Hefazat-e-Islam has denounced the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education’s new recruitment policy that favors music teachers over religious instructors, branding it an “anti-Islamic agenda.”

In a statement, the group warned of street protests if the policy is not withdrawn. Hefazat argued that music is prohibited in Islam and should not be imposed in primary education without Muslim parents’ consent.

The statement further alleged that “NGO-backed conspirators” were exploiting the interim government’s weakness to push “de-Islamization projects,” including LGBT and music curricula, echoing similar agendas from the Awami League era.