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The siege of the French embassy in Bangladesh by the Islamic Movement in Dhaka in protest at the publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in France has been thwarted by the police.
After a brief demonstration at the north gate of the Baitul Mukarram mosque at 11:30 am on Tuesday, the leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Islamic Movement set out for Gulshan with a large procession to besiege the French embassy. When the procession reached Shantinagar Junction via Paltan Junction and Vijayanagar around 12 noon, the police stopped them with barbed wire barricades. When there was tension between the leaders and activists at the time, Charmonai Pir calmed everyone down. The leaders subsequently spoke to the police and announced that their program had ended there. At that time, several thousand leaders and activists were seen giving various slogans.
On the same topic, Amir and Charmonai Pir of the Islamic Movement announced demonstrations and processions across the country on Thursday, demonstrations led by imams and khatibs from all mosques across the country on Friday, and anti-Dholaipar idol demonstrations on November 13.
Previously, a pre-siege rally was scheduled at 10 am, but long before that, a large presence of leaders and activists was seen in the Baitul Mukarram area.
In a short rally, Syed Mohammad Rezaul Karim, Ameer of the Bangladesh Islamic Movement and Pir Mufti of Charmonai, said that the French government had hurt the hearts of the Muslim Ummah by displaying cartoons of Muhammad (PBUH) under the guard of the state police. . The Prime Minister of France, Macro, published a cartoon and identified himself as anti-Muslim. Muslims should immediately withdraw their cartoons and apologize. Otherwise, he announced a boycott of France by the Muslim leaders of the world and solidarity with the boycott program of France.
He said that the United Nations had failed to protect the interests of Muslims even though they had been tasked with overcoming world unrest and establishing peace. He called on the United Nations and the OIC to crack down on France. He demanded that the Bangladeshi government present a motion to condemn France in Parliament. If they do not take a position in favor of the Muslims, the compatriots will walk away from the government.
The central secretary of publicity, Maulana Ahmad Abdul Qayyum, and the undersecretary of publicity, Maulana Delwar Hossain Saki, presided over the demonstration. Imtiaz, KM Atiqur Rahman, Maulana Lokman Hossain Jafri, Maulana Muhammad Nesar Uddin, Maulana Sheikh Fazle Bari Masood and others.
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