After Weighing Plethora Of Options, Bangladeshi Baby Finally Rests On Islam
By- Steven Lo
Dhaka— Bedlam erupted throughout Bangladesh Tuesday morning after Mahmud Khan, one month old, broke his 23-day-long isolation to formally declare his decision to enroll in the Muslim faith.
The announcement came at the ledge of a steep balcony overlooking the capital, where an estimated 100,000 Bangladeshis gathered for the second most anticipated event of the year, right behind the annual Stone a Jew Day.
" I have put the entire nation through 23 days of worry and ill ease and for that, I submit to you my deepest apologies," said the onemonth-old Khan. " But I stand before you today ready to obliterate the totality of your nightmares. From this day forth, my beautiful Bangladesh, I, Mahmud Khan, am a Muslim!"
It was the infant ' s final remark that blew the proverbial garb off the capital ' s head.( Of course, those few Bangladeshi women whose garbs literally came off were immediately seized and hanged by police.) The 100,000-plus crowd exploded into a chorus of frenzied screams and cheers that endured for some twenty minutes before abating.
Even the men were said to be in so gleeful a mood that they let their wives join in on the celebration for a full minute before sending them home to bed.
" But it ' s only 10 a. m.," one wife was heard muttering under her breath, following direct orders to cease and desist from the streets. A game of whodunnit / whosedit immediately ensued. Upon realizing she was being stalked down for legal punishment, the woman fled the scene and remains at large, said a policeman on duty.
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