After weeks of rioting from Islamic fundamentalist fascists and counter-protests from supporters of freedom, the Bangladeshi government has arrested three atheist bloggers for daring to “hurt the religious feelings of the people” by, you know, expressing their beliefs.

Bangladesh police have arrested three atheist bloggers for allegedly defaming Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, police said Tuesday, amid calls from religious fundamentalists for an Internet crackdown. The arrest of the three, who were paraded in handcuffs at a news conference, followed pressure from Islamists who have organised a march from all over the country to the capital to demand the death penalty for atheist bloggers. “They have hurt the religious feelings of the people by writing against different religions and their prophets and founders including the Prophet Mohammed,” said deputy commissioner of Dhaka police, Molla Nazrul Islam.

Look, I’m not really in the mood for subtlety at the moment so let me just be blunt: Fuck your “religious feelings.” Fuck them with a chainsaw. Your “religious feelings” are no more important than my non-religious feelings, you fascist assholes.

And it gets worse:

Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan said the three arrested men were among 84 “atheist bloggers” named in a list handed over by an Islamist group to a government panel probing alleged blasphemy against Islam on the Internet.

So expect this fascist act to be only the beginning.