Bangladesh High Court  stays Ahmadiya books ban

The High Court on Sunday stayed for two weeks a government order banning publications of the Ahmadiya Muslim Jamaat.

The High Court bench of Justice MA Matin and Justice AFM Abdur Rahman also issued a rule nisi on the government to show cause within three weeks why the order would not be declared illegal and void.The government in its order said certain ‘objectionable’ views contained in the publications had or might hurt religious sentiments of the majority of the population.

Dr Kamal with Sara Hossain and Tanzibul Alam moved the case for the petitioners.

Photograph: Courtsey Prothom Alo , Dhaka