Looking at the recent social, religious and political history of Bangladesh as well as the enactment of specific constitutional provisions, this opinion reflects upon the conditions that might create an environment for intolerance of opposing opinions and difference in Bangladesh. It argues such conditions however, contradicts the country’s long-term traditions which fostered notions and practices of tolerance and co-existence.
ToynbeeA.1947. ‘Failure of Self-Determination’, in D.G.Somervell (ed.), A Study of History: Abridgment of Volumes I–VI. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 300.
