Jamaat blasts Hefazat chief’s ‘enemy of qaumi madrassa’ branding

Jamaat-e-Islami has strongly condemned and rejected a recent statement by Hefazat-e-Islam Amir Maulana Muhibullah Babunagari, who labeled Jamaat as “an enemy of Qaumi madrassahs,” calling the remark “fabricated,” “baseless,” and “unbefitting of a scholar of his stature.” The rebuttal came in a statement issued Monday by Ehsanul Mahbub Zubair, Assistant Secretary General and Head of Jamaat’s Central Publicity and Media Department, in response to a front-page article published in a vernacular daily under the headline: “If Jamaat comes to power, Qaumi, Deobandi and Sunni Madrasas will not exist.” “There is not even a shred of truth in Maulana Babunagari’s statement. It is entirely fabricated,” Zubair said. “Such unfounded allegations do not reflect the dignity expected from a respected Islamic scholar....