DHAKA -- Hundreds of hardliners from the banned group Hizb ut-Tahrir streamed onto the streets of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka this month to call for an Islamic state ruled by religious law.
The Islamists clashed with police who responded with teargas and batons as they arrested about three dozen protesters. The rally exploded onto the streets despite activists calling beforehand to block this public show of force by a group blacklisted for its extremist ideology.
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