We make a lot of noise here on GC against the extremities of religion, of the virus of faith and the path it can lead people down; and all we get for it is bombardment for the blasphemy.

These militant Islamists are doing what they are based on their interpretation of the Holy Quran. They believe that the only thing worse than being an unbeliever is criticising those who believe, or their precious prophet. They wholly believe such people deserve to die, mainly because the Quran tell them they do deserve to die.

A militant Islamist group in Bangladesh, Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), has published a list of secular bloggers they say has to be killed. The list encompasses mostly Bangladeshi bloggers, but also contains writers and activists from across the globe.

Most of those on the list are secular, atheist bloggers who campaign against religious fundamentalism and criticise the doctrines of Islam. ABT has already killed about four of them this year in Bangladesh, including the US based Avijit Roy.

According to the Guardian, the group released a statement with the list. “The targets include nine bloggers based in the UK, seven in Germany, two in the US, one in Canada and one in Sweden. Some are Bangladeshi citizens living overseas. Others are dual nationals or citizens of the western nations.”

“Cancel the Bangladeshi citizenship of enemies of Islam and [Muslim religious] education, atheists, apostates, unbelievers, anti-Islamic … bloggers, agents of India … otherwise they will be killed wherever they can be found in the Almighty’s world,” the statement read

It appeared to be targeted at the Bangladeshi government, which has done little to stem the tide of the killing of secular activists in the country. This is not the first and certainly not the last time such a list would originate from an Islamist group.

Those who resort to violence, against citizens of their own country just for voicing a different opinion- they are the ones losing the debate.