1999 Khulna mosque bombing

{{Short description|Bomb attack in Khulna}}

{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = 1999 Khulna mosque bombing

| location = Khulna, Bangladesh

| target = Ahmadiyya

| date = 8 October 1999

| timezone = UTC+06:00

| type = Mass murder; bomb attack; terrorism

| fatalities = 8

| injuries = 30

| perps = Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami

}}

1999 Khulna mosque bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on an Ahmadiyya Mosque in Khulna, Bangladesh in 8 October 1999. In the explosion, 8 people died and around 30 were injured.{{cite news |last1=Ahsan |first1=Shamim |title=The Blame Game Goes on |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/03/02/coverstory.htm |work=Star Magazine |publisher=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |access-date=26 November 2016}}{{cite book|last1=Siddiqui|first1=Tasneem|last2=Ahsan|first2=Masood Alam Ragib|last3=Hassan|first3=Jesmul|last4=(Organization)|first4=Odhikar|last5=International|first5=Minority Rights Group|title=Freedom of religion in Bangladesh|year=2005|publisher=Odhikar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=adtPAQAAIAAJ&q=1999++A+bomb+blast+at+Ahmadiyya+Masjid+in+Khulna|accessdate=26 November 2016|language=en}} On 10 October 1999, Bangladesh Army removed a time bomb from the headquarters complex of Ahmadiyya mission in Dhaka, three days after the bombing. Two days after a bomb was recovered from Jannatul Ferdous Ahmadiya mosque in Mirpur, Dhaka.{{cite web|last1=Canada|first1=Immigration and Refugee Board of|title=Treatment of Ahmadis in Dhaka; reports of attacks, especially by the Khatme Nabuyat [Khatm-e-Nabuwwat]; police response (1995-2000) [BGD34714.E]|url=https://www.ecoi.net/local_link/169505/270842_en.html|website=www.ecoi.net|accessdate=26 November 2016|date=4 July 2000}}{{cite news |title=Bangladesh Army Disarms Mosque Bomb |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19991010/aponline090848_000.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127023425/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19991010/aponline090848_000.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 November 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=26 November 2016}}

==Background==

The Ahmadiyya are small sect of Islam whom many conservative Muslims consider heretical. There are about 100,000 Ahmadi Muslims in Bangladesh, where 90 percent of the population follow other sects of Islam.{{cite news |last1=Manik |first1=Julfikar Ali |title=Suicide Bomber Strikes at Ahmadi Mosque in Bangladesh |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/26/world/asia/bangladesh-suicide-bombing.html |work=The New York Times |date=25 December 2015 |access-date=26 November 2016}}