Hefazat claims arrest warrant issued to deflect Greek idol issue

The Shariah law-pursuing group has been actively campaigning to remove the sculpture representing justice, claiming it is a Greek idol. They have also used children in their public protest, a political act which is forbidden in the Children’s Act 2013. Hefazat Nayeb-e-Ameer Shamshul Alam among many signed the brief, saying there is no place for idols in a Muslim-majority country and that it was strategically placed on the court grounds to undermine Islam.

Hefazat leaders claimed the warrant was issued by anti-Islamic atheists

Hefazat leaders claimed the warrant was issued by anti-Islamic atheists to silence Islamic scholars leading the fight against the anti-Islamic conspiracy. They further threatened to launch countrywide unrest if the warrant was not withdrawn swiftly. Earlier on Sunday, a Dhaka court issued an arrest warrant against 25 people including Hefazat leaders, in a four-year-old case for instigating an attack on the Gonojagoron Moncho on February 22, 2013. A special tribunal issued the arrest warrant based on the charge sheet filed by Shahbagh police accusing 29 people of bombing. The court also ordered Shahbagh police to submit a report by April 6 on whether the accused have been arrested.