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Bangladesh regulates Friday sermons after attacks
DHAKA: Bangladesh on Friday moved to regulate weekly sermons in hundreds of thousands of mosques as part of a stepped-up campaign to combat Islamist extremism, officials said.
The move comes after the deadly attack in an upscale Dhaka cafe in which 20 hostages were brutally shot and hacked to death in the nation´s worst attack by suspected Islamist militants. Since then, authorities have shut down a television channel run by a controversial Indian preacher, and decided to monitor the social media and Friday sermons of local mosques in a bid to prevent radicalisation. As part of the drive, the state-run Islamic Foundation, which works as a watchdog for mosques and religious establishments, has prepared a sermon for the main national mosque which it has asked other mosques to follow. The sermon, which was published by the agency ahead of Friday´s prayers, invokes Koranic verses and traditions of the prophet Mohammed to rail against murderous extremism. "Whoever kills a person unjustly, it is as though he has killed all mankind," it said, citing a verse of the Koran. It also quoted the prophet as saying the killing of a human being is the biggest sin and urged parents to take good care of their children so they can**t be "brainwashed". It was **t clear how many of Bangladesh´s mosques, which are run by independent neighbourhood lay committees, would follow the instructions. But a senior police official said local administrations, police and regional Islamic Foundation officials would "monitor" the sermons. Foundation chief Shamim Mohammad Afzal told AFP that the sermon had been distributed to more than 300,000 mosques. "It is **t mandatory but we hope the imams will follow our sermon or take their inspiration from it," he said. "Our core message is there is ** place for terrorism in Islam. We want to make sure our children can**t be brainwashed to commit an act of terrorism." Islamic parties, who have strongly de**unced the cafe siege and a string of other recent attacks on mi**rities, have criticised the sermon regulation as "undesirable". "Long before the Foundation issued its instructions, our clerics have been vocal against terrorism," said Mufti Faiz Ullah, secretary general of Islamic Oikya Jote, a faith-based party. أكثر... ??????? ??????: Bangladesh regulates Friday sermons after attacks || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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