Bangladesh on Thursday banned the Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing and other associate bodies as \u201cmilitant and terrorist\u201d organizations as part of a nationwide crackdown following weeks of violent protests that left more than 200 people dead and thousands injured. <\/p>\n
Bangladesh\u2019s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her political partners blamed Jamaat-e-Islami, its Islami Chhatra Shibir student wing and other associate bodies for inciting violence during recent student protests over a quota system for government jobs. <\/p>\n
In an official circular seen by The Associated Press, Bangladesh\u2019s Ministry of Home Affairs said Thursday the ban was imposed under an anti-terrorism law. <\/p>\n
Since July 15, at least 211 people have died and more than 10,000 people were arrested across the country. <\/p>\n
The chief of Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday rejected the decision in a statement, calling it anti-constitutional, and denied it was behind the recent violence. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe government carried out massacres by party cadres and state law and order forces in the country to suppress the non-political movement of students. The country\u2019s teachers, cultural personalities, journalists and people of different professions are protesting against this genocide of the government,\u201d said Shafiqur Rahman, the party chief. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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