The New Nation - Internet Edition

Activists belonging to different Islamic
organisations staged a demonstration at the Baitul Mukarram
yesterday in protest against women's development policy.
Police were seen cordoning off the area to avert any
untoward incident. Agency

Staff Reporter

Thousands of Muslims demonstrated on the city roads yesterday protesting against the government move to give equal rights to women in inheritance.

Witnesses said about ten thousand Muslims participate in the protest rally after the Juma prayers at the Baitul Mukaram National Mosque. They brought out procession, which was joined by others from different parts of the city.

Source said as the Muslims gathered at the North Gate of the Baitul Mukaram it created a huge traffic jam, which spread to the adjoining roads and disrupted traffic movement for three hours causing immense sufferings to the commuters on the weekly holiday. The law enforcers tried to block the protesters progress at the Paltan crossroads by resorting to lathi charge and brief detention but failed to contain them.

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One of the participants, Zahirul Islam, said, "The majority of the people of our country are Muslims. For that giving women equal-rights in inheritance is a direct violation of the Quranic laws and Hazrat Mohammad's (SM) sayings. We want to live in peace. We are fed-up of the government's interference".