“Excessive freethinking by bloggers has created trouble.



“They have spoken against religion and defamed the prophet while taking up Islam as a topic for freethinking... They have said things that cannot be expressed in words,” Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque told a discussion on Saturday.



Secular writers, bloggers, online activists, publishers, who have died in targeted killings in the past few years by suspected Islamist militants, had received threats for their writings.





Online activists, however, say that statements, like the one made by IGP on Saturday, from the government have in a way encourage Islamist extremists.Leader of the Opposition Raushon Ershad had recently said half-hearted investigations into the murder of bloggers created the ground for the Gulshan and Sholakia attacks.But IGP Hoque, speaking at a discussion organised on a newspaper’s anniversary, “The bloggers have hurt religious sensitivities by their writings and the terrorists have harmed the society, the country and the humanity by killing people.”