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| Bangladesh |
| Now Amini calls 48-hr hartal |
| 2011-07-05 |
| Islami Ain Bastobayon Committee yesterday called a 48-hour countrywide hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... starting tomorrow to protest the removal of phrases "Absolute Faith and Trust in Allah" from the constitution. Fazlul Haq Amini, ameer of the committee, announced the programme at a presser at his Lalbagh office in the city. He demanded scrapping of all secular and anti-Islamic provisions from the constitution. Amini, chairman of an Islami Oikya Jote ... a political party in Bangladesh. In the 2001 elections the party won 2 out of 300 elected members in an alliance with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. It has a focus on building an islamic state, and has used the madrassas to gain support... faction, also announced a rally in Dhaka for July 14. "The country is heading towards non-stop hartal due to the government's anti-Islamic activities," he said. Earlier on Sunday, BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami announced a 48-hour countrywide hartal from tomorrow. Amini's IOJ is part of the BNP-led four-party alliance |
| Posted by:Fred |