[Cherie]

Thousands of supporters of an Islamist group rallied in Bangladesh's capital on Saturday to denounce proposed recommendations for ensuring equal rights, including ones related to property, for mainly Muslim women.

Leaders of the Hefazat-e-Islam group said the proposed legal reforms are contradictory to the Sharia law. More than 20,000 followers of the group rallied near the Dhaka University, some carrying banners and placards reading “Say no to Western laws on our women, rise up Bangladesh.”

The group threatened to organize rallies on May 23 across the country if the government didn't meet their demands.

Mamunul Haque, a leader of the group, demanded that the interim government's reforms commission be abolished and its members punished for the proposed changes. He said they hurt “the sentiments of the majority of the people of this country” by labeling the religious laws of inheritance as the main cause of inequality between men and women.

The group's leaders also demanded that the interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad punus ban the Awami League party led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted in August. Hasina's opponents accuse her government of killing hundreds of students and others during the uprising that ended her 15-year rule. Hasina has been in exile in India since her ouster.



The Independent

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(Islamist group rallied in Bangladesh's capital)


Yes, they are going back in time,
Tragic Nation.

[Livia]

Some islamic factions are just dark, medieval cults. How this sh1t flies in 2025 is beyond me.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Livia

Some islamic factions are just dark, medieval cults. How this sh1t flies in 2025 is beyond me.

Because controlling Men exist and will always exist

[Mystic Mock]

If the extremists want their country to be stuck in the dark ages then go for it.

But they can't be surprised when a lot of their women try to flee to more civilized countries.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

If the extremists want their country to be stuck in the dark ages then go for it.

But they can't be surprised when a lot of their women try to flee to more civilized countries.

As far as I can see, it's only young men fleeing to other countries and bringing their backward thinking with them.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Livia

As far as I can see, it's only young men fleeing to other countries and bringing their backward thinking with them.

That's morbidly funny if that's true.