Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, Bangladesh leaders yesterday appealed to the government to immediately ensure the reconstruction of a mosque of the community in Kismat Mena Nagar village of Rangpur's Taraganj upazila and uphold their constitutional rights.
The appeal came at a press conference the community organised in their Bakshibazar office in the capital in the backdrop of an arson attack by religious bigots on the community and their establishments in the village on November 7 which left 15 people injured.
In a written statement, Prof Meer Mobashsher Ali, nayeb national ameer of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, also demanded security of the life and property of the victims and their freedom to practice religion.
He also urged the government to identify the masterminds behind the attack and ensure their trial as per the country's laws.
Shahriar Kabir, executive president of Ekatturer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, said, "We have information that Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists worked behind the attack."
Historian Prof Syed Anwar Hossain, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at National Ameer Mobasherur Rahman, Advocate Faustina Perera of Bangladesh Supreme Court and Brac's Human Rights and Legal Services Director Barrister Turin Afroz also spoke on the occasion.