Up to half a million Hefazat-e Islam supporters gathered in the city, where rioters set fire to shops and vehicles.
The activists are calling for those who insult Islam to face the death penalty.
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Chanting "Allahu Akbar!" ("God is greatest!") and "One point! One demand! Atheists must be hanged", the activists marched down at least six main roads as they headed for Motijheel, AFP news agency reported.
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But the government, which describes Bangladesh as a secular democracy, has rejected the group's demand for a new law on blasphemy.
6 maj 2013
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"Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed has said the existing laws already have sufficient safeguards to address the protesters' concerns. On Friday, she vowed that the government "will not allow any chaos in the name of Islam, a religion of peace."
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/05/20135510413485449.html
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