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A conservative Islamic group in Bangladesh, Hefazat-e-Islam, is made up of strict Islamic teachers and students. Most of its members are from Islamic schools called qawmi madrasas. In 2013, the group gave the Bangladesh government a list of 13 demands, which included a law to punish people who disrespect Islam.
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''''' Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh''''' ({{lang-bn|হেফাজতে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ}} {{transliteration|ISO|Hēphājatē Islāma Bānlādēśa हेफाजते इस्लाम बांलादेश}} ), A far-right, Anti-Hindu,conservative Islamic group in Bangladesh, is made up of radical Islamic religious teachers and students.<ref name=Formation_DS-1>{{cite news|title=Unknown Islamist group flexes its muscles in Ctg|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=127788|access-date=3 May 2013|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=25 February 2010|archive-date=3 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103072457/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=127788|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=formation_PA-2>{{cite news |date=25 February 2010 |script-title=bn:৩০ জন আহত, গ্রেপ্তার ৩৯, আট ঘণ্টা সড়ক অবরোধ চট্টগ্রামে হেফাজতে ইসলামের কর্মীদের সঙ্গে পুলিশের সংঘর্ষ |trans-title=Hefajat-e-Islam clash with police at Chittagong, 30 injured and 39 arrested, road blocked for 8 hours |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-02-25/news/44915 |newspaper=[[Prothom Alo]] |language=bn |access-date=3 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704081059/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-02-25/news/44915 |archive-date=4 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|date=16 March 2015|title=Civil & Political Rights In Bangladesh|url=https://www.achrweb.org/reports/bangla/CCPR-Bangladesh2015-02.pdf|journal=Asian Centre for Human Rights|volume=1|pages=37|access-date=8 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309133627/http://www.achrweb.org/reports/bangla/CCPR-Bangladesh2015-02.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=3 April 2013 |title=Bangladesh: 1 dead in clash over women's rights |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-3e2e40ea723148aaadda7190b771a763.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111044709/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-3e2e40ea723148aaadda7190b771a763.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2013 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=3 May 2013 |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=Jamaat-2>{{cite news|title=Hifazat chief implementing Jamaat agenda|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/04/04/allama-shafi-was-a-collaborator1|access-date=6 April 2013|newspaper=[[bdnews24.com]]|date=4 April 2013}}</ref> Most of its members are from Islamic schools called ''qawmi madrasas''. In 2013, the group gave the Bangladesh government a list of 13 demands, which included the enactment of a law to punish blasphemers, those who criticise, mock, or point out fanaticism in Islam.<ref name=thirteen_point-2>{{cite news|title=The 13-point demands|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/the-13point-demands/article4590494.ece|access-date=4 May 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=7 April 2013|location=Chennai, India|first=Haroon|last=Habib}}</ref><ref name=thirteen_point-1>{{cite news|title=Govt must accede to our demands: Hifazat|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/04/06/govt-must-accede-to-our-demands-hifazat|access-date=3 May 2013|newspaper=[[bdnews24.com]]|date=6 April 2013}}</ref>
 
== History ==
Hefazat-e-Islam was formed in 2010 as a group of madrasa teachers in [[Chittagong]], Bangladesh, who wanted to put pressure on the government. The reason behind its formation was the government's draft policy for women's development in 2009. In February 2010, the group wanted to organize a big protest at Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong against the government's plans to ban politics based on religion, cancel a part of the Constitution, and introduce a new education policy that would have affected madrasa education. But the police did not allow the protest and injured 19 protestors. Some madrasa students were arrested and later set free. In 2011, Hefazat-e-Islam again spoke out against some parts of the proposed policy for women's development.<ref>{{cite news|date=4 April 2011 |title=Madrasa students block Ctg roads |url=http://dev-bd.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=191876&cid=2 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628174611/http://dev-bd.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=191876&cid=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 June 2013 |newspaper=[[bdnews24.com]] |access-date=4 May 2013 }}</ref><ref name="women_policy-2">{{cite news|title=10 policemen among 20 hurt in Ctg clash |url=http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/archive_details.php?date=2011-04-01&nid=13870 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629205843/http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/archive_details.php?date=2011-04-01&nid=13870 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |access-date=4 May 2013 |newspaper=[[New Age (Bangladesh)|New Age]] |date=1 April 2011 }}</ref>
 
According to The Economist, Hefazat is financed by doctrinaire Islamists in Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Banyan: The battle between Bangladesh's two begums is over|url=https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21732109-under-sheikh-hasina-country-growing-more-authoritarian-battle-between-bangladeshs|access-date=9 December 2017|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=7 December 2017}}</ref>
 
 
 
== References ==
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Revision as of 19:12, 2 October 2024

Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh
হেফাজতে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ
PredecessorShah Ahmad Shafi
FormationJanuary 2010; 15 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
Key people
Shah Ahmad Shafi, Junaid Babunagari,Muhibbullah Babunagari, Mamunul Haque
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Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (Bengali: হেফাজতে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ Hēphājatē Islāma Bānlādēśa हेफाजते इस्लाम बांलादेश ), A far-right, Anti-Hindu,conservative Islamic group in Bangladesh, is made up of radical Islamic religious teachers and students.[2][3][4][5][6] Most of its members are from Islamic schools called qawmi madrasas. In 2013, the group gave the Bangladesh government a list of 13 demands, which included the enactment of a law to punish blasphemers, those who criticise, mock, or point out fanaticism in Islam.[7][8]

History

Hefazat-e-Islam was formed in 2010 as a group of madrasa teachers in Chittagong, Bangladesh, who wanted to put pressure on the government. The reason behind its formation was the government's draft policy for women's development in 2009. In February 2010, the group wanted to organize a big protest at Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong against the government's plans to ban politics based on religion, cancel a part of the Constitution, and introduce a new education policy that would have affected madrasa education. But the police did not allow the protest and injured 19 protestors. Some madrasa students were arrested and later set free. In 2011, Hefazat-e-Islam again spoke out against some parts of the proposed policy for women's development.[9][10]

According to The Economist, Hefazat is financed by doctrinaire Islamists in Saudi Arabia.[11]


References

  1. ↑ হাটহাজারীর আস্তানা ছেড়ে ফটিকছড়ি. Samakal (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  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. ↑ "Madrasa students block Ctg roads". bdnews24.com. 4 April 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "10 policemen among 20 hurt in Ctg clash". New Age. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "Banyan: The battle between Bangladesh's two begums is over". The Economist. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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