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Shafi: Hefazat members are not Wahabis
[Dhaka Tribune] Hefajat-e-Islam...a madrassa-based false nose and mustache of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, formed in 2010 to protest against secular education. In 2011 demonstrated violentyly against women's rights and in 2013 held large rallies demanding capital punishment of Shahbag Square protesters and banning women working outside the home... chief Shah Ahmed Shafi yesterday said some quarters were spreading confusion about the real Islamic identity of the members of the organization. "Every Muslim should be aware of this. Sometimes, we are described as Wahabis but I would like to reiterate that there is no Wahabi in the country. "Those who say we are the followers of Wahabism have no knowledge of Islam," said Shafi while addressing an Islamic conference at Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong. Chittagong city unit of Hefajat-e-Islam organised the two-day conference which began on Thursday. Islamic scholars from the country and abroad addressed the conference. They said there would be no room for atheists in Bangladesh and any quarter found to be siding with disbelievers would face dire consequences. They also demanded exemplary punishment of the perpetrators involved in the recent mayhem in Brahmanbaria where a madrasa student was killed. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-17 |
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