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Hefajat declares Tk 5 lakh bounty on Latifs head

Other Islamists demand capital punishment

Star Report
Hefajat-e Islam Bangladesh's Narayanganj unit leaders yesterday declared a Tk 5 lakh bounty on Awami League leader Latif Siddique's head for his comments on hajj, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and Tabligh Jamaat.
Meanwhile, several hundred activists of Islamist organisations brought out a procession from the capital's Baitul Mukarram national mosque, demanding capita) punishment for the
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minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology.
Another 2,000 people brought out a procession and participated in a rally, organised by Hefajat-e Islam at Gouripur Anwara Hospital Balurmath in Comilla’s Daudkandi upazila after luma prayers, demanding death sentence for Latif.
Addressing a rally Hefajat-e Islam organised on the Railway Jam-e Masjid premises in Narayanganj city's DIT commercial area, the leaders said the sole punishment Latif deserved was "beheading in public”.
The district unit Hefajat-e Islam acting ameer Abdul Quader said devout Muslims would bring Latif to justice if the government does not try him. "He will be awarded a harsh punishment after a court is set up at Mukti Sharani in Siddhirganj, Narayanganj."
Alleging that the government is not taking any action against Latif, the district BNP President Advocate Taimur Alam Khandaker demanded that Latifbe "decapitated".
"No compromise can be made on the issue. Beheading is the only punishment for the offence he has committed," he said.
He also suspected that it was either the government's provocation or a deep-rooted conspiracy behind such remarks "or else Latif Siddique could not have dared to make such disparaging comments...on his own."
In the Baitul Mukarram incident, Sammilito Olama Mashayekh Parishad staged a demonstration on the mosque's north staircase just after Juma prayers.
Though police had locked the north gate to prevent spillover, the demonstrators slipped through a small gate and marched towards Dainik Bangla intersection.
Later, supporters of Bangladesh Madrasa Chhatra Songram Parishad, Sammilito Islami Dalsamuho, and Jamaat-e-Ulama Islam Bangladesh joined in. Together they held a rally on the road before the north gate. Additional police were deployed.
The secretary general of Sammilito Islami Dalsamuho said they were waiting for the government's decision. If it does not give stringent punishment to Latif, they will go for a tougher movement after Eid-ul-Azha, he said.
Earlier, as part of security measures, police frisked all those entering the national mosque for Juma prayers and barred many, including Islami Oikya Jote Chairman Abdul Latif Nezami, from entering through the north gate, said witnesses.
The Awami League presidium member may be removed from the cabinet and the party.
Latif told a gathering of Tangail expatriates in New York on September 28 that he deplored hajj and Tabligh Jamaat (a movement to spread and preach Islamic values) more than he hated Jamaat-e-Islami.
Latif, who was on the delegation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's recent visit to the United States, said, "Hajj is a waste of manpower. Those who perform hajj do not have any productivity. They deduct from the economy and spend a lot of money abroad. ”
Speaking about the history of hajj, he said Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was worried about the people of Arab as they were robbers. The prophet then made an arrangement that his followers meet at a place every year, which will generate income.
He added that Tabligh Jamaat did not have anything else to do but block roads during a rally.