A clash broke out between Police and a group of protesters seeking demolition of sculptures on December 4 after the demonstrators broke a Police barricade in front of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque and tried to bring out a procession in Dhaka city of Dhaka District in Dhaka Division, reports The Daily Star. The incident happened after the Dhaka Metropolitan Police had banned all kinds of processions and rallies in the city without their permission. Around 400 people took position near the northern gate of the mosque in Paltan area and tried to march forward around 1:45pm after the Juma prayers. But they failed to do so as additional Police personnel were deployed nearby. At one point, they started chanting slogans denouncing establishment of sculptures, and atheists. A group of 200-300 protesters then came out of the gate, broke a Police barricade and marched towards Paltan intersection chanting "nara-e-takbeer". At this, Police chased, baton-charged and disperse them. On December 3, a group of clerics, mostly Hefajat-e Islam (HeI), leaders, came up with a "fatwa" declaring that sculptures or idols of any person or animals are forbidden in Islam.