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"The law enforcement agencies are harassing the students in many madrasas in the name of hunt for militants," said Shaikul Hadith.

He was speaking at a press conference at Purana Paltan office organised by Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish.

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The Oikya Jote leader said they have no connection with the militancy.

He said those who supported the four-party alliance during the last general election are now facing threat and their very existence is at stake.

He welcomed the Prime Minister's invitation for dialogue on the militancy issue.

A section of the militants in the name of Islam are trying to turn the country into a battlefield like Iraq to destroy Islam, he said. Islam has no relation with the militants, he added.

Shaikul Hadith announced that the Oikya Jote would hold a national conference on December 9 at the Paltan Maidan at 10:00am protesting bomb attacks on courts in the name of Islam.

Oikya Jote Secretary General Maulana Abdur Rab Yusufi, Naib-e-Amir Mufti Shahidul Islam MP, Joint Secretary Yusuf Ashraf, Organising Secretary Humayun Kabir and central committee member Tofazzal Huq Aziz were present at the press conference.