Daijiworld Media Network - New Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 7 : Indian intelligence agencies are closely monitoring the increasing activities of Hefazat-e-Islam (HeI), a radical Islamist group based in Bangladesh, amid growing fears that its hardline agenda may spill across the border.

The group, known for its extremist views, has launched fierce opposition against women's rights reforms in Bangladesh. Its latest target: the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission, which has recommended granting equal rights to women across all religions in matters of marriage, divorce, inheritance, and maintenance. Hefazat has demanded that the commission be dismantled entirely.

Indian officials believe Hefazat-e-Islam operates as an extension of Jamaat-e-Islami, a banned Islamist political group in Bangladesh. Acc

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