Why are bombs being thrown at Dhaka’s churches?

Homemade bombs were thrown at a Catholic cathedral in Dhaka on Friday evening.

Homemade bombs were thrown at a Catholic cathedral in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Friday evening.

Archbishop’s House and St. Mary’s Cathedral in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Credit: Ifteebd10/wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of the devices exploded at 10:45 p.m. on Nov. 7 near the gate of St. Mary’s Cathedral, causing panic but no injuries among worshipers present at the time…