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Malaun (Template:Lang-bn) is a pejorative term for Hindus, most commonly used in Bangladesh. The word is derived from the Arabic "ملعون", meaning "accursed" or "deprived of God's Mercy", and in modern times, it is used as an ethnic slur by the Muslims in Bangladesh for Hindus.

Etymology

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The Arabic word "ملعون" (mal'un), literally meaning 'cursed' is derived from the root "لعنة" (la'nat) meaning "curse". In Islamic parlance, it means 'deprived of Allah's mercy'. The word has been loaned into languages of non-Arabic Islamic countries like Malay and Indonesian. The dictionary published by the Bangla Academy gives the meaning of the Bengali word "মালাউন" as someone cursed or deprived of Allah's mercy or forcefully evicted or a Kafir. It mentions that the word is used as a slur by the Muslims against the non-Muslims. In Bangladesh, the word is more specifically used to refer to the Hindu religious minority. In colloquial usage, the word is sometimes shortened to Malu.

Impact on Hindu society

In few schools and colleges in Bangladesh, the Hindu pupils are frequently abused by their classmates by calling them malauns. Many of them get mentally devastated by consistent bullying and drop out of their studies.

See also

Other pejorative terms for Hindus

• Kafir
• Keling

Persecution of Hindus and Buddhists in Bangladesh

• 1962 Rajshahi massacres
• 1964 East-Pakistan riots
• 1971 Bangladesh genocide
  • Operation Searchlight
  • Chuknagar massacre
  • Jathibhanga massacre
  • Shankharipara massacre
  • Razakar
• 1989 Bangladesh pogroms
• 1990 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence
• 1992 Bangladesh violence
• 2012 Chirirbandar violence
• 2012 Fatehpur violence
• 2012 Hathazari violence
• 2012 Ramu violence
• 2013 Bangladesh Anti-Hindu violence
• 2014 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence
• 2016 Nasirnagar Violence
• Noakhali riots
• Persecution of indigenous peoples in Bangladesh
• Persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh
• Persecution of Buddhists in Bangladesh
• Persecution of Chakma buddhists

Persecution of other non-Muslims in Bangladesh

• Persecution of Ahmadis in Bangladesh
• Persecution of Christians in Bangladesh
• Persecution of atheists and secularists in Bangladesh
• Freedom of religion in Bangladesh

References

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3. "Minorities Fear for Life and Security" (PDF). HRCBM. 12 September 2002. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
4. Chatterjee, Garga (4 March 2015). "The unholy killings of Avijit Roy and Govind Pansare". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
5. Watch, Human Rights; Ganguly, Meenakshi; Alffram, Henrik (2008). The Torture of Tasneem Khalil: How the Bangladesh Military Abuses Its Power Under the State of Emergency. Human Rights Watch. p. 28. Retrieved 30 May 2012. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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7. ^ Roy, Palash Kumar (2 January 2014). সংখ্যালঘুরা কাকে ভোট দেবে?. The Daily Jugantor (in Bengali). Dhaka. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
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9. Stevens, Alan M.; Tellings, A. Ed Schmidgall (2004). A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary. Ohio University Press. p. 610. ISBN 978-0-8214-1584-9. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
10. ^ Barua, Anirban (6 November 2016). মন্ত্রীর মালাউন গালি ও বাংলা একডেমির অর্থ. Amader Orthoneeti (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 November 2016.

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• Anti-South Asian slurs
• Anti-Hindu sentiment
• Persecution of Bengali Hindus
• Hate speech
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