M A Hossain
Hefazat-e-Islam(HI) in Bangladesh was established in 2010 as a countermeasure to thwart the enactment of the Women’s Development Policy Bill that proposed equal inheritance rights to women. Hefazat-e-Islam, which means”protector of Islam” claims itself to be an apolitical organisation predicating on the hypothesis that they do not take part in the national electoral politics; however, quite the contrary, it has emerged as an important Dramatis Personae in Bangladeshi politics because of the present political context. This organisation is based on nationwide Qawmi Madrasas which is teaching and preaching Orthodox Islam. It has become the centre of attention of major political parties to materialise their interests from its heyday at Shapla Chattar in 2013. Due to my professional reason, I was well aware of this platform and I will dissect its reasons to crash in 2021.
Two more Hefajat leaders arrested over March mayhem
Activists of Hefazat-e-Islam build lines of defence on a road near the main gate of Hathazari Madrasa in Chattogram on March 27, 2021 while policemen stand guard in front of them. Photo: Rajib Raihan Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Police today arrested two more leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam in connection with the violence surrounding the organisation s protest of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi s visit in late March.
The arrestees are Mowlana Md Arif and Mowlana Md Tajul Islam.
Mowlana Arif is the science and technology affairs secretary of Hathazari municipality Hefajat unit while Mowlana Tajul is the assistant dawah affairs secretary of Hefajat s Hathazari upazila unit, said Hathazari Police Station Officer-in-charge (OC) Rafiqul Islam.
Hefajat’s mayhem: Mufti Harun Izhar on 9-day remand
Mufti Harun Izhar
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
A court in Chattogram placed Hefajat-e-Islam s central leader Mufti Harun Izhar on nine-day remand today, in three cases filed with Hathazari Police Station over March 26 mayhem centring the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Helal Uddin granted his three-day remand in each of the three cases after he was produced before the court with a seven-day remand prayer for each case, said Chattogram Court s Inspector Humayun Kabir. Apart from that, Mufti Harun was shown arrested in two more cases, he added.
Four Hefajat leaders on police remand
Mufti Harun Izhar Star Report Star Report
Four Hefajat-e-Islam leaders were placed on remand yesterday in seven cases filed with police stations in the capital and Chattogram over the 2013 mayhem and the recent violence in Dhaka and Chattogram.
The leaders are: Azizul Haque Islamabadi, organising secretary of Hefajat s now dissolved committee; Maulana Jubair Ahmed, former vice-president of its Dhaka city unit, and Maulana Jalaluddin Ahmed, former assistant general secretary, and Mufti Harun Izhar, education and cultural affairs secretary of the dissolved central committee.
Azizul was put on remand for seven days in two cases filed with the capital s Paltan Police Station over March 26 violence centring the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while Jubair was in a six-day remand in two cases filed with Paltan and Motijheel police stations over the 2013 mayhem and the recent violence in D
Carried out mayhem using funds meant for studies of madrasa students Planned to continue violent activities across country till Ramadan Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh used its funds meant for the studies of the students of Qawmi Madrasas for carrying out mayhem in different areas of the country