Wikipedia's first sentence called it “far-right islamic advocacy group of madrassah teachers and students”. Today it says “right-wing deobandi islamist advocacy group based out of the network of qawmi madrasas consisting mostly of rel”. This article was filed under Bangladeshi Islamists; Islamist groups; Islamist insurgent groups. Today it is filed under none of them.
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Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh ( ;) also known as Hifazat-e-Islam Bangladesh is an association based fundamentalist Islamic group in Bangladesh , was formed in January 2010 . This group was formed in 2010 to protest against the secular education policy of Bangladeshi government. In 2011, they held violent demonstrations against the women's equal rights policy of the government and in 2013, and became headlines after holding large rallies asking the government to take action against the Shahbag protesters , who are demanding capital punishment of Bangladesh liberation war criminals. In 2013 this group warned the government with a 13 point charter, which includes banning the right of women to work outside, execution of so-called atheist bloggers and stopping Shahbag protests . Although, the German ambassador in Bangladesh Albrecht Conze opined that Hifazat's demands fundamentalism in Bangladesh, diplomats from the US Embassy in Bangladesh met with the leaders of Hefazat and inquired about them in positive tones. The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 25 February 2010 .1
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Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh ( ) or Hifazat-e-Islam Bangladesh is an Islamist Advocacy group of madrassah teachers and students.In 2013, it submitted to the government of Bangladesh a 13-point charter, which included the demand for the enactment of a blasphemy law.
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Bangladeshi Islamic advocacy group Shah Ahmad Shafi , founder of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh ( ) is a far-right Islamic advocacy group of madrassah teachers and students. In 2013, it submitted to the government of Bangladesh a 13-point charter, which included the demand for the enactment of a blasphemy law. হাটহাজারীর আস্তানা ছেড়ে ফটিকছড়ি .
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Bangladeshi Islamic advocacy group Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh ( Bengali : হেফাজতে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ , lit. ' Protection of Islam, Bangladesh ' ) is a Deobandi Islamist advocacy group consisting mostly of religious teachers ( Ulama ) and students in Bangladesh .The group is mainly based on qawmi madrasas in Bangladesh.In 2013, they submitted a 13-point charter to the government of Bangladesh , which included the demand for the enactment of a blasphemy law .Under recent years, Hefazat has been formed into more of a moderate and anti-terrorist ideology due to success of Awami League in ensuring jobs and mobilising qawmi madrasas. হাটহাজারীর আস্তানা ছেড়ে ফটিকছড়ি .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “far-right islamic advocacy group of madrassah teachers and students”. Today it says “right-wing deobandi islamist advocacy group based out of the network of qawmi madrasas consisting mostly of rel”. This article was filed under Bangladeshi Islamists; Islamist groups; Islamist insurgent groups. Today it is filed under none of them. Read the current article and compare.
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far-right islamic advocacy group of madrassah teachers and students
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right-wing deobandi islamist advocacy group based out of the network of qawmi madrasas consisting mostly of rel
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