Comments on: Religious Parties: To Ban Or Not To Ban

By: Khairul Islam

Khairul Islam — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:32:50 +0000

Who are these people in white clothes and turbans brought in from various parts of the country for today’s demonstration against empowerment of women?
Most of them are impoverished or orphans raised in madrassahs funded by Arab money mostly from Saudi Arabia and Libya. These people are mostly recruited by people like Amini and parties like Jamaat-e-Islami to use them to create confusion about the true spirit of Islam in the minds of the naive and the innocent. These people who are picked at a very early age by these religion traders to exploit them in future to get support from rightist parties like BNP. These people are different from the mainstream education and are taught that Awami Leaguers are infidels and Bangabandhu was a ‘ferraun’. They are even brainwashed about their ultimate aim in life should be to wage a jehad which will take them to paradise.

The government should focus on this section of the impoverished mass that are very easily exploited by religious fundamentalists to tarnish the image of a moderate Bangladesh abroad. Their lifestyle must be looked into and properly addressed so that they do not become recruits of terrorist Islamic organisations in the country and abroad.

By: Galib Hasan

Galib Hasan — Wed, 19 May 2010 06:24:36 +0000

“Religious politics to be ban in Bangladesh”. To me it is profound logical for our country. There are religious political parties available in other countries also. But they believe their independence, sovreignty, own culture and history. Here the defference in our country are, our religious political parties they do not believe their own culture, history. They were against our independec. They behave like fanatic. They support islamist terrorism. They can destroy their own society for their own interest. Again ban on religious politics is not enough. we need to reform madrasha education system, need to change their teaching system. As a hole we need to stop the breading place of jongi and stop their financing. our people are blind to islam with out knowing the meaning of islam. so those people are bluffed in the name of religious politics.

By: Galib Hasan

Galib Hasan — Wed, 19 May 2010 06:21:18 +0000

“Religious politics to be ban in bagladesh”. To me it is profound logical for our country. There are religious political parties available in other countries also. But they believe their independence, sovreignty, own culture and history. Here the defference in our country are, those religious political parties they do not believe their own culture, history. They were against our independec. They behave like fanatic. They support islamist terrorism. They can destroy their own society for their own interest. Again ban on religious politics is not enough. we need to reform madrasha education system. need to change their teaching system. As a hole we need to stop the breading place of jongi and stop their financing. our people are blind to islam with out knowing the meaning of islam. so those people are bluffed in the name of religious politics.

By: mdnr611

mdnr611 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:33:44 +0000

Befor u say somthing pls .read Quranly totaly
otherwise it will be your sorrow

By: Mohammad

Mohammad — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:10:55 +0000

If we are talking about democracy , we should allow people to decide their choice. If people decides to support a faith based party to run the affairs, let it be. Nothing should be imposed. In the past we have seen many ideas like ” Islamic Shamajtantra” , ” Boigganic Shamajtantra” taking off but crash landed with no fuel left. I agree with Mr. Nowfel, the heaven sellers are struggling for buyers even after putting their best show in the market. They lost the in the elections all ends up. And that’s the beauty of people power. We like it or not, religion has blended into our political culture. Even Awami League has an affiliated wing called ” Awami Olema League” !!! They even signed friendship charter with an Islamic outfit. I do not think that our leadership has any problem with Islam. Our PM performed Hajj and Umrah several times. She says her prayers regularly. Sheikh Mujib established Islamic Foundation with an aim to propagate Islam in the state !! So it’s not religion which we have problem with. It’s people. It’s people’s hunger for power. That’s what created all our dictators, some even elected thru elections !!! Our threat does not lie with religion based politics, it’s lack of democracy and good governance. All power lies with Jono Netri or Desh Netri. Ask AL GS Mr. Jalil or sacked BNP Sec. Gen Manna Bhuiyan , they may have more to say. Politicians charged and sentenced for corruption, are surrendering in courts in motorcades amid chants festive fanfare over last few days. They all have applied along with PM and KZ to have their cases withdrawn by executive orders !! And that’s where we are loosing the plot. Will banning religion based politics ensure delivery of justice ?? Well justice may be a bit costly for poors, but who cares !! Certainly not Mr. Shahalam of Bashundhara !!!!!

By: Engr Khondkar Abdus Saleque( Sufi)

Engr Khondkar Abdus Saleque( Sufi) — Sat, 23 May 2009 08:39:34 +0000

Let us stand firmly behind Government in its mission to try war criminals. Once identified war criminals are punished terrorism sponsored by anti liberation force will gardually die out. We believe those political parties other than Jamat who sheltered the Jamat criminals and established them have harmed the nation more.If after trial of War criminals Jamat accepts their mistake in 1971 and acts like a sensible political party there is no reason to ban them But they must amend constitution and follow Bangladesh constitution.Banning them will push them uderground and that will create anothe headache.

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By: riton

riton — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:30:11 +0000

i agree with u that we can be a good muslim and i dont agree with u that we can never have that modern and smart islamic state that prophet brought.

thanks

By: Solitude

Solitude — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:10:24 +0000

yes you right mr writer.

we can say we dont like jamaat etc. but we dont have to ban them. if we ban them madrasa ppl will go underground and then problem will go out of hand. if u allow them to be in normal poltics they can see they are wrong. islamic state during Prophet Muhammed (PBH) was very modrn at tht time. becoz he gave woman right etc. but we changed it after. so we cant have no more prophet, so cant have the modern islamic state like him before. we can be good muslims. and we can be a secular country. no peoblem i see.

By: Sentu Tikadar

Sentu Tikadar — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:25:36 +0000

A very valuable article by Nowfel saheb.
No country can prosper with religion. The propsperity can only be accomplished by the people who are truely openminded and give value to all without the religin basis.
To degrade any person becauae of his/her religion is the disrespect to his/her idintity and disrespect to mankind.If a minority religion of any country is humiliated and turchered and migrated to another country, then his/her brain is also migrted which can help to develop the country. Bangladesh lost many brains in past due to the oprresion by religious fundamentalists.The develop of any country depends all its people when all will be given equal respect irrespective of Faits.This can be done only when religious parties are away from politics.To make Bangladesh as a Muslim country will be a shame to the people who are the elite of Bangladesh and to the elites who are living out side Bangladesh.
India is becoming very developing because it is secular and the minorities feel proud to be Indian and they are in the main stream to develop India while the Minorities of Bangladesh are oppressed and torchured by the Fundamentalists and are compelled to leave their home land. After 1975 so many laws had been made by many rulling parties which all went against the minorities.Religious fundamentalism has defamed many communities internationally and still now Bangladesh why Bangladesh does not understand the value of secularism?
Who are we and who were our fore fathers? All came from same ancestry. Then why shedding each others blood on the name of religions? The animals with nails, horns and teeth fight with each other. They can not speak, can not read – they do fight but the human created by the Almighty why fight against each other? Did The Almighty told to fight? Oh Yes Almighy told to fihght with the them who does not follow Him? What a disctator this Almighy is ! I do not believe such an Almighty who has no care for humanity but for the care of his dictatirship and power.
The Almighty who told many things at many times, contradicting things at the same time.The Almighty who teaches to build haterd between man kinds of different faiths I do not believe Him.Rather I shall believe in some one who teahes the people of this earth to live side by side in peace and harmony.