HONG KONG (Reuters) - A group of Bangladeshis burned copies of the Far Eastern Economic Review magazine on Friday to protest against an article describing the mainly Muslim country as a land of rising fundamentalism and religious intolerance.
Carrying a Bangladeshi flag, about 10 demonstrators marched to the building housing the Hong Kong-based magazine to condemn the article published in its latest edition.
They tried to hand in a protest letter with 400 signatures, but representatives of the magazine were not available to receive it because of a public holiday.
The protesters then burned two copies of the magazine just outside the building.
Bangladesh banned the magazine's latest issue earlier this week.
The article said "rising fundamentalism and religious intolerance are threatening secularism and moderate Islam" in Bangladesh, adding the country had "militant groups with links to international terrorist groups".