Dhaka, May 6 -- Facing flak over its attacks on the Women's Affairs Reforms Commission, Bangladesh's Islamic outfit Hefazat-e-Islam has expressed regret over any "offensive language" at its grand rally on May 3, at the Suhrawardy Udyan, and has also denied all claims that it was anti-women.
The outfit's remarks were heavily criticised by the Samajik Protirodh Committee - a civil society platform consisting of 67 women's rights and human's rights groups - who called the Hefazat's remarks against the women's reforms commission as "misogynistic, violent, and barbaric."
In an official statement, Hefazat's joint secretary general, Azizul Haque Islamabadi, distanced itself from many of the remarks made by the Islamist group, saying that the out...