Govt, ruling party in Bangladesh control mosques: US

[Black_cats]

Govt, ruling party in Bangladesh control mosques: US​

Staff Correspondent | Published: 00:12, Jun 04,2022 | Updated: 05:45, Jun 04,2022

https://www.newagebd.net/article/172352/govt-ruling-party-in-bangladesh-control-mosques-us

A man offers prayers in a mosque in Bangladesh. — AFP file photo

The United States department of state has said that Bangladesh government continues to influence the appointment and removal of imams and to provide guidance on the content of sermons to imams of mosques.

‘Religious community leaders said imams in all mosques usually continued the practice of avoiding sermons that contradicted government policy,’ read the annual International Religious Freedom Report 2021 prepared by the office of international religious freedom.

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, unveiled the report on Thursday and said that ‘respect for religious freedom was not only one of their deepest held values and a universal human right—it’s also a vital foreign policy priority.’

Blinken stated on his twitter handle ‘This report offers a thorough, fact-based review of the state of religious freedom in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world.’

Thousands of mosques, including Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, are operated under the direct authority of the Islamic Foundation and imams and employees of those mosques are funded by the government, read the report.

Bangladeshi mosques not overseen by the Islamic Foundation are operated with oversight from a governing committee dominated by local ruling party politicians and administration, it said.

‘Islamic leaders said the government continued to influence the appointment and removal of imams and to provide guidance on the content of sermons to imams throughout the country’, the report added.

In Bangladesh portion, the state department report stated that in response to the violence and destruction that occurred in October 2021 following a Facebook post that spurred attacks against Hindus, Bangladesh government officials at the highest levels, including prime minister Sheikh Hasina, condemned the attacks and called the violence and destruction of Hindu temples and property un-Islamic.

‘Some human rights organisations, however, said the government’s actions to arrest and charge thousands of individuals were overbroad and, in some cases, deliberately targeted political rivals,’ the report stated.

In April 2021, police arrested more than 300 members of the Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam over protests centring the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Accusing Modi of stoking religious discrimination against Muslims in India, the group led violent protests across several districts during Modi’s two-day visit, said the nreport.

On February 25, 2021, the report stated, forest department officials tore down a Sathirampara Seventh day Adventist church in Bandarban.

In October 2021, the Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal formally charged Baul folk singer Rita Dewan with blasphemy stemming from a February 2020 incident when a lawyer accused her of making derogatory comments against Allah during a musical competition, for which she issued an apology afterward.

The report stated that human rights organisations reported an increase, compared with 2020, in the use of extrajudicial fatwas by village community leaders and local religious leaders to punish individuals for perceived ‘moral transgressions’.

Bangladesh government continued construction projects on land traditionally owned by indigenous communities in the Moulvibazar and Modhupur forest areas, said the report.

In January 2021, more than 1,000 ethnic Garo and Koch individuals, mostly Christians, held a rally at a bus stop in Tangail protesting at a Forest Department notice asking them to vacate their ancestral lands in the Madhupur forest, it said.

Media reported that in September, Rohingya Muslims protested the burial of Mohi Uddin, a Christian Rohingya refugee, in the Kutapalong refugee camp, preventing the burial from taking place for 30 hours.

 

[Bilal9]

Govt, ruling party in Bangladesh control mosques: US​

Staff Correspondent | Published: 00:12, Jun 04,2022 | Updated: 05:45, Jun 04,2022

https://www.newagebd.net/article/172352/govt-ruling-party-in-bangladesh-control-mosques-us

A man offers prayers in a mosque in Bangladesh. — AFP file photo

The United States department of state has said that Bangladesh government continues to influence the appointment and removal of imams and to provide guidance on the content of sermons to imams of mosques.

‘Religious community leaders said imams in all mosques usually continued the practice of avoiding sermons that contradicted government policy,’ read the annual International Religious Freedom Report 2021 prepared by the office of international religious freedom.

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, unveiled the report on Thursday and said that ‘respect for religious freedom was not only one of their deepest held values and a universal human right—it’s also a vital foreign policy priority.’

Blinken stated on his twitter handle ‘This report offers a thorough, fact-based review of the state of religious freedom in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world.’

Thousands of mosques, including Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, are operated under the direct authority of the Islamic Foundation and imams and employees of those mosques are funded by the government, read the report.

Bangladeshi mosques not overseen by the Islamic Foundation are operated with oversight from a governing committee dominated by local ruling party politicians and administration, it said.

‘Islamic leaders said the government continued to influence the appointment and removal of imams and to provide guidance on the content of sermons to imams throughout the country’, the report added.

In Bangladesh portion, the state department report stated that in response to the violence and destruction that occurred in October 2021 following a Facebook post that spurred attacks against Hindus, Bangladesh government officials at the highest levels, including prime minister Sheikh Hasina, condemned the attacks and called the violence and destruction of Hindu temples and property un-Islamic.

‘Some human rights organisations, however, said the government’s actions to arrest and charge thousands of individuals were overbroad and, in some cases, deliberately targeted political rivals,’ the report stated.

In April 2021, police arrested more than 300 members of the Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam over protests centring the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Accusing Modi of stoking religious discrimination against Muslims in India, the group led violent protests across several districts during Modi’s two-day visit, said the nreport.

On February 25, 2021, the report stated, forest department officials tore down a Sathirampara Seventh day Adventist church in Bandarban.

In October 2021, the Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal formally charged Baul folk singer Rita Dewan with blasphemy stemming from a February 2020 incident when a lawyer accused her of making derogatory comments against Allah during a musical competition, for which she issued an apology afterward.

The report stated that human rights organisations reported an increase, compared with 2020, in the use of extrajudicial fatwas by village community leaders and local religious leaders to punish individuals for perceived ‘moral transgressions’.

Bangladesh government continued construction projects on land traditionally owned by indigenous communities in the Moulvibazar and Modhupur forest areas, said the report.

In January 2021, more than 1,000 ethnic Garo and Koch individuals, mostly Christians, held a rally at a bus stop in Tangail protesting at a Forest Department notice asking them to vacate their ancestral lands in the Madhupur forest, it said.

Media reported that in September, Rohingya Muslims protested the burial of Mohi Uddin, a Christian Rohingya refugee, in the Kutapalong refugee camp, preventing the burial from taking place for 30 hours.

I thought AL was doing this to appease India and the US in the first place.

Jar laiga kori churi - shei koy chor ??

 

[bluesky]

Govt, ruling party in Bangladesh control mosques: US

Where is our FM Alga Momen? Why should he wait to bash America again? Bilken has insulted Bangladesh.

Our Alga Momen must reciprocate it in kind. It is possible that Bilken will enjoy Momen bashing. I saw him all smile whenever he is in the company of Momen.

Mr. Alga Momen, many are waiting for you to take verbal revenge on American abuse of Bangladesh.

 

[Destranator]

Govt, ruling party in Bangladesh control mosques: US​

Staff Correspondent | Published: 00:12, Jun 04,2022 | Updated: 05:45, Jun 04,2022

https://www.newagebd.net/article/172352/govt-ruling-party-in-bangladesh-control-mosques-us

A man offers prayers in a mosque in Bangladesh. — AFP file photo

The United States department of state has said that Bangladesh government continues to influence the appointment and removal of imams and to provide guidance on the content of sermons to imams of mosques.

‘Religious community leaders said imams in all mosques usually continued the practice of avoiding sermons that contradicted government policy,’ read the annual International Religious Freedom Report 2021 prepared by the office of international religious freedom.

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, unveiled the report on Thursday and said that ‘respect for religious freedom was not only one of their deepest held values and a universal human right—it’s also a vital foreign policy priority.’

Blinken stated on his twitter handle ‘This report offers a thorough, fact-based review of the state of religious freedom in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world.’

Thousands of mosques, including Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, are operated under the direct authority of the Islamic Foundation and imams and employees of those mosques are funded by the government, read the report.

Bangladeshi mosques not overseen by the Islamic Foundation are operated with oversight from a governing committee dominated by local ruling party politicians and administration, it said.

‘Islamic leaders said the government continued to influence the appointment and removal of imams and to provide guidance on the content of sermons to imams throughout the country’, the report added.

In Bangladesh portion, the state department report stated that in response to the violence and destruction that occurred in October 2021 following a Facebook post that spurred attacks against Hindus, Bangladesh government officials at the highest levels, including prime minister Sheikh Hasina, condemned the attacks and called the violence and destruction of Hindu temples and property un-Islamic.

‘Some human rights organisations, however, said the government’s actions to arrest and charge thousands of individuals were overbroad and, in some cases, deliberately targeted political rivals,’ the report stated.

In April 2021, police arrested more than 300 members of the Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam over protests centring the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Accusing Modi of stoking religious discrimination against Muslims in India, the group led violent protests across several districts during Modi’s two-day visit, said the nreport.

On February 25, 2021, the report stated, forest department officials tore down a Sathirampara Seventh day Adventist church in Bandarban.

In October 2021, the Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal formally charged Baul folk singer Rita Dewan with blasphemy stemming from a February 2020 incident when a lawyer accused her of making derogatory comments against Allah during a musical competition, for which she issued an apology afterward.

The report stated that human rights organisations reported an increase, compared with 2020, in the use of extrajudicial fatwas by village community leaders and local religious leaders to punish individuals for perceived ‘moral transgressions’.

Bangladesh government continued construction projects on land traditionally owned by indigenous communities in the Moulvibazar and Modhupur forest areas, said the report.

In January 2021, more than 1,000 ethnic Garo and Koch individuals, mostly Christians, held a rally at a bus stop in Tangail protesting at a Forest Department notice asking them to vacate their ancestral lands in the Madhupur forest, it said.

Media reported that in September, Rohingya Muslims protested the burial of Mohi Uddin, a Christian Rohingya refugee, in the Kutapalong refugee camp, preventing the burial from taking place for 30 hours.

I wish this was as effective as they are portraying it to be. We need tight controls over what idiot mullahs preach to our poorly educated, emotional masses.

 

[bluesky]

I wish this was as effective as they are portraying it to be. We need tight controls over what idiot mullahs preach to our poorly educated, emotional masses.

Nowadays, I see many young BD people coming to Japan are completely brainwashed by fundamentalism and I do not see our society would ever reverse to the pre-1971 era when everyone was religious but not very many were fundamentalists.

Immediately after the 1971 war, BAL and others propagated against Islam and many people moved away from it. As a reaction, Mullah people started to intervene in the society. Now, their efforts are producing young men with fundamentalism.

BD society has become engulfed in two opposing polarization. Progressive and fundamentalism. In my opinion, People should be in between.

 

[BananaRepublicUK]

Nowadays, I see many young BD people coming to Japan are completely brainwashed by fundamentalism and I do not see our society would ever reverse to the pre-1971 era when everyone was religious but not very many were fundamentalists.

Immediately after the 1971 war, BAL and others propagated against Islam and many people moved away from it. As a reaction, Mullah people started to intervene in the society. Now, their efforts are producing young men with fundamentalism.

BD society has become engulfed in two opposing polarization. Progressive and fundamentalism. In my opinion, People should be in between.

You are correct in your conclusion but wrong in your causation.

It was Zia who allowed fundamentalism in as a sop to US.

US still sees Islamic fundamentalism as a buffer against communism.

US sponsors Islamic fundamentalism via the Saudis.

Then demonises Muslims in return.

It’s a win, win, for them!

The young generation have a weird mix of excessive religiosity mixed with social media and Uber fashion.

Muslim girls now combine the hizab with excessive makeup and tight clothing.

How is that modest?

Govt, ruling party in Bangladesh control mosques: US​

Staff Correspondent | Published: 00:12, Jun 04,2022 | Updated: 05:45, Jun 04,2022

https://www.newagebd.net/article/172352/govt-ruling-party-in-bangladesh-control-mosques-us

A man offers prayers in a mosque in Bangladesh. — AFP file photo

The United States department of state has said that Bangladesh government continues to influence the appointment and removal of imams and to provide guidance on the content of sermons to imams of mosques.

‘Religious community leaders said imams in all mosques usually continued the practice of avoiding sermons that contradicted government policy,’ read the annual International Religious Freedom Report 2021 prepared by the office of international religious freedom.

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, unveiled the report on Thursday and said that ‘respect for religious freedom was not only one of their deepest held values and a universal human right—it’s also a vital foreign policy priority.’

Blinken stated on his twitter handle ‘This report offers a thorough, fact-based review of the state of religious freedom in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world.’

Thousands of mosques, including Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, are operated under the direct authority of the Islamic Foundation and imams and employees of those mosques are funded by the government, read the report.

Bangladeshi mosques not overseen by the Islamic Foundation are operated with oversight from a governing committee dominated by local ruling party politicians and administration, it said.

‘Islamic leaders said the government continued to influence the appointment and removal of imams and to provide guidance on the content of sermons to imams throughout the country’, the report added.

In Bangladesh portion, the state department report stated that in response to the violence and destruction that occurred in October 2021 following a Facebook post that spurred attacks against Hindus, Bangladesh government officials at the highest levels, including prime minister Sheikh Hasina, condemned the attacks and called the violence and destruction of Hindu temples and property un-Islamic.

‘Some human rights organisations, however, said the government’s actions to arrest and charge thousands of individuals were overbroad and, in some cases, deliberately targeted political rivals,’ the report stated.

In April 2021, police arrested more than 300 members of the Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam over protests centring the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Accusing Modi of stoking religious discrimination against Muslims in India, the group led violent protests across several districts during Modi’s two-day visit, said the nreport.

On February 25, 2021, the report stated, forest department officials tore down a Sathirampara Seventh day Adventist church in Bandarban.

In October 2021, the Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal formally charged Baul folk singer Rita Dewan with blasphemy stemming from a February 2020 incident when a lawyer accused her of making derogatory comments against Allah during a musical competition, for which she issued an apology afterward.

The report stated that human rights organisations reported an increase, compared with 2020, in the use of extrajudicial fatwas by village community leaders and local religious leaders to punish individuals for perceived ‘moral transgressions’.

Bangladesh government continued construction projects on land traditionally owned by indigenous communities in the Moulvibazar and Modhupur forest areas, said the report.

In January 2021, more than 1,000 ethnic Garo and Koch individuals, mostly Christians, held a rally at a bus stop in Tangail protesting at a Forest Department notice asking them to vacate their ancestral lands in the Madhupur forest, it said.

Media reported that in September, Rohingya Muslims protested the burial of Mohi Uddin, a Christian Rohingya refugee, in the Kutapalong refugee camp, preventing the burial from taking place for 30 hours.

In the U.K. all CofE churches are under the authority of the queen.

Prime minister appoints the Archbishop in consultation with the Queen. Who kneels down to express his loyalty to the Queen and her government.

Will the US protest that as well?

Biden administration will not rest until Bangladesh signs up for US hegemony!!!

What’s next? Send the sixth fleet?