Staff Reporter :
Hefazat-e-Islam, Bangladesh will hold rallies across the country on Friday (March 25) protesting the writ petition against Islam’s ‘state religion’ status in the Constitution.
Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Junaid Babunagari announced the programme at a press briefing at Chittagong Press Club on Monday.
Senior Nayeb-e-Ameer of the Hefazat-e-Islam Maulana Mohibullah Babunagari and Joint-Secretary General Main Uddin Ruhi were present at the press briefing, among others.
Junaid Babunagari said the High Court is scheduled to hear on March 27 a writ petition challenging the legality of making Islam ‘State Religion’ in the Constitution.
After the HC decision, he threatened that Hefazat would launch a tougher programme in consultation with top ulema and mashayekh soon.
He alleged that Atheism would be established in the country if the Islam is dropped as the State Religion of Bangladesh. Such steps will hamper the sovereignty and peace here (Bangladesh).”
He said, “What’s the necessity of moving a 28-year-old writ on the State Religion before the court where the country is undergoing so many problems? People will have to remain alert whether the government is trying to make any political gain from the ‘state religion’ issue.”
“Earlier, several petitions had been filed against the state religion status of Islam in the Constitution which were rejected by the courts concerned, but now it’s not clear why the court accepted the writ for hearing,” he said.
If there is any move to remove Islam as a state religion from the Constitution, people will resist it, said the Hefazat-e-Islam secretary general.
It may be mentioned that on February 29, the High Court fixed March 27 for hearing the writ petition filed by 15 distinguished citizens 28 years ago in 1988.
The High Court heard the petition for the first time in 2011 and issued a rule against the government. However, the government did not respond to the rule.
The same year, the Parliament passed a bill on the 15th amendment of the Constitution that retained the status of Islam as the State Religion.
The Amendment also restored secularism as one of the four fundamental principles of the state.
In 2015, the petitioners’ counsel Jaglul Haider applied to the Chief Justice asking the High Court to hear the writ now.
Hefazat-e-Islam, Bangladesh will hold rallies across the country on Friday (March 25) protesting the writ petition against Islam’s ‘state religion’ status in the Constitution.
Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Junaid Babunagari announced the programme at a press briefing at Chittagong Press Club on Monday.
Senior Nayeb-e-Ameer of the Hefazat-e-Islam Maulana Mohibullah Babunagari and Joint-Secretary General Main Uddin Ruhi were present at the press briefing, among others.
Junaid Babunagari said the High Court is scheduled to hear on March 27 a writ petition challenging the legality of making Islam ‘State Religion’ in the Constitution.
After the HC decision, he threatened that Hefazat would launch a tougher programme in consultation with top ulema and mashayekh soon.
He alleged that Atheism would be established in the country if the Islam is dropped as the State Religion of Bangladesh. Such steps will hamper the sovereignty and peace here (Bangladesh).”
He said, “What’s the necessity of moving a 28-year-old writ on the State Religion before the court where the country is undergoing so many problems? People will have to remain alert whether the government is trying to make any political gain from the ‘state religion’ issue.”
“Earlier, several petitions had been filed against the state religion status of Islam in the Constitution which were rejected by the courts concerned, but now it’s not clear why the court accepted the writ for hearing,” he said.
If there is any move to remove Islam as a state religion from the Constitution, people will resist it, said the Hefazat-e-Islam secretary general.
It may be mentioned that on February 29, the High Court fixed March 27 for hearing the writ petition filed by 15 distinguished citizens 28 years ago in 1988.
The High Court heard the petition for the first time in 2011 and issued a rule against the government. However, the government did not respond to the rule.
The same year, the Parliament passed a bill on the 15th amendment of the Constitution that retained the status of Islam as the State Religion.
The Amendment also restored secularism as one of the four fundamental principles of the state.
In 2015, the petitioners’ counsel Jaglul Haider applied to the Chief Justice asking the High Court to hear the writ now.
