Senior jurist Kamal Hossain at the programme said that politicians in Bangladesh were unfortunately following a Pakistani trend of compromising with ideals to woo voters.
Source/Credit: New Age | Bangladesh
By NABD Staff Correspondent | January 19, 2013
The elite and rights defenders at a reception on Friday resented the growing trend of religious intolerance in Bangladesh saying that Bangladesh would be on the verge of extinction if basic principles of the constitution were not upheld.
They came up with the views at a reception of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Bangladesh at its headquarters in Dhaka on the occasion of its founding centenary.
Senior jurist Kamal Hossain at the programme said that politicians in Bangladesh were unfortunately following a Pakistani trend of compromising with ideals to woo voters.
‘After they had declared the Ahmadiyyas non-Muslims in 1974, I asked them why they had done so. And they said that these were all done considering voters. Now, in Bangladesh, we hear people defending similar acts done by othes considering voters,’ he said.
The Workers Party of Bangladesh president, Rashed Khan Menon, said that the country had been liberated in the spirit of secularism and it was adopted in the constitution but the state had deviated from that ideal. He feared that if such trends were not resisted, it would be misinterpreted further.
Writer Shahriyar Kabir said that the root of intolerance was the political use of religion and it needed to be resisted and banned. ‘Many things are cited in the penal code regarding the violation of rights but they remain unimplemented… The root cause of such intolerance is the political use of religion and it will continue till such acts are not resisted or banned,’ he said.
Dhaka University law teacher Asif Nazrul expressed resentment about the environment of impunity for persecutors on the Ahmadiyyas. ‘Now a “secular” government is in office but it seems to be silent on the issue. This is unfortunate,’ he said.
The national amir of the community, Mubashsherur Rahman, handed over crests to 36 people and organisations who stood for their cause in the programme he called ‘a thanksgiving ceremony.’
‘We thank Allah the almighty for sustaining the community in Bangladesh for a century and we also thank His creatures who stood by us in adverse situation,’ he said.
An exhibition of the Qur’an featuring translations in 44 languages and partial translations in 100 languages was also held on the occasion.
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