A testimony to alarming extremism: Saber

"We've all along strongly condemned the attacks on the Ahmadiyyas and other religious minorities… And the latest attack on them is a manifestation of the alarming extremism and intolerance under the BNP-Jamaat government," he said.

Saber, political secretary of opposition leader Sheikh Hasina, said "It is now an established fact that Jamaat activists are the leading striking force of Khatm-E-Nabuwat."

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He said the issue is not one of the Ahmadiyyas being Muslims or non-Muslims, "rather one of our constitution guaranteeing freedom to all faiths."

"The government should protect minorities in a democracy, not encourage their persecution through a climate of impunity," Saber said.