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Dear friends,
We are reaching out to you with a sincere request-
1. If in the past two years, you have ever expressed concern about the plight of 14 million Hindus in Bangladesh, then this is the time for you to act. Request Your member of Congress to co-sponsor the historical H.Res 1130 - Recognizing the Bangladesh Genocide of 1971 and protection of religious minorities in Bangladesh.
The resolution calls on the President of the United States to formally recognize the atrocities committed in 1971 by the Armed Forces of Pakistan, along with its Islamist ally Jamaat-e-Islami, against the people of Bangladesh—especially ethnic Bengali Hindus—as genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
It also underscores a critical and often overlooked reality: Jamaat-e-Islami is not merely a historical actor, but a transnational Islamist organization that continues to have a presence and support base in the West, including in the United States—making this recognition both historically necessary and strategically relevant.
Importantly, the resolution goes beyond acknowledgment. It documents the scale and nature of the 1971 atrocities and highlights that religious minorities in Bangladesh—particularly Hindus—continue to face systemic persecution, echoing the traumas of that period.
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