Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 548 Sun. December 11, 2005  
   
Letters to Editor


Fundamentalism in Bangladesh


It is 30 years since I left Bangladesh, one of the reasons was that I witnessed fundamentalism in Bangladesh. When I talk with Muslims from Bangladesh or Pakistan, they talk about only religion, although I'm a Muslim too. Muslims from Indian sub-continent are the most backward people and that is why economic prosperity did not come to our motherland.

To stop the aggression of Islamic fundamentalists, all madrassahs must be closed down, leaving one or two in the country for producing Imams of mosques. Madrassah does not produce any specialists. We need to heavily invest in our education system. Only through investing heavily in education Bangladesh can achieve prosperity and progress in every sphere of life.