The leading intellectuals and freedom fighters of the two organisations in a statement demanded immediate arrest of the leaders and activists of Khatme Nabuwat for spreading hatred against the Ahmadiyyas.

The threat is the part of a politically motivated programme of

International Khatme Nabuwat to attack mosques and residences of Ahmadiyyas which is patronised by Jamaat-e Islami, it added.

The government has to take the responsibilities if it shelters the attackers, the leaders said, adding that such terrorist activities cannot be carried out without government's patronisation.

They urged people from all walks of life to unite to eradicate the fundamentalists from the soil and protect the country's sovereignty threatened by terrorism and repression in the name of Islam since the BNP-Jamaat government came to power.

The signatories to the statement included Prof Kabir Chowdhury, Prof Salahuddin Ahmed, Women leader Hena Das, Prof Mustafa Nur Ul Islam, Justice KM Sobhan, Advocate Gaziul Haque, Singer Kalim Sharafi, Poet Shamsur Rahman, Air Vice Marshal (Retd) AK Khandokar BU, Major General (Retd) KM Shafiullah BU, Major General (Retd) CR Dutta BU, Major (Retd) Rafiqul Islam BU, Prof Zillur Rahman Siddiqui, Journalist Wahidul Haque, Prof Musharraf Hossain, Prof Anisuzzaman, Prof Borhanuddin Khan Jahangir, Prof Hasan Azizul Haq, Artist Qaium Chowdhury, Journalist Shahriar Kabir, Artist Rafiqunnabi, Asaduzzaman Nur MP and Prof Muntasir Mamun.