Magura court summons Latif Siddique

A  Magura court today summoned recently sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique in a case filed on charges of hurting Muslim’s religious sentiments.
The former posts and telecommunications and ICT minister will have to appear before the court on December 11, Bangla daily Prothom Alo reports.
Earlier in the day, Syed Rafiqul Islam, BNP president of Bagia union unit of Magura Sadar upazila, filed the case with the Senior Judicial Magistrate court of Magura.
Latif on September 28 said that he was against hajj and Tabligh Jamaat more than he was against the party Jamaat-e-Islami. He also said Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) made arrangement of hajj to “generate income”.
A Dhaka court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for failing to respond to its summons in a case filed for hurting Muslims' religious sentiments.

WHAT THE MINISTER SAID
At the programme organised by the Tangail Samity at a New York hotel, Latif said he was against hajj and Tabligh Jamaat more than he was against the Jamaat-e-Islami.
"Hajj is a waste of manpower. Those who perform hajj do not have any productivity. They deduct from the economy, spend a lot of money abroad.
"If 1,00,000 people perform hajj every year on an average and spend Tk 5 lakh each, then the total cost stands at Tk 500 crore," he said.
Speaking about the history of hajj, he said Prophet Muhammad was worried about the people of Arab as they were robbers. The prophet then made an arrangement that his followers meet at a place every year, which will generate income.
Criticising Tabligh Jamaat, he said, "Tabligh Jamaat brings together about 20 lakh people every year. It has no specific duties. It just clogs traffic across the country."
Latif also castigated Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, saying, "Why do you often mention of Joy? Who is Joy Bhai? Joy is nobody in the government. He cannot make any decision."
On talk shows, the minister said, "Those who attend talk shows are basically ‘talk man’. They jabber in front of cameras as they have nothing to do."
He went on to use unprintable offensive words about the talk show speakers and behaved indecently with the journalists present at the discussion.
He snubbed a journalist and said, "Should I talk as you wish? I am telling what I think right. Why have you come here? Who has invited you here?"