More than 3,000 Bengali Muslims impersonating Rohingyas to obtain UNHCR card by New, Sabah Times English [KK]

“…ALOR SETAR: More than 3,000 Bengali "Muslims from Bangladesh are said to have posed as Rohingya refugees to obtain United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cards, in the past 10 years.…”
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The Essential Rokeya: selected works of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932)

“…This will enable readers outside Bangladesh and West Bengal to appraise and appreciate Rokeya’s fundamental role in the feminist awakening in South Asia, especially among the Bengali Muslims of her time.…”
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O lugar do sacrifício: qurbani e circuitos transnacionais entre bangladeshis em Lisboa The place of sacrifice: qurbani and transnational circuits among Bangladeshis in Lisbon by José Mapril

“…This article seeks to engage with this literature through a case study involving qurbani, a sacrificial ritual which takes place at the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca (the hajj), among Bengali muslims in Lisbon. In the article I argue that in performing this ceremony these migrants (re)produce places and spaces of belonging in a transnational context.…”
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Fed by Famine: The Hindu Mahasabha's politics of religion, caste, and relief in response to the Great Bengal Famine, 1943–1944 by Sarkar, A

“…This article also explores counter-narratives, for example, that Hindu political leaders were deliberately impeding the food supply in the hope that starvation would compel Bengali Muslims to surrender their demand for Pakistan. …”

Representing Identity In Cinema: The Case Of Selected Independent Films Of Bangladesh by Hoque, Md. Fahmidul

“…This explorative study tends to examine how the Bengali Muslim identity i.e. the national identity of Bangladesh, is represented in selected independent films. …”
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Inspired by the Bengal Renaissance: by Mohammad A. Quayum

“… Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932) is often considered as one of the most significant figures in the education and emancipation of Bengali (Muslim) women, especially during the early decades of the twentieth century. …”
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Sufism and saint veneration in contemporary Bangladesh : the Maijbhandaris of Chittagong / by 509721 Harder, Hans

The Pakistan Movement and the Bangla Poetry of the Islamic Trend: by M. Rakibul Hasan Khan

“… The Pakistan Movement was a political movement that took place during the dying stage of the British colonial rule and demanded for a separate homeland for the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent. Some of the Bengali Muslim poets saw this Movement as a great opportunity to overcome the servitude of colonization. …”
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Brick Lane by Wendy O’Shea Meddour

“…Brick Lane centers on the life of a young Bengali Muslim woman, Nazneen, who moves to London in order to live with her new husband, Chanu. …”
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