Dhaka: The radical Islamist group in Bangladesh, Hefazat-e-Islam, has issued a threat, stating that the Chief Advisor of the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, will face a similar fate as former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina if the proposals made by the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission are put into action.
At various protest rallies and processions organised across the country, the Islamist group made these warnings to the interim government, terming the women’s reform body proposals as “anti-Islamic,” local media reported.
The Hefazat leader, demanding the abolishment of the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission, announced that the group will hold a mass rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on May 3. The Islamist group, on Friday, also organised a protest rally and procession in Chattogram’s Andarkill.
Later, addressing a public gathering at the Chashara Central Shaheed Minar in Narayanganj, Mamunul Haque, joint secretary general of Hefazat, said that the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission has shown complete disregard for Islamic law by stating that religious and social norms are the main reason for discrimination against women in the country, according to a report by leading Bangladeshi daily The Business Standard.
“Yunus Saheb has talked about implementing it quickly. He has stood against the Islamic inheritance law. We have given him a lot of respect, but if he moves on this path, we cannot treat him any different than Hasina,” Haque stated (IANS)
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