Hefazat Demands PM Not Allow Saad-Faction Ijtema at Tongi

The demand was made during a meeting between Hefazat Ameer Allama Muhibbullah Babunagari and the Prime Minister on Sunday (August 9) afternoon at Al-Jamiatul Islamia Azizul Uloom Babunagar Madrasa in Fatikchhari, Chattogram.

The meeting was attended by Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, State Minister for Land and CHT Affairs Mir Mohammad Helal, local MP Sarwar Alamgir, and Hefazat Secretary General Sajidur Rahman.

A total of nine demands were presented to the Prime Minister, which included—enacting a law with maximum punishment for blasphemy against Allah, the Prophet (PBUH), the Holy Quran, and Islam; not passing any law contradictory to the Quran and Sunnah; ensuring trial for the 2013 Shapla Chattar massacre and the killings in 2021 and 2024; recognizing Dawra-e-Hadith of Qawmi madrasas as equivalent to Master's degrees; making Islamic religious education compulsory for Muslim students from primary to higher secondary levels; declaring the Ahmadiyya community as non-Muslim and banning Hizbut Tawhid; stopping missionary conspiracies in the Chattogram Hill Tracts; withdrawing false cases against Islamic scholars filed during the Awami League regime; and keeping Tabligh Jamaat activities and Ijtema under the supervision of Islamic scholars while not allowing the Saad-faction Ijtema at Tongi.