Amini threatens of paralysing country

In this undated photo, Fazlul Huq Amini, chairman of an Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) faction, speaks at a function. BSS, Dhaka

Fazlul Huq Amini, chief of Islamic Law Implementation Committee (ILIC), on Friday threatened to paralyse the country if the government does not annul the women policy.

"We can create an impasse in the country by a one-hour notice as there are 20,000 madrasas in Bangladesh which will respond to our call immediately," he claimed addressing a rally at Jatiya Press Club auditorium here.

Dhaka City Unit of the ILIC organised the rally with its Ameer Moulana Abul Kashem in the chair.

Amini, also chairman of a faction of Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ), said they would hold an Olema-Mashaekh rally on April 20 in the capital and announce fresh agitation programmes from that rally.

Moulana Mohammad Ishaq and Mufti Mohammad Wakkas, Moulana Abdul Latif Nizami and Moulana Sheikh Lokman Hossain also addressed the function.

The ILIC organised the rally to protest the alleged killing, abduction and repression on their workers.

Urging the government to give him the trace of his son immediately, Amini warned that counter attacks would be carried out if his son is hit.

"We will not retreat from the movement of the implementing the Islamic law in the country if my family is abducted or destroyed," Amini vowed saying no anti-Islamic forces would be allowed to assume the state power in the future.

He said they do not oppose the development of the women but those must be in line with holy Quran and Hadith. The members of the present cabinet do not understand the Holy Quran and its language and, therefore, they are giving its wrong interpretations, he alleged.

Referring to the celebration of the first day of new Bengali year Pahela Baishakh, Amini said, "We are not against celebrating the occasion but the anti-Islamic activities were seen on that day."

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