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Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim, Emir of Charmonai Pir and the Islamic Movement of Bangladesh, this time spoke harshly on the subject of sculpture, saying that remembering Bangabandhu by erecting an idol means’ burying a Muslim statesman in the light of Islam and performing his last rites in an unfaithful way. ‘
He said that a group of beneficiaries was trying to create chaos by threatening the entire country based on a logical opinion put forward by the Muslim masses in general.
He severely warned the government at the time, saying: “Whenever there is any corrective suggestion, constructive criticism or opposition to any government work, the identified sectors attack dissidents as pro-Pakistan, Razakar, Al-Badr, communal, fundamentalist, etc.”
In his words, defending the sculpture is “an expression of idolatry and xenophobia.”
“The Islamic movement has come with unlimited patience,” he warned. We have patiently observed the situation. Extremist forces consider our silence a weakness. I urge the government to contain the intruders. I would like to warn that all the devout Muslims in the country are united today.
He called the anti-sculpture statement logical and said: “It has been taken as a tool to humiliate Keram, the most respected ulama in the country, by distorting the issue.”
He said this at a press conference on Tuesday.
On Monday, the court ordered the Police Investigation Bureau (PBI) to investigate the case against three people, including Syed Faizul Karim, Senior Naib Emir of Islami Andolan Bangladesh, Junaid Babungari, Emir of Hifazat-e-Islami and Mamunul Haque, Assistant Secretary General.
In this sense, he described Muktijuddha Mancha as an “innovative” organization and described the case as “disgusting and false”.
He said it was the responsibility of the authorities to comply with his demands regarding the sculpture.
According to him, ‘as a result of the demolition of the infrastructure of two mosques near various mosques and madrasas in Dolaipar and the installation of sculptures there, local imams and the Muslim masses demanded to remember Bangabandhu in some alternative way rather than sculpture. There has been a logical opposition to the installation of the sculpture in a decent language. The problem is a normal civic response. A privileged group is creating a lot of excitement and tension in the country by focusing on the issue.
Referring to the sculptors as an isolated privileged group, he said: “They are insulting the ulama of the country in terrorist language, declaring that they resist traditional religious culture like Mahfil.”
He mentioned that the demolition of any other idol in the country has nothing to do with the opinion on the idol of Dolaipar. But the problem is purposely associated with this point of view.
In mentioning a sculpture of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the party said that a kind of division has been created in Bangladesh, when the whole world is devastated by the Crown epidemic, when Bangladesh faces the threat of the second phase, when ordinary people the country is struggling to make ends meet. What is most needed is that a marked part of the country is trying to create hatred and division among the people.
Recently, Islamists began to protest against a sculpture under construction of the founding president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Hefazat-e-Islami’s Amir Junaid Babungari, Under-Secretary-General Mamunul Islam and other Islamist party leaders have delivered anti-sculpture speeches.
Junaid Babungari said in a statement: “If someone places a sculpture of my father, I will be the first to tear off and drag the sculpture of my father.”
Islamist groups have been holding protests every Friday for weeks.
So the Islamist parties are in a tug of war with the ruling Awami League party.
Various Islamic thinkers in the country have claimed that making sculptures for any purpose is prohibited in Islam.
Controversy has escalated over the issue.
Amid controversy, another sculpture under construction by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was vandalized in Kushtia.
In this context, these statements by the Emir of the Islamic Movement of Bangladesh are probably a clear indication that there is no possibility that they will back down on the issue of sculpture.
Source: BBC
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