On May 3rd, The Associated Press reported the following:

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of supporters of an Islamist group rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday to denounce proposed recommendations for ensuring equal rights, including ones related to property, for mainly Muslim women.

Leaders of the Hefazat-e-Islam group said the proposed legal reforms are contradictory to the Sharia law. More than 20,000 followers of the group rallied near the Dhaka University, some carrying banners and placards reading “Say no to Western laws on our women, rise up Bangladesh.”

The group threatened to organize rallies on May 23 across the country if the government didn’t meet their demands.

Mamunul Haque, a leader of the group, demanded that the interim government’s reforms commission be abolished and its members punished for the proposed changes. He said they hurt “the sentiments of the majority of the people of this country” by labeling the religious laws of inheritance as the main cause of inequality between men and women.

Sharia law provides justification for mistreating women. Sharia law includes such things as honor killings, wife beating, and equal rights for women. There are currently 85 Sharia law courts in Great Britain. Some American states have banned the use of Sharia law in their states, but it is not universally banned, and there is an effort by some pro-Islamist organizations to bring Sharia law to America. Where are the feminists in this battle?