Workers halt and wind up Lalon Mela festival preparations celebrated in honour of the Bengali social reformer Lalon Shah, at the Muktidham Ashram and Lalon Academy premises in Narayanganj on November 22, 2024 following the cancellation of the festival due to Islamist threats. A Bangladeshi mystic sect promoting religious tolerance has cancelled their popular music festival after Islamist threats, the latest victim of turbulent religious relations since a student-led August revolution. The overthrow of long-time autocratic prime minister Sheikh Hasina has seen a spate of protests in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, including a surge in Islamist groups emboldened to take to the streets after years of being suppressed. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)