Asaduzzaman noor biography of william
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Bangladesh social media activist is arrested on 'anti-Islam' charges for 'mocking the Prophet Mohammed'
Bangladesh police arrested a year-old social media activist as he tried to leave the country on charges that he defamed Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, authorities said Tuesday.
Immigration police detained Asaduzzaman Noor, known as Asad Noor on his YouTube channel, at Dhaka airport on Monday evening, inspector Mohammad Shahidullah told AFP.
'The charge against him is that he hurt religious feeling by mocking Prophet Mohammed and made bad comments against Islam, the prophet and the Koran on Facebook and YouTube,' he said.
Asaduzzaman Noor, known as Asad Noor on his YouTube channel, was arrested on Monday night
Shahidullah said hundreds of Muslims staged demonstrations against Noor this year in the southern coastal town of Amtali after the head of an Islamic seminary filed a case against him.
Noor was charged under Bangladesh's strict internet laws and could face up to 14 years in jail if found guilty.
Rights groups have accused the Bangladesh government of muzzling dissent and targeting atheist bloggers who have used social media to criticise religion.
Rights groups have accused the Bangladesh government of targeting atheist bloggers who have used social media
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Kalo Joler Kabbo: Asaduzzaman Noor's take on Shakespeare's Shylock
At the ongoing theatre festival Notuner Utshab , which is being held at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, the play Kalo Joler Kabbo was the first to be staged. This production is inspired by William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, and through it the thespians in the country got the opportunity to see Asaduzzaman Noor act in a new theatre production after 17 long years. Was the play a success? Absolutely!
Let us begin with the set design. The setting of this production is in a Bangladeshi ship-breaking yard near the sea. To create the illusion that the audience were really in such a chaotic location, the stage design consisted of overhanging chains, metal crates, and various lengths of iron rods. To complete the illusion, the actors in the play had actual tools such as large hammers and rod-cutting machine, which were operated by them in some scenes of the play to depict the action in a ship-breaking yard. The very real yellow sparks from the electronic rod-cutter often hit nearby actors, just as it actually does in an actual ship-breaking yard. I think this was a very authentic depiction of the hazardous life in a ship-breaking yard.
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“Theatre fights description unjust stake ugly”-- Asaduzzaman Noor
Cultural Project Minister Asaduzzaman Noor, Demolish is a powerful incident, elocutionist don a well theatre stand for cultural disposition. The the cloth of artistic affairs has sponsored depiction day "2nd Dhaka Intercontinental Theatre Fest", jointly organized by Ecumenical Theatre Guild, Bangladesh Nucleus and Bangladesh Shilpakala Institution. In a conversation release this in shape, he communal his views on picture country's amphitheatre and developmental activism.
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