Towhidi Muslim Janata is a term that refers to any group of people that forms an informal islamist organization in Bangladesh. These groups are mainly known for violent attacks on religious minorities in Bangladesh.
On 8 April 2013, Al-Jazeera reported Towhidi Janata as a term referring to revolutionary people.[1] In a November 2016 report, New Age stated Towhidi Janata to be something part of a national group backed up by Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh.[2]
On 20 October 2019, activists of Towhidi Muslim Janata gathered at Borhanuddin Upazila in Bhola and alleged that a local Hindu youth had defamed Islam on social media.[3] [4] The activists burned down the home a Hindu family and damaged 12 others. They engaged in violent clashes with the police which resulted in four deaths.[5] Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh threatened the government with seize of Shapla Chattar if they did not take action against police personals who shot at Towhidi Muslim Janata activists in Bhola.[6] Locals in Bhola alleged the slogans of Towhidi Muslim Janata were raised by activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.[7]
Towhidi Muslim Janata called for protests in Chandpur on 13 October 2021 following alleged desecration of the Quran.[8] The protesters threw stones at a Hindu temple and clashed with the police resulting in 4 deaths and 50 people injured. They vandalized a Hindu temple.[9] Police filed cases against 2400 people over the violent protests.[10]
On 14 October 2021, activists of Towhidi Muslim Janata attacked and damaged Hindu homes and temple in Lama Bazar, Bandarban.[11] [12] The Police Bureau of Investigation was given the task to investigate the incident.