This development comes after Islamists had claimed that bloggers who support the ongoing Shahbag movement - which demands capital punishment for the country's war criminals, some of which are high-ranking leaders of the country's largest Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami - are atheist and anti-Islamic, and foster anti-social elements. 
Hatua hii inakuja baada ya Waislamu kudai kuwa wanablogu wanaosaidia harakati za Shahbag zinazoendelea na zinazodai adhabu kubwa kwa wahalifu wa kivita nchini humo, ambao miongoni mwao ni viongozi wakubwa wa chama kikubwa cha Kiislam cha Jamaat-e-Islami - ni wale wasiomwamini Mungu na wanaoshinikiza hali ya kutokuwepo kwa uchangamano.