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::::::Regardless of the very few resources presented here suggesting a "Hindu" genocide, it is crucial to assert that, in no academic context, is the events of 1971 accepted anywhere as a religious war or genocide. Bengali nationalists, regardless of their gender and religion, fell victim to brutal killings. While there was certainly discrimination against the minority and a concerted effort by the occupying force to vilify the entire Bengali culture as influenced by Hinduism, it's crucial to avoid concluding that these atrocities were motivated by religious factors alone, it wasn't. My own family from Feni and Noakhali experienced the tragic loss of 18 members who were murdered in a school solely due to their affiliation with their activities in the national movement. Any attempt to manipulate this narrative into a religious conflict will be categorically unacceptable. I intend to thoroughly examine this article in the coming days, scrutinizing the sources provided, as there appears to be a consistent pattern of edits by individuals, notably of Indian nationality, aiming to depict a different narrative. I urge everyone to refrain from engaging in such alterations. |
::::::Regardless of the very few resources presented here suggesting a "Hindu" genocide, it is crucial to assert that, in no academic context, is the events of 1971 accepted anywhere as a religious war or genocide. Bengali nationalists, regardless of their gender and religion, fell victim to brutal killings. While there was certainly discrimination against the minority and a concerted effort by the occupying force to vilify the entire Bengali culture as influenced by Hinduism, it's crucial to avoid concluding that these atrocities were motivated by religious factors alone, it wasn't. My own family from Feni and Noakhali experienced the tragic loss of 18 members who were murdered in a school solely due to their affiliation with their activities in the national movement. Any attempt to manipulate this narrative into a religious conflict will be categorically unacceptable. I intend to thoroughly examine this article in the coming days, scrutinizing the sources provided, as there appears to be a consistent pattern of edits by individuals, notably of Indian nationality, aiming to depict a different narrative. I urge everyone to refrain from engaging in such alterations. |
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:::::::{{u|Wiki.arfazhxss}} you are [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangladesh_genocide&diff=prev&oldid=1188920284 removing] huge chunk of sourced contents just because you don't agree with them. Some of the citations even have full quotations to verify. You do need to be aware of the policies like [[WP:V]], [[WP:OR]] and [[WP:BRD]]. You haven't stated anything that can support the removal of such a large sourced content. I would suggest after you are done with scrutinizing the article, propose your changes on the talk page, achieve a consensus and then edit the page. [[User:Nomian|Nomian]] ([[User talk:Nomian|talk]]) 20:42, 8 December 2023 (UTC) |
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Brushup of 'Violence against Biharis' section
The following paragraph has been omitted as I find it irrelevant --
- In May 2003, a high court ruling in Bangladesh allowed 10 Biharis to obtain citizenship and voting rights. The ruling also exposed a generation gap amongst Biharis, with younger Biharis tending to be "elated" with the ruling, but with many older people feeling "despair at the enthusiasm" of the younger generation. Many Biharis now seek greater civil rights and citizenship in Bangladesh. On May 19, 2008 the Dhaka High court approved citizenship and voting rights for about 150,000 refugees who were minors at the time of Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971, and those who were born after would also gain the right to vote.
--— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sabih omar (talk • contribs) 15:01, 23 December 2009
Requested move 21 December 2018
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1971 Bangladesh genocide → Bangladesh genocide of 1971 or Bangladeshi genocide of 1971
The move is to make the title more resemble other genocide and massacre articles like the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66.
Article should be named the Bangladesh massacres
Since its still disputed widely that if the bangladesh killings in 1971 was a gonocide or not this article should be named the 1971 Bangladesh Massacres instead of "Genocide" to avoid spreading anti pakistan propaganda. After all there are sources which state the number of deaths are "over exagerrated" and according to them numbers still lower. Like the one that states deaths around 13,000. 203.175.72.22 (talk) 19:55, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
- Can you share said sources? OkLs (talk) 02:25, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
- All the sources are mentioned and authentic. Pakistan army did a genocide,face the reality. 103.165.22.18 (talk) 08:47, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
- Hi. There is no citation to the first paragraph anywhete. It seems like a commentary or narrative of someone. Was that you who wrote this.
- The introductory paragraph before the table starts doesnt have anything.
- Would you at least add citation there of any sort. Like one of your Indian authors books that you usually use in such articles. Add something there? 85.76.151.80 (talk) 20:22, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
- //There is an academic consensus that the events which took place during the Bangladesh Liberation War constituted a genocide; however, many Pakistanis disagree that the killing was a genocide.//
- Can you please add citation here? Should be easy to find said academic consensus. 85.76.151.80 (talk) 20:29, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
Motive: "Racism"
Hello, I've viewed the Motive as "Racism" and it is quiet ridiculous. Whatever the word is for quelling separatists and crackdown on populations is much more appropriate, in fact racism as a motive might need to be removed entirely. Thank you PreserveOurHistory (talk) 16:26, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
- The main motive was Racism and treating bengalis as second class citizens with respect to west Pakistanis that alienated them and hence they started a movement for their independence against racist and colonialist Pakistani government.
- That's the reason,face reality 103.165.22.18 (talk) 08:50, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
Requested move 9 January 2023
- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 18:50, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
1971 Bangladesh genocide → Bangladesh genocide – Most domestic and international sources refer to the genocide without the year, similar articles regarding genocides which occurred in Rwanda, Cambodia, Armenia etc omit the year so it seems unnecessary to have the year in the article title.--AMomen88 (talk) 02:11, 9 January 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. >>> Extorc.talk 17:00, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
- Support I don't know of another event referred to as the "Bangladesh genocide". CJ-Moki (talk) 19:12, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
- Support as more concise. - excarnateSojourner (talk | contrib) 20:55, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
Bangladesh
103.139.145.34 (talk) 21:08, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
- Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 22:34, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
Primarily Bengali Hindus as target?
Note: Moved here from User talk:MrMkG
Hello @MrMkG. Please be gentle and follow WP:CIVILITY because I don't want to get into a conflict like last time. Try to keep your reply to the point and short.
You recently made an edit at Bangladesh genocide in Revision as of 11:03, 25 October 2023 and said that targetting of Bengali Hindus is nowhere mentioned in the source. I quote your edit summary The source doesn't say this, one can say disproportionate (still many problems, negationist) but not primarily
But I just read 1-3 pages and can see it being mentioned and explained after that too. Can you explain your claims? Shaan SenguptaTalk 09:55, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
- Mr. Sengupta please do not follow me to other articles, it is very unpleasant. Now that you are here once again, read the source again and understand it. It does not say it was Bengali Hindus primarily killed. It says the Pakistani administration saw Bengalis as having been "corrupted" by "Hindu culture" (one of the reasons for the prejudice) and killed them indiscriminately.
- Of those killed most were naturally Muslims as they were the majority of Bengalis in Bangladesh. The source mentions sub-categories of victims as "intellectuals", "university students", "members of Awami League", "urban poor", "Hindus", "police personnel" and "anyone with the capacity to rebel". It is therefore very wrong to say "primarily Bengali Hindu" as it denies recognition to all others. It should either be "Bengalis" as it is the primary category or all the sub-categories. Since sub-categories are complex, it is preferred to mention solely the primary category in the infobox. Please understand that this is a sensitive topics.
- I plan on editing this article in the future. There are many things wrong with it. As an example the lower estimate is being taken from rejected work of Sarmila Bose (who denies the genocide) and CIA figures (who shared complicity). Do you plan to revert me at every step I make? If so I am unable to proceed. MrMkG (talk) 17:51, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
- First of all I have no interest in following your or some others actions. I am sure you would have made more edits at different pages. But this is just the second time we are discussing about something. I have been to pages of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman recently and I got here from there. Anways you are free to think as you want. I can't change your thoughts and insecurities. I would want you to only focus on this. Now I am quoting the things from that reference pdf. I am striking it all down because these are copyrighted materials. I have quoted it here just to show it to you.
Page 1Moreover, more than two decades of co-habitation had not diminished the condescending attitudes that the West Pakistanis had for their Bengali compatriots—the latter were seen as “low lying people of a low lying land” whose commitment to Pakistan was polluted by Hindu culture and a large Hindu minority
.Page 3Hinduphobia. Secondly, the military leadership saw a need to destroy what it saw as the pernicious Hindu influence over Bengali society that had both corrupted Bengali Muslims and fuelled secessionist impulses (and also acted as a fifth column for India). They calculated that purifying East Pakistan, by cleansing the population of the Hindus, by killing them or forcing them to neighbouring India, would supplant its Bengali national identity with an Islamic one18
.Page 3While all Hindus were killed, lives of Muslim women and children were generally spared. But rape was commonplace, and both Hindu and Muslim women were subjected to sexual violence by soldiers and razakars
.Page 4While many of the operations were focused around Hindus, the pattern of killings was indiscriminate
.Page 7It was genocide. Beachler uses Robert Melson’s definition of partial genocide 43 to argue that “there was no attempt to eliminate the entire population of East Pakistan”. While this is accurate if Bengalis as a whole are taken as the targeted group, it can be argued that the genocide was total with respect to East Bengali Hindus: around 70% of the 10 million refugees in India were Bengali Hindus. In other words around 70% of East Pakistan’s Hindu population (of about 10 million) had been expelled
.- The first two quotes show that Hindus were targeted. Third fourth and fifth shows that every Hindu was killed and lives of Muslims was spared. What conclusion do you draw from this. Shaan SenguptaTalk 01:54, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
- It's obvious that you followed me here when you revert right after I edit it and don't be passive aggressive with talk of "insecurities" or whatever.
- Are you unable of understanding the very quotes? What do you think the fourth quote "While many of the operations were focused on Hindus, the pattern of killings was indiscriminate" means?
- Read the entire thing and not just do a search find for "Hindu" to cherrypick parts that refer to Hindus. Here I will help you, here is a quote specifying who the targets were in its entirety.
Who were the victims? The army set out to exterminate not only those Bengalis who, in its view, had the intention to move the east wing towards secession, but also those who had the capacity. In other words, both existing and potential votaries of Bangla Desh were targets for killing. The first category included Awami League members and supporters, including Bengali intellectuals, university students, the urban poor. Also in this category was the Hindu minority. Among those in the second category were Bengali members of the armed forces and police who were automatically marked out as targets despite having loyally served Pakistan. This category came to include young men who were seen as potential recruits for the insurgent groups fighting Pakistani rule.
- And here is the a quote specifying the primary justification.
Why did the military government decide to use firepower against its Bengali citizens? Firstly, it was faced with a scenario where, at best, the government would fall into Bengali hands, and at worst, would lead to a break-up of the country. General Yahya and the more hardline members of the army’s top leadership decided to terrorise the east wing into submission. Even if they had wanted to, it would have been almost impossible for the army to control a hostile population of 75 million Bengalis using gentler tactics. Instead, they calculated that the Bengalis, who they saw as weak, non-martial and cowardly would give up their rebellion out of fear.
- What do I have to say to your quotes?
- The first quote is exactly about what I said, that "Hindu influence" was seen as "polluting" all Bengalis.
- The second quote is more of the same but also highlights their justification for targeting Hindus, there are similar justifications for other sub-categories.
- The third quote is in the context of genocidal rape, that they killed the Hindus who were raped by them but left alive the Muslims who were raped by them (presumably so that their children will be Muslim but not be of a purely "Bengali character", not mentioned in this source but you can find it in others in the article).
- I have already mentioned the fourth quote, it refutes your own point and directly contradicts the "primarily Bengali Hindus" wording by saying that the killings were indiscriminate overall.
- The fifth quote is just discussing arguments of a particular scholar around definitional issues. As I said, "Bengali Hindus" being a disproportionate number of the victims is accurate but "primarily Bengali Hindus" is simply not as the sheer majority of the victims in numbers were "Bengali Muslims".
- And don't be foolish, quoting for discussional purposes can't be a copyright violation and if it were then "striking it" wouldn't prevent it from still being a copyright violation as the content can still be clearly seen and read. MrMkG (talk) 07:08, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
- @MrMkG I told you to be gentle. If you dont want to follow WP:CIVILITY, then I am not interested in discussing anything with you. Calling someone foolish is a violation of WP:NPA. And your choice of words is very rude. I am leaving it here. Others with the reference of my concerns will take the right action. Once again I have no interest in following your actions. One more harsh word from your side and I will report you at ANI (and this is not a threat). Secondly, just to tell you those lines are strcuk so that it can be revdeled when it is over. Goodbye! Shaan SenguptaTalk 10:49, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
- @MrMKG, your unsourced POV additions have been reverted. The main target of the Pakistan Military and Razakars were only Bengali Hindus, this is well documented in the sources. The reason why this is called a genocide is because there were targeted massacres of Hindus with a motive to exterminated the Hindu population in the country. There were some Muslim victims as well but Hindus were the overwhelming majority among the victims. Note that Razakars were Bengali Muslims so it would be illogical to say that they had genocidal intentions against Bengali Muslims. A.Musketeer (talk) 22:11, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
- Hello User A Musketeer. You have just removed and changed many things not just my edits. You say "unsourced POV additions"? Hmmmmm. What? The argument was over a source but sure sure.
- Weird half denial going on. The claims you make are untrue and sources don't say what you say. These topics are not so simplistic. Please learn to understand and empathize. I'll give you more sources.
- About genocide, source - Totten, S., Parsons, W.S., & Parsons, W.S. (Eds.). (2004). Century of Genocide (2nd ed.). Routledge. Chapter 7. Genocide in Bangladesh. p 256. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203495698
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The victims of the 1971 genocide were, thus, first and foremost Bengalis. Though Hindus were especially targeted, the majority of the victims were Bengali Muslims—ordinary villagers and slum dwellers—who were caught unprepared during the Pakistani army’s spree of wanton killing, rape, and destruction. As previously mentioned, the Pakistani ruling elites identified certain groups as their special enemies—students and intellectuals, Awami Leaguers and their supporters, and Bengali members of the armed forces and the police. However, many members of these targeted groups went into hiding or into exile in India after the initial attack. As a result, the overwhelming majority of the victims were defenseless, ordinary poor people who stayed behind in their own houses and did not suspect that they would be killed, raped, taken to prison, and tortured simply for the crime of being born a Bengali.
- About razakars, source - Explained: Who were the Razakars, accused of horrific crimes during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation war? Written Raghu Malhotra. 21 July 2022. Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-global/razakars-accused-horrific-crimes-1971-bangladesh-liberation-war-8062174/
Razakars mostly consisted of Urdu-speaking Bihari Muslims and religious parties that opposed the separation of East and West Pakistan, like Jamaat-e-Islami, Al Badr and Al Shams.
- MrMkG (talk) 10:07, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
- @MrMkG: You just said this topic is not simplistic and yet you are cherry-picking weak sources from google. Have you gone through a single verdict of the International Crimes Tribunal? How many Muslim victims do they talk about? And how many Biharis do you see accused? Can you name at least one Bihari leader from the Razakar forces? I would request you to first study the topic adequately before making any significant changes to the article. The main scholarly consensus is that these killings and rapes constitute a genocide because they were specifically targeted at Hindus in order to exterminate their population. Denying this fact would be equivalent of genocide denial. A.Musketeer (talk) 12:05, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
- Weak sources? I showed you a scholarly source on genocide. It is in fact genocide scholarship particularly. You couldn't get a better source for this topic even if you tried. The sources in the article validate it too.
- Main scholarly consensus? Preposterous. You show no sources. Scholarly, non-scholarly, nothing. It is your peculiar and incorrect viewpoint which you masquerade as "main scholarly consensus".
- User A.Musketeer, beware I am well informed on the scholarly discourse around this topic and be very very careful throwing your accusation of genocide denial. It would in fact be applicable to someone claiming that only one sub-group (Bengali Hindus) was the victim and worst yet implying that others (Bengali Muslims) were prepetrators when both were the victims. A peculiar and insidious form of denialism.
- ICT never said the things you do. The estimated deaths is 3 million Bengalis (not Hindu, not Muslim, simply Bengali). It must also be also kept in mind that they couldn't go after most perpetrators and had to do with those who couldn't get away to West Pakistan in time so that is the context they're operating out of. They only prosecuted some of the militia leaders and particular judgements should never to generalized to the full phenomena.
- ICT in its most generalised comment said -
the auxiliary forces acted and collaborated to pursue a policy and plan not of their own but of a ‘State or group policy’ and consciously knew and actively associated themselves with that common ‘policy and plan of annihilating the pro-liberation Bengali civilians’.
- It is true that the Pakistani Martial Administration had some Bengali collaborators in the Islamist parties who wanted to crush the pro-independence sentiment widespread among Bengalis. I assume that is the point you're trying to make to. It does not mean Bengali Muslims were not victims of the mass killings and mass rapes by the Pakistani Army (who were the primary perpetrators and who escaped prosecution) and the militias too. These people in fact had very similar views of general Bengalis as their West Pakistani counterparts. I will say this again that these topics are not so simplistic as you may imagine. MrMkG (talk) 14:16, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
- @MrMkG: You just said this topic is not simplistic and yet you are cherry-picking weak sources from google. Have you gone through a single verdict of the International Crimes Tribunal? How many Muslim victims do they talk about? And how many Biharis do you see accused? Can you name at least one Bihari leader from the Razakar forces? I would request you to first study the topic adequately before making any significant changes to the article. The main scholarly consensus is that these killings and rapes constitute a genocide because they were specifically targeted at Hindus in order to exterminate their population. Denying this fact would be equivalent of genocide denial. A.Musketeer (talk) 12:05, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
Organized vandalism by far-rights from India
I have noticed that all the Wikipedia articles related to the Independence movement of Bangladesh have been vandalized by Far-right activists from India. If you look at the user page of Shaan Sengupta , you'll find the admiration of radical Hindutva ideology.
It is true that Bengali Hindus faced harsher treatment compared to Bengali Muslims, but the primary motive for the genocide was no to exterminate Bengali Hindus. They were subjected to harsher treatment, because most of them largely supported Awami League in 1970 Pakistani general election.
I'm adding another Wikipedia page to show how systematically they carry out their vandalism: BJP IT Cell. Such spreading of internet misinformation by them have been ruing the wikipedia platform for years. 203.76.222.248 (talk) 15:36, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
- Someone trying to do defame me knowingly? Editing while logged out? Anyways should I term this as a violation of Wikipedia:No Personal Attacks? Shaan SenguptaTalk 01:17, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
Needs edits for bias
The article is definitely unbalanced and needs a move and major edits. I don't think it's the case that the Bangladesh war is generally accepted as a genocide, per reliable sources:
- "Thus, the governments of Nigeria and Pakistan rejected the genocide claim leveled by Biafran and East Pakistan (Bangladesh) secessionist movements in the late 1960s and 1971 respectively, insisting that they were confronting internal rebellions that were no business of the international community. Most members of the UN agreed.. None of these cases [Biafra, Bangladesh, Burundi, etc.] became generally recognized as genocide; they rarely appear in university syllabi and textbooks on the subject."[1]
(t · c) buidhe 23:09, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
- I can't talk about Biafra-Nigeria but non-recognition by states is irrelevant (especially from perpetrators which is commonplace) and low visibility in western academic curriculum does not mean there isn't an academic consensus that it was a genocide in scholarship about this topic. MrMkG (talk) 15:51, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
- But there is also problem with mischaracterization and it does need major edits but not in this way. MrMkG (talk) 16:05, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
- I'd dispute that—this is listed as a genocide in Chapter 21 of Volume 3: Genocide in the Contemporary Era, 1914–2020 of The Cambridge World History of Genocide (published in June 2023). Malerisch (talk) 10:41, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
- The ellipsis in User:Buidhe's citation also hides a statement that would otherwise undermine this argument:
Most members of the UN agreed, despite widespread public support for the independence cause and acceptance that genocidal violence was taking place.
Malerisch (talk) 01:02, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
References
Disruptive edits by Lionel Messi Lover
@Lionel Messi Lover please do not add unsourced content or unreliable sources. This is a history article so we only rely on scholarly sources. I would recommend you to read Bass, Gary J. (2013a). The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide. and MacDermot, Niall (June 1972). "The Review" (PDF). International Commission of Jurists. Both very clearly say that Hindus were the only target of the genocide. You can also check the quotations provided from these sources in the article. Please stop your disruptive edits. A.Musketeer (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- @Lionel Messi Lover, your source [1] your source rather contradicts your claim. The source states "Therefore, it can be generally assumed that religion has played an influential role in the genocide. Our study suggests that only Hindus were targeted and killed in 23 cases". Furthermore, the 42% figure is about the Hindu population, stating 42% Hindus in Est Pakistan were killed in the genocide. Please do not misrepresent sources to push your POV. A.Musketeer (talk) 15:32, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- @User:A.Musketeer, I'm may have misunderstood of the target but killing of 1,111 intellectuals in Dacca University a case of Anti-intellectualism, and why was that removed! Lionel Messi Lover (talk) 13:00, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
- Lionel Messi Lover all the editors here are disagreeing with your edits yet you are continuing with the same disruption. You have been told several times to discuss your edits on the talk page and reach a consensus. Please note that refusal to listen to others is a form of disruptive edit and can even get you sanctioned considering the nature of this article. Nomian (talk) 08:13, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
- What is disruptive here?
- I'm only adding the following info from reliable source. Why have you reverted it?
- The attack was led by Tikka Khan, who was given the name, ‘Butcher of Bengal’ by the Bengalis. On 27 March 1971, he declared: “I will reduce this majority to a minority". He also reportedly claimed that he would kill four million men in 48 hours and thus have a ‘final solution’ to the Bengal problem.[1] Lionel Messi Lover (talk) 10:09, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
- This looks like a self-published source from efsas.org, not a WP:RS. Nomian, can you please edit the first line of the article and change "ethnic cleansing of Bengali Population" to "ethnic cleansing of Bengali Hindus", reflecting what the sources say? A quotation has also been provided in the next citation, the source being The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide. Thanks. A.Musketeer (talk) 13:35, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
- Regardless of the very few resources presented here suggesting a "Hindu" genocide, it is crucial to assert that, in no academic context, is the events of 1971 accepted anywhere as a religious war or genocide. Bengali nationalists, regardless of their gender and religion, fell victim to brutal killings. While there was certainly discrimination against the minority and a concerted effort by the occupying force to vilify the entire Bengali culture as influenced by Hinduism, it's crucial to avoid concluding that these atrocities were motivated by religious factors alone, it wasn't. My own family from Feni and Noakhali experienced the tragic loss of 18 members who were murdered in a school solely due to their affiliation with their activities in the national movement. Any attempt to manipulate this narrative into a religious conflict will be categorically unacceptable. I intend to thoroughly examine this article in the coming days, scrutinizing the sources provided, as there appears to be a consistent pattern of edits by individuals, notably of Indian nationality, aiming to depict a different narrative. I urge everyone to refrain from engaging in such alterations.
- Arfaz (chat) | 14:18, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
- Wiki.arfazhxss you are removing huge chunk of sourced contents just because you don't agree with them. Some of the citations even have full quotations to verify. You do need to be aware of the policies like WP:V, WP:OR and WP:BRD. You haven't stated anything that can support the removal of such a large sourced content. I would suggest after you are done with scrutinizing the article, propose your changes on the talk page, achieve a consensus and then edit the page. Nomian (talk) 20:42, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
- This looks like a self-published source from efsas.org, not a WP:RS. Nomian, can you please edit the first line of the article and change "ethnic cleansing of Bengali Population" to "ethnic cleansing of Bengali Hindus", reflecting what the sources say? A quotation has also been provided in the next citation, the source being The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide. Thanks. A.Musketeer (talk) 13:35, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
- Lionel Messi Lover all the editors here are disagreeing with your edits yet you are continuing with the same disruption. You have been told several times to discuss your edits on the talk page and reach a consensus. Please note that refusal to listen to others is a form of disruptive edit and can even get you sanctioned considering the nature of this article. Nomian (talk) 08:13, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
- ^ "Bangladesh's genocide debate; A conscientious research".
The attack was led by General Tikka Khan, who was the architect of Operation Searchlight and was given the name, 'Butcher of Bengal' by the Bengalis for his actions. On 27 March 1971, he declared: "I will reduce this majority to a minority". He also reportedly claimed that he would kill four million men in 48 hours and thus have a 'final solution' to the Bengal problem.