DHAKA: Bangladesh on Friday removed a controversial statue depicting a goddess of justice outside its Supreme Court that religious hardliners had deemed “un-Islamic,” a move its creator said marked a victory for Islamists.
Hardliners wanted the statue of the blindfolded, sari-clad woman holding scales—a Bangladeshi version of the Greek goddess of justice—to be replaced with a Koran.
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