Category: BDFA News
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Organized Towhidi Mob Assaults Baul Supporters as Police Stand by in Manikganj
A coordinated attack by Towhidi hardline activists left several Baul devotees injured in Manikganj on Sunday morning, intensifying concerns about the state’s inability—or unwillingness—to curb organized religious extremism. Around 10 a.m., a procession under the banner of “All levels of scholars and ulamas of Manikganj district and Towhidi people” marched through the town demanding the…
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Marriage Bureau Founder Mufti Mamunur Rashid Qasemi Arrested in Women and Child Abuse Case
Mufti Mamunur Rashid Qasemi, founder of the Sharia-based Adarsh Nikah Bureau and consultant of the Ideal Marriage Bureau, was arrested from his home in Atibazar, Dhaka, around 3 p.m. on Sunday (November 23). Keraniganj Model Police Station OC Monirul Haque confirmed the arrest, stating that a case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act…
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Woman Claiming to be Wife of July Uprising Shooting Victim Abdul Gani Files Case Naming 222 Accused, Now Missing
A woman identifying herself as Sohana Akhter has gone missing after filing a murder complaint in Dhaka naming 222 people in connection with the July 2024 killing of Abdul Gani, a computer operator killed during the anti-discrimination student movement. Although Ramna Police Station had already filed a murder case against unknown accused, Sohana submitted a…
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