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| '''Malaun''' ({{lang-bn|মালাউন}}) is a derogatory |
'''Malaun''' ({{lang-bn|মালাউন}}) is a derogatory term for a ] ], most commonly used in ].<ref name="roy18">{{cite book |last=Roy |first=Tathagata |title=My People, Uprooted |year=2002 |publisher=Ratna Prakashan |location=Kolkata |isbn=81-85709-67-X |page=18}}</ref> The word is derived from the Arabic "ملعون", meaning 'accursed' or 'deprived of God's Mercy', and in modern times, it became used as an ] by ] in Bengal for Hindus.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Torture of Tasneem Khalil: How the Bangladesh Military Abuses Its Power Under the State of Emergency |last1=Watch |first1=Human Rights |last2=Ganguly |first2=Meenakshi |last3=Alffram |first3=Henrik |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2008 |publisher=Human Rights Watch |location= |isbn= |page=28 |pages= |accessdate=May 30, 2012 |url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=qFS95bbQR7wC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |author=House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=March 25, 2005 |title=Human Rights Annual Report 2004: Fourth Report of Session 2004-05 |url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmfaff/109/109.pdf |publisher=House of Commons, United Kingdom |page=88 |docket= |accessdate=May 31, 2012 |quote= }}</ref> During the 1971 Bangladesh genocide, the Pakistani occupation army and the collaborators used the term in offensive manner to refer to Dr. Gobinda Chandra Deb before executing him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gunijan.org.bd/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=179 |title=গোবিন্দচন্দ্র দেব |trans-title=Gobinda Chandra Deb |author=Mohammad Qutub Uddin Sajeeb |date= |work=gunijan.org.bd |publisher=gunijan.org.bd |accessdate=May 31, 2012}}</ref> | ||
| == Etymology == | |||
| Malaun is an Arabic loan word, translated into English as 'accursed'.<ref name="roy350">{{cite book |last=Roy |first=Tathagata |title=My People, Uprooted |year=2002 |publisher=Ratna Prakashan |location=Kolkata |isbn=81-85709-67-X |page=350}}</ref> The word is applicable to any non-Muslim in the Islamic doctrinal sense. Historically, the usage of the word was restricted mostly to the Indian subcontinent. At present, the word is used mostly in Bangladesh to refer to the ]. | |||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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Malaun (Template:Lang-bn) is a derogatory term for a Bengali Hindu, most commonly used in Bangladesh. The word is derived from the Arabic "ملعون", meaning 'accursed' or 'deprived of God's Mercy', and in modern times, it became used as an ethnic slur by Muslims in Bengal for Hindus. During the 1971 Bangladesh genocide, the Pakistani occupation army and the collaborators used the term in offensive manner to refer to Dr. Gobinda Chandra Deb before executing him.
References
- Roy, Tathagata (2002). My People, Uprooted. Kolkata: Ratna Prakashan. p. 18. ISBN 81-85709-67-X.
- Watch, Human Rights; Ganguly, Meenakshi; Alffram, Henrik (2008). The Torture of Tasneem Khalil: How the Bangladesh Military Abuses Its Power Under the State of Emergency. Human Rights Watch. p. 28. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee (March 25, 2005). Human Rights Annual Report 2004: Fourth Report of Session 2004-05 (PDF) (Report). House of Commons, United Kingdom. p. 88. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
{{cite report}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Mohammad Qutub Uddin Sajeeb. "গোবিন্দচন্দ্র দেব" [Gobinda Chandra Deb]. gunijan.org.bd. gunijan.org.bd. Retrieved May 31, 2012.