Pirojpur rally demands state declaration on Qadianis, Madhupur Pir warns government
Allama Abdul Hamid, the Pir of Madhupur and central president of the Bangladesh Khatme Nabuwat Sangrakkhan Committee, has warned that the current government could face the same fate as the Sheikh Hasina government if the Qadianis are not officially declared non-Muslims by the state.
He made the remarks as chief guest at a rally demanding the declaration, held at the Pirojpur Central Shaheed Minar premises at 3pm on Thursday (12 November). The Pirojpur district branch of the committee organized the rally.
Addressing the home minister, he said it was stated at Suhrawardy Udyan in 2025 that, if brought to power, a law would be enacted to declare the Qadianis non-Muslims. Now in power, that promise must be implemented, he said.
He said accepting the demand through the straightforward path would be better for the government, and commented that otherwise it would be forced to flee in a fall worse than Sheikh Hasina's.
The chief guest also said the demand of people in all 64 districts is the same — the Qadianis must be declared non-Muslims by the state. Signatures of two crore people will be collected in support of the demand and submitted to BNP chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, he said, adding that committee leaders from all 64 districts would hold talks with the government.
The rally was chaired by Maulana Zakir Hossain, president of the committee's Pirojpur district branch. Maulana Ghazi Aurangzeb Farooqi, amir of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat Pakistan, spoke as special guest.
Other speakers included the organization's senior naib-e-amir Maulana Rashid Ahmad, naib-e-amir Mufti Muhammad Ali Qasemi and joint secretary general Maulana Ubaidullah Qasemi.
Speakers at the rally demanded the state declaration, saying decisions on the matter have been taken in various countries of the world but not yet in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. Several thousand leaders and activists from different upazilas of Pirojpur joined the rally.
