Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Professor Mia Golam Parwar expressed alarm over the escalating incidents of rape and violence against women and children, stating that “no place—buses, trains, launches, offices, homes, schools, colleges, or madrasas—is safe anymore.”
In a statement issued on Sunday, March 9, he warned that media reports capture only a fraction of the crisis. “The reality is far more horrifying,” he said, describing rape as a “serious national problem.”
Parwar urged citizens, including imams, khatibs, and religious leaders, to build social resistance against rapists, advocating for their condemnation and boycott.
Citing recent cases, he referenced a March 9 incident in South Keraniganj, Dhaka, where a four-month-pregnant woman was lured to an abandoned house in Pangaon Rishipara with promises of food and shelter, only to be gang-raped.
She is now in critical condition at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. He also highlighted a March 5 assault on a Dhaka University student near the Raju Sculpture, where she was harassed over her headscarf. “These incidents show a clear rise in rape and violence against women,” he said.
Addressing the rape of an eight-year-old girl in Magura, Parwar equated the crime of the rapist with those who aided it, demanding their swift arrest, trial, and “maximum punishment.”
He blamed societal moral decay—fueled by an “unethical” education system, co-education, drug addiction, and indecent media content—for the surge in rape, murder, kidnapping, and acid attacks. “Only an Islamic education system rooted in the Quran and Sunnah can reverse this by instilling humanity, values, and fear of Allah,” he argued, calling for adherence to Islamic principles across society.
Jamaat urged authorities to act decisively, starting with exemplary punishment for the Magura case perpetrators, to curb the rising tide of violence against women and girls.