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Hefazat-e-Islam | Return of the hardliners
3 months, 1 week ago

Hefazat-e-Islam | Return of the hardliners

The Hindu  

In the absence of the ‘Begums’ in ruling Bangladesh, Islamists have staked claim to the nation’s polity once again. Just like Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who attempted to placate hardliner outfit Hefazat-e-Islam, leader of the caretaker government Muhammad Yunus too has adopted a similar approach by inducting the extremist group’s deputy chief Prof. A.F.M. Hefazat-e-Islam, which translates to …

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22 years, dozens of lynchings, murders, rape and arson: How the Hindu community has been under attack in Bangladesh
4 months ago

22 years, dozens of lynchings, murders, rape and arson: How the Hindu community has been under attack in Bangladesh

Op India  

On 5th August, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, resigned from her post and fled the country amidst ongoing violent protests. Muslim mob turned violent and launched an arson attack on Hindu houses during 2017 Rangpur violence in Bangladesh In yet another incident of violence against the vulnerable Hindus in neighbouring Bangladesh, at least 30 Hindu houses at Thakurpara …

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

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

Op India  

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 …

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How Bangladesh, with the active help of the Biden admin, is heading towards chaos with a greater risk of Islamist attacks against Hindus
1 year, 10 months ago

How Bangladesh, with the active help of the Biden admin, is heading towards chaos with a greater risk of Islamist attacks against Hindus

Op India  

Before Awami League under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came to power in 2009, Islamists were seen holding rallies on the streets of Dhaka waving weapons, burning American and Indian flags, and chanting the “Allahu Akbar” slogan. As Bangladesh is expected to hold its next general election in January 2024, Islamist forces, including Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP are making …

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Old party, new brand - The Hindu
2 years ago

Old party, new brand - The Hindu

The Hindu  

In the backdrop of the protests led by the main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, authorities in Dhaka arrested Jamaat-e-Islami’s ameer Shafiqur Rahman and his son Rafat Sadik Saifullah last week. The arrests were interpreted as a move to pre-empt Jamaat, the largest Islamist party in Bangladesh, from infusing critical mass to the protest rally set to be launched by BNP …

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Hefazat-e-Islam leaders wanted to turn Bangladesh into Taliban state
3 years, 7 months ago

Hefazat-e-Islam leaders wanted to turn Bangladesh into Taliban state

Op India  

Mamunul Haque, an influential leader of hardcore Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam in Bangladesh, along with other leaders, has confessed to wanting to turn Bangladesh into a Taliban state like Afghanistan if they came to power. Along with other influential leaders from across the country, Haque had formed an organization called ‘Rabetatul Waizin Bangladesh’, to dethrone the government in power and establish …

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Exclusive: Anti-Modi protests in Bangladesh backed by Pakistan, say officials
3 years, 8 months ago

Exclusive: Anti-Modi protests in Bangladesh backed by Pakistan, say officials

India Today  

The protests that have been going on in Bangladesh since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Dhaka visit have a very strong element of support from Pakistan, according to sources. The first indication of Pakistan’s involvement in the agitation during PM Modi’s visit came when the Islamist hardline group Hefazat-e-Islam called for protests and Bangladesh parliament’s official Twitter wrote, “Pak HC #Dhaka’s …

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Analysis | Hefazat-e Islam, the group behind anti-Modi protests in Bangladesh
3 years, 8 months ago

Analysis | Hefazat-e Islam, the group behind anti-Modi protests in Bangladesh

The Hindu  

March 30, 2021 06:48 pm | Updated March 31, 2021 10:39 am IST At least 11 people were killed in Bangladesh over the weekend as protesters clashes with police during demonstrations called by Islamist groups against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Dhaka visit. The main group behind the violent protests was Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, an umbrella organisation of radical Islamists that had …

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Two die in fresh Bangladesh protest violence over Modi’s visit
3 years, 8 months ago

Two die in fresh Bangladesh protest violence over Modi’s visit

Al Jazeera  

Two die in clashes between protesters and police, raising the death toll from protests against India’s Hindu-nationalist leader’s visit to 13. Two people have died in fresh clashes between protesters and Bangladesh police on Sunday, raising the death toll from religious hardline protests against the visit of India’s Hindu-nationalist leader to 13, officials said. “We think if this is not …

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Hindu Temples, Train Attacked as Bangladesh Violence Spreads After PM Modi Visit
3 years, 8 months ago

Hindu Temples, Train Attacked as Bangladesh Violence Spreads After PM Modi Visit

News 18  

Hundreds of members of a hardline Islamist group attacked Hindu temples and a train in eastern Bangladesh on Sunday, police and a local journalist said, as violence spread across the country in the wake of a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At least 10 protesters were killed in clashes with police during demonstrations organised by Islamist groups against PM …

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Violence breaks out in Bangladesh as protests grow against Modi's visit
3 years, 8 months ago

Violence breaks out in Bangladesh as protests grow against Modi's visit

Deccan Chronicle  

NARAYANGANJ: At least a dozen people were reported injured in clashes between police and Islamist demonstrators in Bangladesh on Sunday, the third day of protests against the visit of India's PM Narendra Modi. The protesters -- mostly from the hardline Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam -- were angry at the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Bangladesh marked 50 years …

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I was jailed for Bangladesh: Prime Minister Modi
3 years, 8 months ago

I was jailed for Bangladesh: Prime Minister Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi/Dhaka: Addressing Bangladesh's 50th Independence anniversary at the National Parade Square in Dhaka in the presence of his counterpart Sheikh Hasina on the first day of his two-day visit that began on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled the immense contribution of the founder of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the sacrifices made by both the Indian Army and …

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Bangladesh: Protests erupt over PM Modi's visit, 4 killed after police fire rubber bullets
3 years, 8 months ago

Bangladesh: Protests erupt over PM Modi's visit, 4 killed after police fire rubber bullets

India Today  

At least four protesters from Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh were killed in the Bangladeshi city of Chittagong on Friday after police fired rubber bullets at protesters during a demonstration against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Protests against PM Narendra Modi's visit were also flared in the capital Dhaka, where dozens of people, including two journalists, were injured in clashes with …

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Bangladesh: Members of hardliner group Hefazat-e-Islami attack Hindus over Facebook post
3 years, 9 months ago

Bangladesh: Members of hardliner group Hefazat-e-Islami attack Hindus over Facebook post

Op India  

In a fresh violent attack on minorities, over 80 houses of Hindu in the village of Sunamganj, Bangladesh were attacked and vandalized by the supporters of Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam. The attack was planned after a young Hindu man criticized Joint-Secretary General Mawlana Mufti Mamunul Haque in a Facebook post as reported by Dhaka Tribune. The report details, a conference held …

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Bangladesh’s Dangerous Islamist Appeasement – And What It Portends
3 years, 11 months ago

Bangladesh’s Dangerous Islamist Appeasement – And What It Portends

The Diplomat  

In early 2017, a tussle around a statue of a woman personifying justice became a proxy for the longstanding tensions between Islamist and secular groups in Bangladesh. The ruling Awami League – an in-principle secular political party – is not new to the religious groups’ threats of escalating protests. However, agitation over the sculpture issue was renewed in November, when …

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