Legal notice served seeking directives on stopping fictional, anti-state rhetoric at Waz Mahfil
A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday served a legal notice to the authorities concerned, asking for directives on barring Islamic clerics and speakers from delivering speeches containing anti-state or fictional rhetoric at waz mahfils and ensuring that the speeches are not made without textual references to the Holy Quran and Hadith.
Supreme Court Lawyer Md Mahmudul Hasan served the legal notice and said he will file a writ petition with the High Court seeking a directive in this regard if measures are not taken within 30 days.
Secretaries to the ministries of religious affairs, home, education and director general of Islamic Foundation have been made respondents to the legal notice.
According to the legal notice, "In many cases, alems (scholars) are delivering speeches containing fictional statement, gossip and anti-state rhetoric at waz mahfils. These misleading speeches are disseminated among people through various social media such as YouTube and Facebook. It is also seen in many cases that our scholars are delivering aggressive speeches against the government and various state institutions using their own opinion and without mentioning the reference of the Holy Quran and Hadith at religious programmes and waz mahfils. Through their speeches, they are creating discord among people."
As according to Article 2(Ka) of the constitution, the state religion of the republic is Islam, it is the duty and responsibility of the government to protect the sanctity of Islam, said the lawyer in the notice.
The government should make teaching the translation of the Holy Quran and Hadith compulsory for students at all levels of the education system so that youths are not influenced by extremist and anti-state activities, listening to fictional stories and misleading speeches, added the SC lawyer.
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