DHAKA: Bangladesh’s high court on Monday rejected a petition by secular activists to scrap Islam’s status as the state religion in the wake of nationwide protests by hardline Islamist groups.
A special bench of three judges threw out the petition within moments of opening the case and without allowing any testimony, an AFP correspondent at the court said.
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