Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh

Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh
PredecessorShah Ahmad Shafi
FormationJanuary 2010; 14 years ago (2010-01)
TypeIslamist advocacy group
HeadquartersAl-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar[1]
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Muhibbullah Babunagari
Secretary General
Sajidur Rahman
Joint Secretary-General
Mamunul Haque
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Founders and key figures
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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] Under recent years, Hefazat has been formed into more of a moderate and anti terrorism ideology due to success of Awami League in ensuring jobs and mobilizing qawmi madrasa.[9]

  1. ^ হাটহাজারীর আস্তানা ছেড়ে ফটিকছড়ি. Samakal (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Unknown Islamist group flexes its muscles in Ctg". The Daily Star. 25 February 2010. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  3. ^ ৩০ জন আহত, গ্রেপ্তার ৩৯, আট ঘণ্টা সড়ক অবরোধ চট্টগ্রামে হেফাজতে ইসলামের কর্মীদের সঙ্গে পুলিশের সংঘর্ষ [Hefajat-e-Islam clash with police at Chittagong, 30 injured and 39 arrested, road blocked for 8 hours]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 25 February 2010. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Civil & Political Rights In Bangladesh" (PDF). Asian Centre for Human Rights. 1: 37. 16 March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Bangladesh: 1 dead in clash over women's rights". Associated Press. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013 – via HighBeam Research.
  6. ^ "Hifazat chief implementing Jamaat agenda". bdnews24.com. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  7. ^ Habib, Haroon (7 April 2013). "The 13-point demands". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Govt must accede to our demands: Hifazat". bdnews24.com. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh's Rivalry with Awami League: The Growing Islamist-Secular Divide". The Jamestown Foundation. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2024 – via Global Research and Anylysis.