Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned that the government will not allow anyone to do politics with religious sentiment.
“This cannot be done, not in Bangladesh at least,” she told a function yesterday, organised by the Women and Child Affairs Ministry at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium marking the 85th birth anniversary of Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib, her mother.
She said various incidents are now occurring in the country and the government is tackling those. “At least our government is not sitting idle.”
Sheikh Hasina mentioned that the wave of terrorism and militancy that has spread to different parts of the world are now hitting Bangladesh. “We are trying to check those with iron fists.”
The prime minister said that 90% people in Bangladesh are Muslims and there were so many attempts to unleash terrorism and militant activities in this country.
“But, Bangladesh is a non-communal country. This is how the Father of the Nation brought the country’s independence…We are building the country in that way and we want to maintain that path,” she said.
Expressing her grief over the suicide bomb attack on a mosque after Jumma prayers in Saudi Arabia, she said: “Are they Muslims? Those who commit suicide and kill other Muslims, how can they be Muslims? Which religion are they protecting?”
“So where is the answer to this conflict…Muslims are killing Muslims through suicide attacks, again killing people and bloggers for writing against religion, then which one is real, which one is true, which path will people follow,” she asked.
Terming Islam as the religion of peace, she said those who are polluting Islam cannot be believers of any religion.
