Islamists protest women’s rights changes in Dhaka.

• Hefazat-e-Islam, a Bangladeshi Islamist group, staged a rally demanding the abolition of a government-instituted women-related commission.

• The group, mainly composed of teachers and students from non-government madrassas, denounced the draft recommendations of the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission.

• The group’s senior leader, Maulana Mahfuzul Huq, announced a 12-point charter of demands, including the abolition of the existing commission and the creation of a new one.

• Hefazat leader Mamunul Haque criticized the commission for labeling religious inheritance laws as the main cause of inequality.