Bangladesh Islamist leader's plan of implementing Sharia spells trouble for region

IANS | August 21, 2024 9:56 PM

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Fearing Bangladesh could well be the next Pakistan in the making in India's troubled neighbourhood, several scholars and experts on Wednesday severely condemned the recent statements given by Shafiqur Rahman, the radical leader who currently heads Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (BJI), in which he has openly backed implementation of Sharia law in the country.

National panel of Muslims to raise community’s demands with Centre, states

IANS | August 12, 2024 11:35 AM

Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) A national-level committee of well-known Muslims would be formed to bring various sections under a single umbrella and raise the cause of the community’s long-pending demands and aspirations, both with the states and the Centre shortly, top officials said here on Monday.

‘We will remain in our land': Protesting Hindus in Bangladesh seek secure environment

Daanish Bin Nabi | August 11, 2024 9:57 PM

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Hindu community in Bangladesh spending anxious hours in the wake of resignation of Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina as Prime Minister and facing the spillovers of the violent protests over a quota-related issue in the South Asian nation on Sunday came out on streets in large numbers in the port city of Chittagong, demanding safety for their lives, properties and places of worship while proclaiming 'Bangladesh is our motherland and we won't go anywhere'.