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| The Islamist organisation, Hizb-ut Tahrir has been banned in Bangladesh, the home ministry has announced. | The Islamist organisation, Hizb-ut Tahrir has been banned in Bangladesh, the home ministry has announced. |
| Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikdar said the government feared Hizb-ut Tahrir posed a threat to peaceful life. | Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikdar said the government feared Hizb-ut Tahrir posed a threat to peaceful life. |
| It is the first time that an Islamist group which has not been implicated in any terrorist acts been outlawed. | It is the first time that an Islamist group which has not been implicated in any terrorist acts been outlawed. |
| The group has condemned the ban and pledged that it will not be silenced by a government it said was guilty of a "pro-imperialist stance". | The group has condemned the ban and pledged that it will not be silenced by a government it said was guilty of a "pro-imperialist stance". |
| Mutiny | Mutiny |
| "The government has decided to ban Hizb-ut Tahrir because they are against the interest of law and pose a threat to public security," Mr Sikdar said. | "The government has decided to ban Hizb-ut Tahrir because they are against the interest of law and pose a threat to public security," Mr Sikdar said. |
| Hizb-ut Tahrir has been active in Bangladeshi universities | Hizb-ut Tahrir has been active in Bangladeshi universities |
| Hizb-ut Tahrir has been active in Bangladesh for the past eight years. | Hizb-ut Tahrir has been active in Bangladesh for the past eight years. |
| Nearly 40 members of the organisation were arrested earlier in the year after they were alleged to have distributed leaflets in support of a mutiny by border guards in which over 50 army officers were killed. | Nearly 40 members of the organisation were arrested earlier in the year after they were alleged to have distributed leaflets in support of a mutiny by border guards in which over 50 army officers were killed. |
| Mr Sikdar said that intelligence agencies had been monitoring the activities of 12 organisations. | Mr Sikdar said that intelligence agencies had been monitoring the activities of 12 organisations. |
| Out of those, four were banned earlier - they were suspected of involvement in what the government calls "terrorist" and "anti-state" activities. | Out of those, four were banned earlier - they were suspected of involvement in what the government calls "terrorist" and "anti-state" activities. |
| The head of Hizb-ut Tahrir in Bangladesh, Professor Mohiuddin Ahmed, denied his organisation was involved in terrorist activities. | The head of Hizb-ut Tahrir in Bangladesh, Professor Mohiuddin Ahmed, denied his organisation was involved in terrorist activities. |
| He said the group believed that terrorism and other violent acts were totally contrary to the teachings of Islam. | He said the group believed that terrorism and other violent acts were totally contrary to the teachings of Islam. |
| Professor Ahmed said that such action by the government had failed to silence his organisation in the past and would not succeed in the present. | Professor Ahmed said that such action by the government had failed to silence his organisation in the past and would not succeed in the present. |
| ''I can tell you clearly that whenever a repressive government in any part of the world has banned us, we have not stayed quiet," he said. | ''I can tell you clearly that whenever a repressive government in any part of the world has banned us, we have not stayed quiet," he said. |
| "We have always raised our voice against imperialists. We will continue to expose this government's pro-imperialist stance." | "We have always raised our voice against imperialists. We will continue to expose this government's pro-imperialist stance." |
| The home secretary said that intelligence agencies would continue their surveillance of Hizb-ut Tahrir to make sure it did not re-emerge under a different name. | The home secretary said that intelligence agencies would continue their surveillance of Hizb-ut Tahrir to make sure it did not re-emerge under a different name. |
| The BBC Bengali editor Sabir Mustafa says that Hizb-ut Tahrir - which has well known global links - has been active lately in universities and the government may well have been worried about its increasing influence among students. | The BBC Bengali editor Sabir Mustafa says that Hizb-ut Tahrir - which has well known global links - has been active lately in universities and the government may well have been worried about its increasing influence among students. |