Bangladeshi actress apologises after 'atheist' comments

[Kailash Kumar]

Bangladesh starlet apologises after 'atheist' comments

17 Apr 2019

Bangladeshi actress and model Safa Kabir.

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi actress has been forced to apologise after remarks construed as admitting atheism in a country where people have been murdered for renouncing religion.

Safa Kabir, an actress and model who has appeared in top Bangladeshi television dramas, told a private radio station this week she did not believe in the afterlife.

"I don't believe in life after death. Actually, I never believe in what I can't see," she said, in comments that some took as a rejection of Muslim beliefs in heaven and hell.

The remarks caused a storm on social media, with footage of the interview going viral, and Kabir faced a torrent of criticism in the conservative Muslim country.

On Tuesday, the 24-year-old then posted an apology on Facebook, denying she is an atheist.

"If I committed any mistake, I seek forgiveness from the most merciful. He is the most merciful and forgiving. He will definitely forgive me," she wrote.

"If my words hurt any one's belief, I am sorry for this and I ask for forgiveness," she added in a post that quickly accumulated over 60,000 comments.

Atheism is largely taboo in Bangladesh, where nearly a dozen atheist activists have been brutally attacked and killed by suspected Islamist extremists in recent years.

Many leading atheists have fled the country and are living in exile in the West.

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[The SC]

She is young and questioning existence.. someone needs to explain to her with simple examples that life indeed exists after death..otherwise and on an easily understandable level.. there won't be Spring after Winter, and no Autumn after Summer..

 

[greenblooded]

"I don't believe in life after death. Actually,

what about those who died and never got justice in this world even if there was any,the world is cruel and unfair and the judgment day after life is a true leveller for anyone. Athiests only see the scientific logic that is why they don't believe in God

 

[Michael Corleone]

someone needs to explain to her in simple example that life indeed exists after death..

eh well, yes... others lives maybe... but not the person whose it ends... life ceases to exist as we die... well atleast not for a couple of minutes of being clinically dead but certainly after brain death

 

[The SC]

eh well, yes... others lives maybe... but not the person whose it ends... life ceases to exist as we die... well atleast not for a couple of minutes of being clinically dead but certainly after brain death

One of the principles of life and science: "Nothing is lost and nothing is gained in the universe..everything is just transformed"..So yes life continues in different forms.. We humans are composed of the same elements as the stars and planets.. this is on the physical level..on the individual soul level it might be different in the way that it is not recycled like the body or matter.. but still eternal at the ethereal level..

 

[Fawadqasim1]

Very simple this world is an examination room
and it's by design that you can't make it a paradise
The pain and injustice won't go away no matter what we do it begs it's result and a just one too.
@CriticalThought

 

[Numerous]

Yeh someone should have a kind word with her about it cos denying the afterlife exists is rejecting a part of our religion. May Allah guide her and others like her who live in our communities.

 

[macnurv]

She is young and questioning existence.. someone needs to explain to her in simple example that life indeed exists after death..otherwise and on an easily understandable level.. there won't be Spring after Winter, and no Autumn after Summer..

I am sure she has a higher level of understanding than you. Your logic while comparing Seasons with afterlife is ridiculously hilarious and unintelligent.

what about those who died and never got justice in this world even if there was any,the world is cruel and unfair and the judgment day after life is a true leveller for anyone. Athiests only see the scientific logic that is why they don't believe in God

Show me evidence that those who have died and did not receive justice on this planet somehow will be rewarded justice in afterlife. Your religious views and books does not count as an evidence.

One of the principals of life and science: "Nothing is lost and nothing is gained in the universe..everything is just transformed"..So yes life continues in different forms.. We humans are composed of the same elements as the stars ans planets.. this is on the physical level..on the individual soul level it might be different in the way that it is not recycled like the body or matter.. but still eternal at the ethereal level..

What a load of horse manure you just spewed, there is no such "principal", stop propagating your metaphysical spiritual non-sense as scientific facts.

 

[The SC]

I am sure she has a higher level of understanding than you. Your logic while comparing Seasons with afterlife is ridiculously hilarious and unintelligent.



Show me evidence that those who have died and did not receive justice on this planet somehow will be rewarded justice in afterlife. Your religious views and books does not count as an evidence.




What a load of horse manure you just spewed, there is no such "principal", stop propagating your metaphysical spiritual non-sense as scientific facts.

Wow ignorants are now contesting the most basic nature's and physics principles.. go learn a thing or so before opening your dirty ignorant mouth..