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Viewing cable 06DHAKA3888, ANTI-AHMADIYA PROTESTS IN DHAKA FIZZLE OUT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06DHAKA3888 2006-06-29 10:14 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Dhaka
VZCZCXRO4504
RR RUEHCI
DE RUEHKA #3888 1801014
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 291014Z JUN 06
FM AMEMBASSY DHAKA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9155
INFO RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 9192
RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 8597
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 1185
RUEHLM/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO 7495
RUEHCI/AMCONSUL CALCUTTA
UNCLAS DHAKA 003888 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL BG
SUBJECT: ANTI-AHMADIYA PROTESTS IN DHAKA FIZZLE OUT 
 
 
1. SUMMARY. A new wave of anti-Ahmadiya protests in Dhaka 
fizzled out when attempts by the extremist Khatme Nabuwat 
Andolan Bangladesh (KNAB) movement to take over an Ahmadiya 
mosque were thwarted by police.  The quick police reaction 
diffused a potentially violent situation with minimal 
violence, generating praise for the Home Ministry from the 
Ahmadiyas and civil society organizations. Follow-on threats 
by the KNAB to shut down Uttara and seize the airport failed 
to materialize. END SUMMARY. 
 
2. KNAB leader Noor Hossain Nurani announced plans to take 
over the Ashkona Ahmadiya Mosque in the Uttara neighborhood 
in Dhaka to draw attention to his group's demand that the 
parliament declare the Ahmadiyas "non-Muslim" by June 29. 
According to the Ahmadiya Muslim Jamaat (AMJ), the principle 
Ahmadiya organization in Bangladesh, Nurani began assembling 
supporters at five mosques and madrassas around Uttara on 
June 21 with the intention of seizing Ashkona on June 23. 
 
3. Alarmed Ahmadiya community leaders asked the Prime 
Minister's office to provide police protection and prevent 
the seizure of the mosque complex. Twenty-two Ahmadiya 
families living in Uttara also appealed to the BDG for 
protection, and the AMJ launched a widespread information 
campaign designed to rally support. Several civil society and 
non-governmental organizations expressed support for the 
Ahmadiyas and announced they would assist in protecting the 
mosque. 
 
4. According to Ahmadiya and police sources, on the morning 
of June 23 approximately 1,500 to 2,000 KNAB marchers, many 
wielding long bamboo sticks, gathered for a rally in Uttara 
where Nurani reiterated the group's main demands.  He then 
led a march towards the Ashkona mosque. The police deployed 
over 3,000 police in the Uttara area to prevent violence and 
cordon off the Ahmadiya complex.  After coming up against 
police barricades, Nurani and his followers marched into the 
middle of the main access road to Dhaka-Zia International 
Airport to hold afternoon prayers. When they tried to block 
traffic, damaging two vehicles, the police dispersed them 
using batons. Some ten to 20 people were injured in the 
melee. 
 
5. Following the KNAB's failure to take the mosque Nurani 
announced a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Uttara for June 25 and 26 
and added the demand that the Bangladeshi parliament pass a 
law declaring Mohammad the "last prophet."   Journalists 
informed us that although traffic to the airport was light on 
the morning of June 25, the hartal never materialized. 
Police broke up the main KNAB pro-hartal procession as it 
tried to march through Uttara, injuring Nurani in the 
process.  There were no signs of hartals or protestors on 
June 26. 
 
6. From his hospital bed Nurani vowed to continue his 
movement, declaring a "siege" of Zia International Airport on 
the morning of June 29.  The police told us ahead of time 
that there was "no way" they would permit the group to shut 
down the airport or access road. No protestors showed up for 
the airport siege, and Nurani later cancelled it.  He 
announced a new siege of Ahmadiya facilities in the Noddapara 
neighborhood of Dhaka for July 4. 
 
7. In summing up the events of the week, Ahmad Tabshir, the 
main AMJ spokesperson, told us that although the Ahmadiya 
community was initially alarmed by this latest offensive 
against them they were "very happy" with the actions of the 
government. "If the government continues to take such 
actions, the zealots will be discouraged from further actions 
against us," Tabshir told us. Regarding the police, Tabshir 
commended them for keeping the protestors away from Ahmadiya 
installations. 
 
8. COMMENT. The failure of the KNAB protests demonstrates a 
lack of popular support for these types of anti-Ahmadiya 
actions. The major political parties do not take the demands 
of the KNAB seriously, and there is no significant support 
for anti-Ahmadiya legislation in parliament. Given the poor 
turnout and strong police deterrent role at this week's 
KNAB-organized program, it is highly unlikely that the 
protest on July 4 will be any more successful. Furthermore, 
the Home Ministry and police deserve credit for protecting 
the Ahmadiya facilities and dispersing the protestors. END 
COMMENT. 
BUTENIS