The 13 demands

The 13 demands raised by the Hefazat-e-Islam are the following:

• Reinstate the phrase “Absolute trust and faith in the Almighty Allah” in the Constitution as one of the fundamental principles of state policy.
• Pass a law providing for capital punishment for maligning Allah, Islam and the Prophet Muhammad and for starting smear campaigns against Muslims.
• Stop all propaganda and “derogatory comments” about the Prophet Muhammad by “atheist leaders” of the Shahbagh movement, atheist bloggers and other anti-Islamists; arrest them and ensure stern punishment to them.
• Stop attacking, shooting, killing and persecuting the Prophet-loving Islamic scholars, madrassa students and people united by belief in Allah.
• Release all the arrested Islamic scholars and madrassa students.
• Lift restrictions on mosques and remove obstacles for the holding of religious programmes.
• Declare Qadianis (Ahmadiyyas) non-Muslim and stop their publicity and conspiracies.
• Stop foreign cultural intrusions, including free-mixing of men and women and candle-light vigils, and put an end to adultery, injustice and shamelessness, among other things, committed in the name of freedom of expression and the individual.
• Stop turning Dhaka, the city of mosques, into a city of idols, and stop installing sculptures at road intersections, colleges and universities.
• Scrap anti-Islam women policy and education policy and make Islamic education mandatory from primary to higher secondary levels.
• Stop threatening and intimidating teachers and students of the Qawmi madrassas, Islamic scholars, imams and khatibs.
• Stop creating hatred among the younger generation against Muslims by misrepresentation of Islamic culture in the media.
• Stop anti-Islam activities by non-governmental organisations, evil attempts by Qadianis and conversion by Christian missionaries in Chittagong Hill Tracts and elsewhere in the country.