Banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team yesterday in an email threatened the media with dire consequences if they do not sack female employees from their organisations.
“Since the Islamic Sharia views working of women outside their homes without purdah as punishable offense their employers are guilty to the same degree,” said the email bearing the address [email protected].
The letter said: “We are urging the media to release their women from their jobs.”
The letter was sent from the head office, Chittagong, Bangladesh. One Abdullah Bin Selim sent the email, claiming to be publicity coordinator of the Ansarullah Bangla Team.
The outfit also warned against publishing any negative report on Jihadi activities, threatening the media that “none of them would be spared.
“From now on, our instruction is the law and if you [the media] do not follow the way of Islam, the outcome will be dreadful. The towering building will come crumbling down to the ground and your heads to the feet of the soldiers of Islam,” the email reads.
When asked, Muntasirul Islam, deputy commissioner of police (media and publication), said the higher authorities have been notified about the email.
