Hefazat-e-Islam chief Shah Ahmed Shafi yesterday said some quarters were spreading confusion about the real Islamic identity of the members of the organisation.
“Every Muslim should be aware of this. Sometimes, we are described as Wahabis but I would like to reiterate that there is no Wahabi in the country.
“Those who say we are the followers of Wahabism have no knowledge of Islam,” said Shafi while addressing an Islamic conference at Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong.
Chittagong city unit of Hefazat-e-Islam organised the two-day conference which began on Thursday.
Islamic scholars from the country and abroad addressed the conference.
They said there would be no room for atheists in Bangladesh and any quarter found to be siding with disbelievers would face dire consequences.
They also demanded exemplary punishment of the perpetrators involved in the recent mayhem in Brahmanbaria where a madrasa student was killed.
Among others, the concluding session of the conference was addressed by Hefazat-e-Islam leaders Yakub Osmani, Mohiuddin, Muzaffar Ahmed, Md Idris, Nurul Islam, Zunaid Al Habib and Habibur Rahman.