[Bangla Daily Star] The government has been considering taking action against the Jamaat-e-Islami under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009 as the party has emerged as a terrorist organisation, Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu yesterday said."Jamaat has turned out to be a party of militants and terrorists. We are assessing the law to take action against it," the minister told a press briefing at the Press Information Department at the Secretariat.
Under the anti-terrorism law, the government can ban an organisation for terrorism and militant activities.
Inu did not make it clear whether the law would be applied to ban Jamaat but said a tribunal could be formed for speedy trial of a terrorist party under the law.
Over the last few weeks, Inu and some other ministers have been talking about the government assessing different laws to take action against Jamaat.
Asked how long the assessment would continue, Inu said the recent attacks and violence by Jamaat had been taken under consideration seriously.
But Jamaat was registered with the Election Commission, he said, adding which was why the government was moving slowly to ensure everything was done rightly.