Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh
Bangladeshi Islamic advocacy group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (Bengali: হেফাজতে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ) is a far-right conservative-islamic advocacy group consisted mostly of hard-line religious teachers and students.[2][3][4][5][6] The group is mainly based on qawmi madrasas in Bangladesh. In 2013, they submitted a 13-point charter to the Government of Bangladesh, which included the demand for the enactment of a blasphemy law.[7][8]
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![]() The logo of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh | |
Predecessor | Shah Ahmad Shafi |
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Formation | January 2010; 14 years ago (2010-01) |
Type | Islamist advocacy group |
Headquarters | Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar[1] |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
Muhibbullah Babunagari | |
Secretary General | Sajidur Rahman |
Key people | Shah Ahmad Shafi Junaid Babunagari,Muhibbullah Babunagari Mamunul Haque |
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