Bangladesh’s Islami Andolan social gathering holds protest rally over Prophet remarks row

One of the biggest Islamist political events in Bangladesh, Islami Andolon Bangladesh, on Thursday organised a protest rally within the capital metropolis of Dhaka in opposition to the remarks made by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on the Prophet Muhammad.

The protestors demanded {that a} decision be handed within the Parliament condemning the remarks made by the previous BJP spokespersons and that the Indian ambassador be summoned together with the demand to arrest the previous BJP spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal.

Several different like-minded events additionally took half within the protest underneath their very own banners.

Several thousand protestors staged an indication in entrance of the downtown Baitul Mokarram Mosque after which headed in direction of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, a number of kilometres away from the spot, defying rains. However, the riot police blocked the protesters within the Shantinagar space.

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INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION RECEIVES MEMORANDUM

Police, nonetheless, allowed a delegation of 5 representatives of the outfit to current a memorandum to the deputy police commissioner’s workplace at Dhaka’s diplomatic enclave in Baridhara space, the place the Indian High Commission is situated.

“We received the memorandum and handed it over to the Indian High Commission,” Deputy Police Commissioner Mohammad Asaduzzaman instructed reporters.

The protesters additionally demanded that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ought to publicly condemn the controversial remarks and that the Indian authorities ought to arrest the 2 now-suspended BJP leaders.

WHAT WAS SAID AT RALLY?

Speakers from the rally spoke out in opposition to India and former BJP spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal.

The audio system additionally referred to as for a boycott of Indian merchandise.

Meanwhile, the rally drew criticism from Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and her authorities for not holding formal protests.

SECOND PROTEST IN DHAKA IN A WEEK

The protest was the second such demonstration in Dhaka in per week. Last Friday, a whole bunch of individuals took to the streets in Dhaka and several other different main cities in Bangladesh over the difficulty.

Earlier this week, Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud mentioned that the controversy triggered by remarks made by two former BJP functionaries in opposition to Prophet Mohammad is India’s “internal issue” and it’s not an attention-grabbing matter in Bangladesh in contrast to in another Muslim nations.

Talking to a gaggle of visiting Indian journalists right here, Mahmud mentioned, “It is not an internal matter (of Bangladesh), but an external issue. This is India’s internal issue. Whenever something like this happens in the world, some Islamic parties protest here too and it usually happens.”

(With inputs from PTI)