also supply them with condoms and contraceptives in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Michael Corleone]

@gom poa

Video ebe saon, time stamp dir

Chittaingey oler mukh kharab

@Michael Corleone in the last video, he says the word that you were asking me about at the very beginning.

Didn’t understand a word of the papaya video

We should also supply them with condoms and contraceptives in the grand scheme of things.

Manush harami, raate condoms ar lube chara ki eto proyojon broiler murgi?

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

Didn’t understand a word of the papaya video


Manush harami, raate condoms ar lube chara ki eto proyojon broiler murgi?

I sincerely hope that all three of those requests are unrelated.

 

[Michael Corleone]

I sincerely hope that all three of those requests are unrelated.

You should hope to never get request off buying lube and a mug/jug or lightbulb at night, the results are never good