Call to use Islamic Foundation as real preacher of Islam

Speakers at a discussion in the city laid importance on keeping Bangladesh Islamic Foundation out of any political influence and allow it to preaching basic principles of Islam for its promotion in the society, reports BSS. They said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman founded the foundation to preach and promote ideology of Islam, but after his assassination, the Foundation did not remain faithful to its objectives. Speakers said this at a discussion on "Islamic Foundation: Past, Present and Future" at RC Majumder auditorium of Dhaka University Thursday. They said a vested quarter for a long time used the foundation as a tool for serving their political interests. However, after assumption of office by the present government, the administration of the foundation has been put in place to right order for real preaching of Islam. Vice-chancellor (VC) of Dhaka University (DU) Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique attended the discussion as the chief guest with chief of Board of Governors of the Islamic Foundation Azizur Rahman Aziz in the chair. Language veteran Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, Major General (retd) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim Bir Pratik, Director General of the Foundation Samim M Afzal, and Vice-chancellor of Daffodil University Prof Aminul Islam, among others, took part in the discussion. Arefin Siddique said Bangabandhu was such a nationalist leader who led the nation not only in the political field, but also in the various aspects of the society including culture, religion and education.