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Photos: Deadly Islamist riots rock Bangladesh

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Bangladeshi police gather near a car set ablaze by Islamist protesters during clashes on Monday, May 6. Police broke up a protest of tens of thousands of religious hardliners and shut down an Islamist television station Monday after battles in the streets of Dhaka. <a href='http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/05/world/asia/bangladesh-clashes/index.html'>Demonstrations calling for religious laws</a>, led by the ultraconservative group Hefazat-e-Islam (Protectors of Islam), have been building since February.

Bangladeshi police gather near a car set ablaze by Islamist protesters during clashes on Monday, May 6. Police broke up a protest of tens of thousands of religious hardliners and shut down an Islamist television station Monday after battles in the streets of Dhaka. Demonstrations calling for religious laws, led by the ultraconservative group Hefazat-e-Islam (Protectors of Islam), have been building since February.