{"id":7023,"date":"2026-02-10T18:43:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=7023"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:43:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:43:31","slug":"deeply-insecure-why-bangladeshi-minorities-are-scared-ahead-of-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/02\/10\/deeply-insecure-why-bangladeshi-minorities-are-scared-ahead-of-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Deeply insecure\u2019: Why Bangladeshi minorities are scared ahead of elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Religious minorities in Bangladesh, particularly the Hindu community, are experiencing deep anxiety and a sense of insecurity ahead of the national elections scheduled for February 12, 2026. This fear stems from a history of electoral violence and a surge in communal attacks following the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024. While leading political parties like the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami have made unprecedented outreach efforts to promise safety, many victims report broken trust and lasting psychological trauma from recent mob violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> February 1, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/2\/1\/deeply-insecure-why-bangladeshi-minorities-are-scared-ahead-of-elections\">aljazeera.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Religious minorities in Bangladesh, particularly the Hindu community, are experiencing deep anxiety and a sense of insecurity ahead of the national elections scheduled for February 12, 2026. This fear stems from a history of electoral violence and a surge in communal attacks following the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024. While [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":7025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eroding-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7023"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7108,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023\/revisions\/7108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}