[Dhaka Tribune] An alliance of the Islamic parties has called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ...
for Sunday demanding capital punishment for former minister Abdul Latif Siddique for his comments on hajj.
Secretary General of the alliance Mohammad Zafar Ullah announced the hartal yesterday. Earlier, the alliance had threatened to enforce hartal on October 26 if the government did not arrest Latif Siddique by October 22. While addressing a programme in the US on September 28, Latif made derogatory remarks on hajj, Tablighi Jamaat
A group of itinerant Deobandi preachers who form one of al-Qaeda's recruiting arms...
and the prime minister's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. His comments on hajj had sparked widespread criticism both at home and abroad.