Bangladesh Islami Front demands ban on Hefajat, Khelafat Majlis
Bangladesh Islami Front has urged
the government to ban Hefajat-e-Islam and Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis for their
alleged involvement in anti-state activities across the country.
The platform placed their
seven-point demand at a press conference at Chattogram Press Club today.
SOM Abdus Samad, joint general
secretary of Bangladesh Islami Front, read out the statement at the press
conference.
He said there are ample proof that
top Hefajat leaders were collaborators of Pakistani army during the Liberation
War. The government should prosecute them for crimes against humanity, he said.
As police and other law enforcing
agencies found links between extremists and Hefajat leaders, the government
must ban Hefajat and Khelafat Majlis, he added.
Criticising the government for its
recognition of Qawmi-based education, Bangladesh Islami Front alleged that due
to the government's lenient policy, Hefajat had developed higher political
ambition.