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Dhaka (IANS) — Amid heightened political tensions, a group of Bangladesh Islamic scholars Sunday submitted a list of bloggers who they alleged had committed blasphemy.

They handed over the list to the head of a government-formed committee, tasked with identifying and bringing to book bloggers and online activists who engaged themselves in writing derogatory contents.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administration March 13 formed the nine-member panel to identify and take action against those making derogatory remarks against Islam using social media like Facebook and blogs.

“We met a group of Islamic scholars (today). One (scholar) gave us a list of 30-32 bloggers,” Mainuddin Khandakar, head of the committee, told Xinhua.

He said they have already closed a website for “hurting religious sentiments”. Muslim-majority Bangladesh discourages blasphemy by a provision in its penal code that prohibits “hurting religious sentiments”.