We Condemn
It is unbelievable that people in religious attires marred the inaugural function of the Eid-e-Miladunnabi observance programme on Thursday evening at the Baitul Mukarram premises. The venue itself was holy, the occasion as haloed as Eid-e-Miladunnabi and on hand befittingly was the President of the Republic to inaugurate it in presence of several diplomatic mission chiefs. The uproarious scene degenerated, at one stage, into hurling a pair of shoes at the podium. President Shahabuddin had to leave the venue without making his inaugural speech amidst a bedlam which put question mark on our religiosity, civic standards and sense of propriety before the national and representatively foreign audiences. Despite the impassioned hammering on the point that it was not a political meeting but a highly sacrosanct occasion for the commemoration of the life and works of the Prophet of Islam, neither the Khatib of the Mosque nor anybody else could restore order there. In the process, the trouble-makers stand thoroughly exposed for attempting to undermine religion through political overtones.
This has hurt the sentiments of Muslims in Bangladesh, and on their behalf, we record our condemnation of this act of sacrilege on the memories of our holy Prophet in the strongest language we are capable of. Our deprecation is also unambiguous because they had gone there to make a scene without the slightest of regard for the sentiments of Muslims who assembled to see President Shahabuddin, a man held in very high esteem by all, inaugurate the function.
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