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The government is known to have agreed to discuss the sculpture issue with the Islamists.
Sources on both sides said that in the process of talks, an informal meeting of a delegation of Islamists with the Interior Minister may now take place next Sunday.
The state religion minister said informal talks were underway between the two sides. Now, various Islamist groups and Hefazat-e-Islam are responding to a letter requesting a meeting with the prime minister or a higher level of government.
But Islamists say they are staunchly opposed to sculpture.
In the Dholaipar area south of Dhaka, various Islamist groups and Hefazat-e-Islam took to the countryside a few weeks ago to protest against the sculpture being built by the founding president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Meanwhile, a sculpture under construction of Sheikh Mujib was vandalized in Kushtia.
In that context, the ruling Awami League has reacted politically.
Although a heated situation has arisen on the issue, informal talks or communications are taking place between the government and Islamists.
Now the Islamists have sent a letter to the prime minister proposing formal talks. The government has also accepted it.
State Minister for Religion Faridul Haque Khan said they were taking steps to enter into formal talks between the two sides.
“I’m talking to a lot of people from time to time. They are working with me, with our secretary and with the interior minister, and with the prime minister’s cells.”
“They (the Islamist parties and Hefazat-e-Islam) have appealed to the Prime Minister. They have said that we will meet 10 or 11 ulama with you. We will now process it and send it to the Prime Minister. Be. “
Mahmudul Hasan, Chairman of the Board of Qawmi Madrasa, has been tasked with Islamist groups and Hefazat-e-Islam to organize talks or meetings with the government.
According to a source, they may have an informal meeting with the Minister of the Interior on Sunday, the Minister of the Interior has informed him.
Mohammad Ashraf Ullah, associate editor of the Islamist magazine Al-Jamia, which is involved in the Islamist initiative, said it was not allowed to build sculptures in religion, a position he would discuss with the interior minister.
The leader of an Islamist group also said the government could build sculptures if it wanted. But they have highlighted their position and religious issues. Now it is a matter of the government not considering it, he said.
When asked if there would be any benefit to the talks if they held firm to their position, Amir Abdur Rab Yousufi, high naib of Hefazat-e-Islam, said that a way out could be found if the talks were held.
“We have proposed to the government that we want to discuss this issue and that a peaceful and dignified solution may emerge. Now the ball is in the government’s court.”
“There is no alternative to negotiations. That is why negotiations are carried out. Many complex issues are resolved through negotiations,” he said.
Hefazat leader Abdur Rab Yousufi added: “Especially the Prime Minister is not stubborn on religious matters. We know it and we believe in it. Therefore, we believe that a solution will come out if we sit down and talk.”
However, the government will build the Mujib sculpture in the Dholaipar area. The government is highlighting such a position.
The Minister of State for Religion, Faridul Haque Khan, said that in recent days of informal talks some proposals for a solution have emerged.
“My point is that it will be the sculpture. I am saying that many of them have said that it would be better if there was a door in Bangabandhu’s name. That is a good thing. I made a door in that place. And I put the sculpture 10 meters ahead or behind. . The solution will be inshallah. There is no reason to be tense about it, “said the state religion minister.
However, the Awami League and its allies have continued to protest politically.
Source: BBC
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