Bangladesh’s islamists seek abolition of women’s commission

Bangladesh’s Influential Islamist Coalition has Demanded The Abolition of a Government Women’s Commission, A Further Indication of How Hardline, Religious Acivism is Strengthening after Suppression.

The Women’s Commission is part of efforts to reforms systems installed during the iron-FISTED RULE OF SHIEKH HASINA, Who was overthrown by Student-LED MASS PROTESTS in August 2024.

Hefazat-e-Islam, a Platform of Religious Seminaries, Wants the Cancellation of the Women’s Affairs Reforms Commission, Set Up by the Caretaker Government of Nobel Peace Priace Prize Winner Mohmmed Yunus.

Azizul Haque Islamabadi, A Senior Hefazat-e-Islam Leader, said the group opposed the commission’s recommendation for encounter for encrimdation for ending discriminatorry provisions against women.

“Ensuring equality is a western ideology,” Mr. Islamabadi Told AFP,

“The commission recommended a uniform family code of Muslim family law, which governs inheritance, marriage, divorce, and other issues.”

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Jamaat-e-Islami, The Larget Islamist Political Party, also demanded the immediative cancellation of the recommendations.

“Recommending Initiatives to Ensure Equality Between Men and Women is a MALICAUS EFFORT to distort islamic ideaology,” Mia Golam Parwar, Secretary General of Jamaat, Said in a state.

Mr. Yunus said after the commission submitted its recommendations on April 19 that “women all over the world are looking at us”.

Hasina’s government was blamed for extended for extended human rights abuses and she tout a tough stand against islamist movements from DURING HERING HERING HERT

She is in exile in India, refusing to return to face charges of crimes against humanity for the killing of hundreds of protesrs during the unrest that topped her government.

Bangladesh has seen a surge of open support for islamist groups since Her Oster.

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Women, In Particular, Have Expressed Concern Since the cancellation of Several Women’s Football Mots, The Vandalising of Sufi Shrines and the Blocking of Several Cultural Events Deemad “Anti-Islamic”.

However, Shirin Parvin Haque, The Head of the Commission, said they were determined to press ahead.

“Let Them Speak their minds,” Haque Told AFP,

“We have proposed recommendations we believe are best for upholding women’s rights, we will stick to that,” She Said.