Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the country’s Islamic scholars to remain aware so that no one from other faiths could infiltrate into the Muslim community and create difference among the Muslims to instigate anarchy in Bangladesh.
She made the call while addressing a function, marking the 39th founding anniversary of the Islamic Foundation, at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the capital.
Sheikh Hasina said many Islamic countries across the globe were engaged in fighting each other or the Muslims of an Islamic country were fighting among themselves.
She also said in the recent times, these people wanted to create anarchy in Bangladesh. “But they had failed miserably as the government took timely steps.”
Reminding that their “ill motives are still alive,” the premier urged the Islamic scholars of the country to remain alert in this regard and said that those engaged in killing, terrorism and militancy had no religion.
Terming Bangladesh a Muslim majority country, she said the country would be run as per the Madinah Charter and the last sermon and directives of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH).
“There will be no law against the Holy Quran and Sunnah here ever,” she assured the Islamic scholars of the county.
The government stated clearly in the Women Policy that if any international law had anything against Quran and Sunnah it would not be applicable in Bangladesh, she said, adding that the government had already implemented one verdict of the court.
She also said because of the evil activities of some people in 1971, beautiful Islamic names like Razakar, al-Badr and al-Shams had turned into “bad words.”
Saying that the Islam is the religion of peace, Hasina said certain vested quarters misinterpreted and misused Islam that caused a lot of harm to this religion.