“Islamist outfit Hefazat-e-Islam calls for Sharia Law in Bangladesh: Read about the extremist group that was behind the 2021 anti-Modi protests”, Opindia, August 19, 2024:
“Vice President of the Islamist organisation Hefazat-e-Islam (protector of Islam) Bangladesh, Muhyiddin Rabbani, recently stoked controversy when he argued that the nation should adopt Islamic law as opposed to its current legal and constitutional structure, a long-standing objective of the outfit.
Notably, the country has grappled with violent anti-quota protests followed by multiple targeted attacks on minority communities and their religious places, especially Hindus by extremist forces after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on 5th August. Rabbani made it explicit that they intended to create an Islamic state in Bangladesh. According to him, an Islamic government would safeguard Islam and its precepts while also bringing justice to the populace.
Rabbani highlighted that Pakistan was formed in the name of Islam, insinuating that Bangladesh was earlier a part of the country before it gained independence in 1971……”
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