... a political party in Bangladesh. In the 2001 elections the party won 2 out of 300 elected members in an alliance with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. It has a focus on building an islamic state, and has used the madrassas to gain support...
(IOJ) Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini has begged in public to Almighty Allah for making the children of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina victims of "forced disappearance".
"Allah, please vacate Hasina's lap the same way she has emptied laps of several mothers," said Amini, an ally of the BNP-led opposition alliance, while offering prayers at a discussion in the city yesterday.
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Islami Ain Bastobayan Committee (IABC) organised the programme in protest against the "killing, forced-disappearance, hijacking and violence by the government" at its Lalbagh office.
Amini, chief of IACB, also prayed to Allah for putting Hasina under house arrest and ouster of the government within the next three days.
"We have a major weapon -- offering doa (prayers), which is being offered against Hasina at different mosques, madrasas and other places across the country. Waking up from sleep one sudden day, Hasina will discover her throne gone."Regarding the "disappearance" of former BNP politician Ilias Ali, Amini urged Khaleda Zia
Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
to enforce non-stop countrywide shutdown if the government fails to trace him within the BNP's four-day ultimatum that ends Saturday.
Ilias along with his driver disappeared in the early hours of April 18 from the capital's Banani area.
There is no alternative to the government's removal as it has failed to ensure security of the people, said Amini.