Hefazat-e-Islam bats for Islamic Law in Bangladesh, read details

Vice President of the Islamist organisation Hefazat-e-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. I’ll strongly speak against it.” He once again voiced that matters including the Hijab would be subjected to consideration under the Sharia after the country executes Islamic Law. Thousands of Islamist activists marched down streets across the country as several government buildings, including the land office and a government- Thousands of supporters of Hefazat-e-Islam stormed a Hindu village in Shalla upazila of Sunamgan district, the same year after a Hindu man shared a social media post criticizing the group’s joint-secretary general, Mawlana Mufti Mamunul, for his speech. Hefazat-e-Islam’s Islamist roots Hefazat-e-Islam, the largest Islamic organisation in Bangladesh was founded in 2010 in Chittagong by Shah Ahmad Shafi to protect Islam against purported anti-Islamic laws and end secularism. It demanded a revolution and the establishment of an Islamic state governed by Sharia Law in Bangladesh, openly opposing the country’s secular legal system.