Chief of Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Shah Ahmed Shafi yesterday demanded arrest of the killers of Shaikh Nurul Islam Faruqi while he also criticised a section of media for implicating Hefazat with the killing deliberately.
In a statement issued, Shafi said: “Implicating Hefazat with the killing of Faruqi is a well-planned conspiracy to create confusion among the religious Muslims and create confrontational situation in the country.”
He also urged all to play responsible role until the real culprits were brought to the book.
Presenter of religious programmes, Faruqi was also the Presidium member and international affairs secretary of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat. Chittagong-based Ahle Sunnat last year also protested the 13-point movement of Hefazat.
In the statement, Shafi claimed that Hefazat's movement was to establish peace, order and justice, and that they did not believe in killing, terrorism and persecution.
He said the countrymen were deeply shocked at the killing of such an Islamic scholar.