Its a decision that Awami League would pay for dearly later.
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> *Govt retracts from banning religion-based politics*
>
> The Awami League-led grand alliance government has apparently retracted from
> its earlier stand on imposing ban on religion-based politics in the face of
> strong opposition from the Islamic political parties and organisations.
>
> Amid a wide speculation in the political arena that the government was going
> to ban religion-based political parties, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
> reportedly told her Cabinet members that the Government has no plan to ban
> Islamic political parties. However, no official statement was made in this
> regard so far.
>
> Asked about the party stand, Awami League Joint General Secretary and Prime
> Minister's Special Assistant Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif told The New Nation
> yesterday that the AL neither demanded nor taken any decision on imposing
> ban on religion-based politics. "We will not take any decision contrary to
> the sentiments of the majority of people of the country," he said.
>
> The AL leader termed the campaign of certain quarters on banning
> religion-based politics as ill-motivated. "We want to restore the original
> and main features of the '72 Constitution in line with the Supreme Court
> judgment," he said.
>
> Meanwhile, at an opinion-exchange meeting organised by the Islamic
> Foundation on Wednesday, Islamic scholars (ulema mashayekh) demanded not to
> impose ban on religion-based politics and keep 'Bismillah and absolute trust
> and faith in Almighty Allah' in the Constitution.
>
> Addressing the function as the chief guest, State Minister for Religious
> Affairs Advocate Md. Shahjahan Miah assured the ulema-mashayekh that the
> government would not take any measure, which would harm Islam and
> Muslims.Director General of Islamic Foundation Bangladesh Shamim Mohammad
> Afzal alleged that vested quarters, including Jamaat-e-Islami, have been
> hatching conspiracy to achieve political gain by capitalising the issue.
>
> Islamic Foundation sources said the meeting was arranged aiming at relieving
> the tense situation and resentment created in the minds of religious leaders
> and political parties concerned.
>
> After the Supreme Court judgement that scrapped the Fifth Amendment to the
> Constitution, some government Ministers, ruling party leaders and
> pro-government lawyers claimed and argued that religion-based politics had
> automatically been banned with the judgement.
>
> Sensing government's apparent move to impose ban on religion-based politics,
> leaders and activists of Islamic political parties and organisations took to
> the streets and protested it.They also warned that they would wage a united
> movement if the government tried to impose ban on their politics that was
> restored through the Fifth Amendment during Ziaur Rahman's rule.
>
> At a stage, a government minister and the Election Commission (EC) even
> shifted their responsibility to each other over banning religion-based
> politics.
>
> http://www.ittefaq.com/issues/2010/08/06/news0566.htm
>
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