Avijit Roy
Avijit Roy ( Bengali অভিজিৎ রায় Abhijit Rāẏ ; * 1972 or 1973 in Bangladesh ; † February 26, 2015 in Dhaka , Bangladesh) was an American religious critic of Bengali origin.
Life
Roy was the son of the physicist Ajoy Roy . From 1990 he studied engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology . This was followed by a doctorate in Singapore and a research stay at a university in the USA. In 2007 he emigrated to the USA, he lived in Alpharetta in the US state of Georgia and was a full-time software developer.
As the founder and one of the operators of the blog Mukto-mona , which is critical of religion , Roy was exposed to death threats from religious fanatics. Rokomari.com, an e-commerce platform, was forced to stop selling Roy's books following death threats. Roy, whose ancestors were Hindus , described himself as a secular humanist .
His blog Mukto-mona (free spirit) was in 2014 Weblog Award The BOBs of Deutsche Welle have been nominated. Avijit Roy founded Mukto-mona on May 26, 2001, initially as a Yahoo group; a little later the blog was set up as a website of its own with the financial support of a Canadian humanist.
Roy was slain with machetes by religious fanatics in 2015 after appearing at a book fair in Bangladesh. His wife Rafida Ahmed Bonna survived several knife wounds. An Islamist group called Ansar Bangla-7 claimed responsibility for the attack.
The International Humanist and Ethical Union paid tribute to Avijit Roy and condemned his murder. Roy's death recalls the case of the humanist Ahmed Rajib Haider , who was also murdered in his home country for his humanist work, and the case of the blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu , who was murdered five weeks after Roy.
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Roy published eight books in Bengali as well as articles in newspapers and journals. He achieved notoriety above all with his works Obisshahser Dorshon (The Philosophy of Unbelief) and Biswasher Virus (The Virus of Faith).
Publications (selection)
- আলো হাতে চলিয়াছে আঁধারের যাত্রী ', 2005
- with Farid Ahmed: মহাবিশ্বে প্রাণ ও বুদ্ধিমত্তার খোঁজে, 2007
- স্বতন্ত্র ভাবনা: মুক্তচিন্তা ও বুদ্ধির মুক্তি, 2008
- বিশ্বাসের ভাইরাস (The Faith Virus)
- সমকামিতা: বৈজ্ঞানিক এবং সমাজ-মনস্তাত্ত্বিক অনুসন্ধান, 2010 (homosexuality: scientific and socio-psychological investigation)
- with Raihan Abir: অবিশ্বাসের দর্শন, 2011 (The Philosophy of Unbelief)
- বিশ্বাস ও বিজ্ঞান, 2012
- ভালবাসা কারে কয়, 2012
- শূন্য থেকে মহাবিশ্ব, 2014 (Universe out of nowhere)
See also
Web links
- Avijit epitomises spirit of humanity , bdnews24.com, February 28, 2015
- US blogger critical of Muslim extremists fatally stabbed in Bangladesh , latimes.com, February 27, 2015
- The Virus of Faith , at Goodreads January 21, 2015
- Mukto Mona , Avijit Roy's blog (Bengali)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b অভিজিৎ রায় , Avijit Roy, Profile at Goodreads
- ↑ Bangladesh: Human rights blogger Roy stabbed to death , Spiegel Online, February 27, 2015
- ^ Mukto-Mona in Retrospect , mukto-mona, May 24, 2004
- ^ Machete blows to the head - fanatics kill critics of religion , n-tv, February 27, 2015.
- ↑ Atheist and Islam-critical blogger murdered , Der Tagesspiegel, February 27, 2015.
- ^ Writer Avijit Roy hacked dead, wife hurt near TSC ( February 26, 2015 memento in the Internet Archive ) , The Daily Star, February 27, 2015.
- ↑ Humanists appalled at the murder of secular activist and writer Avijit Roy , February 26, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roy, Avijit |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American religious critic of Bengali origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1972 or 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bangladesh |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 2015 |
| Place of death | Dhaka , Bangladesh |