Bangladesh: Islamic leader becomes part of interim govt, spreads Hindu hate, wants to turn country into Sharia-run Taliban state

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https://www.opindia.com/2024/08/isl...nister-in-the-new-interim-govt-in-bangladesh/

On Thursday, 8th August, Prof Muhammad Yunus assumed the office of Bangladesh forming the interim government after the country’s PM Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post amid the ‘student protests’. PM Modi extended good wishes to the newly formed interim government and asked it to ensure the safety of the Hindu community and minorities in Bangladesh which are under attack after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government.


Notably, the newly formed interim government consists of 17 members including Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed; Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain, the former election commissioner of Bangladesh; Dr. Md Nazrul Islam, a law professor; Adilur Rahman Khan, a human rights activist; AF Hassan Ariff, a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh; Syeda Rizwana Hasan, the Chief Executive of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association among others.

However, one of the shocking names that have been included in the list of interim ministers is that of Islamist Abul Fayez Muhammad Khalid Hossain, popularly known as Dr AFM Khalid Hossain. Hossain has been the vice president of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and is currently associated with the Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic organization. The Hefazat-e-Islami is a hardline Islamist organization, whose members have been accused of persecuting Hindus in the past.


As per the local reports, Dr AFM Khalid Hossain is a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar and an international Islamic speaker. He along with several other leaders of Hefazat-e-Islam has a history of influencing the Muslims against the Sheikh Hasina-led government and its ties with India.


He is a former vice-president of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, an editor of the periodical At-Tawheed, and assistant editor of Balagh al-Sharq. He served as the professor and chairman of the Department of Islamic History and Culture at Omargani MES College, as well as the central president of the Islami Chhatra Samaj, the Nizam-e-Islam Party’s student branch.

 

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Hefazat-e-Islam and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Bangladesh​

Hefazat-e-Islam was founded in Chittagong in January 2010 by Islamist Ahmad Shafi aiming to ‘safeguard’ Islam from claimed anti-Islamic initiatives. The Islamist group also aimed at abolishing secularism and propagating hard-core Islamic beliefs. The group’s formation was prompted by the 2009 Women Development Policy draft, which suggested equal inheritance rights for women.

The group is composed of up of Sunni Islamists, their madrassa network, and supporters and its leaders have always publicly advocated for political and legal reform. The group publicly attacked the secular court system and called for the establishment of an Islamic state in Bangladesh under Sharia law.

In 2013, Hefazat-e-Islam proposed a 13-point program that included gender segregation and the release of imprisoned Islamic scholars in Bangladesh. They condemned secular action, including calls for the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami officials.

 

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