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Bangladesh arrests Islamist leader after violent protests

Bangladesh arrests Islamist leader after violent protests April 18, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) Police in Bangladesh on Sunday arrested an influential leader of an Islamist group that led violent protests against last month s visit by India s prime minister to the Muslim-majority nation, officials said. Mamunul Haque of the group Hefazat-e-Islam faces charges of instigating violence, but police did not provide details on specific cases or whether the charges stem from Narendra Modi s visit. Harunur Rashid, a senior Dhaka Metropolitan Police official, said in a short briefing that Haque was arrested from a madrassa, or Islamic school, in the capital of Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area.

Bangladesh arrests Islamist leader after violent protests | Taiwan News

2021/04/18 19:20 DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) Police in Bangladesh on Sunday arrested an influential leader of an Islamist group that led violent protests against last month s visit by India s prime minister to the Muslim-majority nation, officials said. Mamunul Haque of the group Hefazat-e-Islam faces charges of instigating violence, but police did not provide details on specific cases or whether the charges stem from Narendra Modi s visit. Harunur Rashid, a senior Dhaka Metropolitan Police official, said in a short briefing that Haque was arrested from a madrassa, or Islamic school, in the capital of Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area. Haque, 47, is a leading figure in the Hefazat-e-Islam group, which has a strong network of Islamic schools across Bangladesh. The group says it is not a political party, but its leaders in their sermons regularly talk about the country’s politics, advocating an Islamic revolution in the nation of 160 million people. Its

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