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Daily Star, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Monday, May 5, 2008 10:45 PM GMT+06:00 Front Page
Amini threatens to paralyse nation if women policy executed
Staff Correspondent
Leaders of Islamic Law Implementation Committee (ILIC) yesterday
threatened to paralyse the country if the government does not scrap
what they termed as 'anti Islamic provisions' in the National Women
Development Policy (NWDP) 2008.
Led by Islami Oikya Jote's Fazlul Huq Amini, ILIC leaders declared a
three-point programme including a rally at city's Paltan maidan on
July 18 to press for their demand.
"The caretaker government won't survive if they implement this anti-
Islamic law," Fazlul Huq Amini told the ILLC representatives from
across the country who attented the conference at the Engineers
Institute in the city.
He called on the armed forces to withdraw its support from the
government, saying that the present government couldn't last if the
armed forces withdraw their support.
The radical leader at one stage of his speech termed those who support
NGO's as non-Muslims (kafer). He sought pledges from his followers to
be ready to sacrifice their lives to 'save' the holy Quran.
Others termed the advisers non-Muslims for having formulated NWDP.
Muhiuddin Khan, senior vice-president of a faction of Islami Oikkya
Jote, said that his faction was ready to sacrifice anything to press
for their demands.
ILIC will hold seminars and meetings at district headquarters to
mobilise public support against the NWDP.
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