Fervent support for football giants Argentina and Brazil has sparked a political and religious row in Bangladesh after a hardline preacher called on supporters to take down flags of the South American nations and replace them with Islamic flags in an effort to counter the World Cup fever that has gripped the country.
Supporters of a hardline Bangladeshi preacher have heeded his call to counter fan frenzy around the World Cup by raising Islamic flags across the constitutionally secular country, putting police on alert, the force said Wednesday.
