{"id":7151,"date":"2026-01-28T15:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/?p=7151"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:05:52","slug":"those-who-laid-hands-on-mothers-apologize-jamaat-chief-at-dhaka-womens-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/?p=7151","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThose Who Laid Hands on Mothers, Apologize\u201d: Jamaat Chief at Dhaka Women\u2019s Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman on Wednesday urged those who allegedly attacked the party\u2019s female activists in recent incidents to \u201cseek forgiveness,\u201d warning that any repeat would be met with firm resistance. He was speaking at a women\u2019s rally at the Manipur Girls\u2019 High School ground in Mirpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calling women\u2019s dignity \u201cmore precious than our lives,\u201d Rahman said the party would not \u201csit idle\u201d if further assaults occur. He framed the choice as twofold: \u201cchange and respect for mothers,\u201d or be ready to take responsibility for the consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outlining gender-focused pledges, Rahman promised separate bus services for women in major cities and workplace facilities such as baby corners, breastfeeding rooms, and day-care. He defended a proposal to allow mothers of young children a five-hour workday, arguing it would reduce the number of women forced to quit jobs for caregiving. The state, he said, should cover any productivity gap: \u201cMothers are the foundation of the state; leaving them out is unimaginable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jamaat leaders Mobarak Hossain and former Islami Chhatra Shibir president Zahidul Islam also attended the rally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman on Wednesday urged those who allegedly attacked the party\u2019s female activists in recent incidents to \u201cseek forgiveness,\u201d warning that any repeat would be met with firm resistance. He was speaking at a women\u2019s rally at the Manipur Girls\u2019 High School ground in Mirpur. Calling women\u2019s dignity \u201cmore precious than our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7159,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7151\/revisions\/7159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}