Bangladesh starts monitoring mosques, madrasas

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Bangladesh starts monitoring mosques, madrasas


Bangladesh starts monitoring mosques, madrasas, IBN Live News

PTI | 07:08 PM,Aug 08,2012

From Anisur Rahman Dhaka, Aug 8 (PTI)

Facing threat from militants and extremists, Bangladesh has launched a nationwide programme for monitoring mosques and madrasas to ensure clerics follow guidelines issued by the state-run Islamic Foundation. "We have engaged our 40,000 staff having background in Islamic studies to monitor the mosques and see if the imams or khatibs are conveying our messages against militancy in line with the real Islamic teachings," Islamic Foundation's director general Shamim Mohammed Afzal told PTI. He said the foundation staff would join the Muslim's weekly special 'juma' congregations when the clerics were supposed to deliver lectures or sermons against religious extremism and militancy and highlighting the "spirit of love" against "hatred and violence". Islamic Foundation is an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Religious Affairs working to disseminate values and ideals of Islam and carry out related activities. Afzal said the foundation earlier distributed several million copies of two books against militancy at the 270,000 mosques and over 100,000 madrasahs. The foundation officials said they have set up an anti-militancy cell and every week their officials monitor at least 10 mosques in Dhaka to see whether the clerics speak about militancy in their Friday sermons. "The officials were also tasked to motivate or request the independent clerics of the mosques to use their good offices and knowledge so that the youngsters were not lured by Islamist militants". Bangladesh witnessed massive emergence of militant outfits in 2004-2005 when the country was hit by a series of blasts killing dozens of people as the groups promised to establish Islamic rule of their own brands. The situation sparked fears that the world's fourth largest Muslim majority nation was becoming a militancy hotspot and prompted the subsequent governments to launch a massive security clampdown that resulted in trial and execution of six militant kingpins while dozens were jailed or were still being tried.

[Safriz]

Under orders from India

[kobiraaz]

Hilarious!!! You can call for Caliphate sitting in London, but not in Bangladesh!

[Damadji]

Under orders from India

Under the good sense.

They don't want daily suicide attacks, bomb blast and terrorist attacks.

Don't drag India stay on topic.

[Avisheik]

It would be better if they spent this amount of energy observing nd apprehanding criminals and pirate gangs that wreck havoc.

In bangladesh most extremist are a lone wolf or a small group of lone wolves, thats why our militancy level is very low scale(almost zero). If police or RAB wants to take out militancy completely, target these group, not the entire population. Targeting the entire muslim population will only cause distrust among the police and the bangladeshi muslims.

[Al-zakir]

Awami fasiq league turning Bangladesh in to fasiq-desh. Lanat, lanat and lanat on people for tolerating fat nose murtid la-hasina.

[apo_mEaTgRiNdEr]

I'm not sure if it's a good idea. Might backfire.

[zip]

Bangladesh is doing all the right things and result will be very sweet ..another two decades of hardship will make them one of the model muslim state in world

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

It would be better if they spent this amount of energy observing nd apprehanding criminals and pirate gangs that wreck havoc.

Thats your opinion but today home minister Shara Khatun said that there is no robbery or any sort of crime at the moment.

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[KRAIT]

Under orders from India

Yup we run Bangladesh's government. Its all under the table deal.....

Neither India nor Bangladesh wants Jehad factory in Bangladesh. Bad for our growth.

[Al-zakir]

Bangladesh is doing all the right things and result will be very sweet ..another two decades of hardship will make them one of the model muslim state in world

Or, burning hell with full blown civil war between Muslim and munafiq.

I'm not sure if it's a good idea. Might backfire.

People are waiting Patiently. Mark my word, if Awami fall by next election, you can expect dead bodies of Awami leaders on the street. They have already crossed the limit. It will not be pretty for Awami thugs for sure.

[Avisheik]

Thats your opinion but today home minister Shara Khatun said that there is no robbery or any sort of crime at the moment.

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Just like our communication minister is saying our highways are in tip top condition

Politician der kaj khube sohoj, kaj suru hober aagei kaj sesh

[zip]

@Al zakira
as an outsider i can view the picture without any prejudice ..trust me they are doing pretty good and they are 'lambi race ka ghoda ' ..being bengalis they may have natural ability of long term thinking ..i have great respect for bengalis for their intellectual ability ..bangladesh is a one intelligent country

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People are waiting patently. Mark my word, if Awami fall by next election, you can expect dead bodies of Awami leaders on the street. They have already crossed the limit. It will not be pretty for Awami thugs for sure.

Just a few dead bodies won't kill BAL. We need to empower and re-equip DGFI/NSI once BNP's back. Does the trick in the long run.

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Or, burning hell with full blown civil war between Muslim and munafiq.



People are waiting Patiently. Mark my word, if Awami fall by next election, you can expect dead bodies of Awami leaders on the street. They have already crossed the limit. It will not be pretty for Awami thugs for sure.

So you are essentially declaring war on RAW and India