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Published: 09 Apr 2021 03:36 AM BdST
Updated: 09 Apr 2021 03:36 AM BdST
Several organisations of Bangladeshi freedom fighters living in the US have urged Secretary of State Antony Blinken to designate Hifazat-e Islam as a terrorist organisation. );
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They sent copies of the memorandum to the Department of Homeland Security and the foreign affairs committees of the Congress on Wednesday in the wake a series of violence over years, said Nuran Nabi, president of USA Bangabandhu Parishad.
The other organisations that signed the memorandum are USA Committee for Secular and Democratic Bangladesh; Forum for Secular Bangladesh and Trial of War Criminals of 1971, New York; Bangabandhu Foundation, USA Chapter; Sector Commanders Forum, USA Chapter; and Bangladesh Liberation War Veterans, USA.
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Bangladesh: Hardline Hefazat-e-Islam supporters attack Hindu village over social media post ANI | Updated: Mar 17, 2021 23:29 IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 17 (ANI): Thousands of hardline Islamist organisation Hefazat-e-Islam supporters on Wednesday attacked a Hindu village in Shalla upazila of Sunamgan district, after a Hindu man criticised the group joint-secretary general Mawlana Mufti Mamunul s speech in social media post.
A young Hindu man from Noagaon, Shalla upazila allegedly made a Facebook post criticizing Mamunul, who opposed the sculpture of Bangabandhu on Tuesday.
After this, a mob with makeshift weapons attacked the village on Wednesday, Dhaka Tribune reported.
Hefazat leaders in the area had already staged a protest on Tuesday night, accusing the social media post of inciting religious violence.