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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. In a notorious incident during the 1971 Bangladesh atrocities, Pakistani officers addressed Dr. Gobinda Chandra Deb with the term before executing him.

References

1. Roy, Tathagata (2002). My People, Uprooted. Kolkata: Ratna Prakashan. p. 18. ISBN 81-85709-67-X.
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. Mohammad Qutub Uddin Sajeeb. "গোবিন্দচন্দ্র দেব" [Gobinda Chandra Deb]. gunijan.org.bd. gunijan.org.bd. Retrieved May 31, 2012.

• Ethnic and religious slurs
• Anti-Hinduism
• Persecution of Hindus