Describing the activities of Hifazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (HIB) as ‘mysterious’, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Thursday said that they were not carrying out movement to protect the faith of Muslims. \u201cThe movement of HIB is not to protect the faith of Muslims. They are working as the
\nshadow of Jamaat-Shibir to foil the trials of war criminals,\u201d he told the journalists at a press conference at the secretariat.
\nHe also urged HIB to call off their Dhaka blockade programme on May 5.
\nDismissing Hifazat’s claim, the minister said, \u201cAtheists are not grouping or attacking people anywhere.\u201d
\nHIB branded the Ganajagaran Mancha organisers as ‘atheists’ and demanded their immediate arrest on charges of defaming Islam. The Chittagong-based HIB has been opposing Shahbagh\u2019s Ganajagaran Mancha, which seeks capital punishment for the war criminals and a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami.
\nThe Madrasa based organisation is not bothered about Islam but politics, he alleged.
\n\u201cThey are making concocted speech in the name of religion entering politics in the guise of preachers,\u201d he added.
\nThe minister further said, \u201cNo religion, including Islam, is not at stake since the inception of Bangladesh. The constitution is safeguarding the religion.\u201d
\n\u201cIf anybody is defaming Islam, the government is detaining them and brining them to justice,\u201d he added.
\nMeanwhile, Environment and Forest Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday urged HIB to call off their Dhaka blockade programme on May 5 to avoid sabotage.
\n\u201cWe have information that the activists of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir are planning to foil HIB\u2019s blockade programme, carrying out sabotage by entering the programme in the guise of HIB.
\nI would request HIB to withdraw their programme to avoid such consequences,\u201d he told journalists at his secretariat office.<\/p>\n

-with The Independent<\/span> input<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Describing the activities of Hifazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (HIB) as ‘mysterious’, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Thursday said that they were not carrying out movement to protect the faith of Muslims. \u201cThe movement of HIB is not to protect the faith of Muslims. They are working as the shadow of Jamaat-Shibir to foil the trials of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[10482,10487,10480],"yoast_head":"\n