A group of Islamists demanded Saturday that the secular law minister of Bangladeshs three-month old coalition government should resign after his reported comments that Quami Madrashas (Islamic schools) were breeding militants.
"We want the minister to resign immediately, otherwise we will continue with regular protests until our demands are met," Fazlul Haq Amini, head of Islamic Law Committee formed by an alliance of radical Islamists, told a press conference. The committee also announced protest plans including a demonstration on April 18 and a meeting in Dhaka on June 21 asking Law Minister Shafique Ahmed to quit. The minister, however, told the media that he was misquoted.