Hefazat-e-Islam rally/Image: Video screenshot. On Saturday, thousands of supporters of the Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam took to the streets in Bangladesh to protest against proposed recommendations for ensuring equal rights, including ones related to property, for women in the country, including Muslim women. AP reports: 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…
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