Tag: Hefazat-e-Islam

Bangladesh — Islamist protest leaders arrested in wake of Dhaka siege

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Bangladesh — Islamist protest leaders arrested in wake of Dhaka siege
Cattle market in Dhaka, pictured in 2008.W Jackson for World Watch Monitor   Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh on May 17 alleged that the opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was responsible for a conspiracy to topple the government from power, using recent violent protests which have rocked . . . Read More

Bangladesh PM rejects Muslim demand for blasphemy law

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Bangladesh PM rejects Muslim demand for blasphemy law
The Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has turned down the demand of radical Islamists to enact a blasphemy law to punish those who desecrate Islam and its prophet Muhammad. One hundred thousand activists belonging to Hefazat-e-Islam, an umbrella Islamic organization, had earlier rallied on 6th April in the capital Dhaka . . . Read More