ABM News from USA 

Seven Bangladeshi American organisations have  urged US Department of State to declare Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh as a terrorist outfit and to ban the organisation immediately, says a press release. 

The six organisations -- Bangabandhu Parishad, USA,  Committee for Secular and Democratic Bangladesh, Forum for Secular Bangladesh and Trial of War Criminals of 1971, Bangabandhu Foundation USA Chapter, Sector Commander Forum USA Chapter, Bangabandhu Commission USA and Bangladesh Liberation War Veterans, USA -- jointly sent a memorandum in this regard to Antony John Blinken, Secretary of State of US Department of State. 

In the statement, they said the leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam say the organisation is a religious one but their activities seem like terrorist outfits.

"Hefajat-e-Islam is trying to make a strong position in politics by conducting terrorist activities in the country in the name of religion," the memorandum reads.

It is hatching a deep conspiracy to turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state by carrying out malicious campaigns against women, attacks on minority groups and activities against the country's independence, the memorandum added.

If the extremist organisation is not banned and declared a terrorist outfit, the organisation could be a threat for not only Bangladesh but also for other Southeast Asian countries and the United States, the memorandum noted.

It is mentionable that Bangabandhu Parishad, USA led by its President Dr Md Rabbi Alam has filed case against Aljazeera television and its network few months back for conspiring against Bangladesh and the case was accepted in the US Fderal Court .