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Voicebox

“We will violate any orders of the High Court (about the Ahmadiyyas) and follow the laws of Allah.”
MOHIUDDIN RABBANI
publicity secretary of the International Majlis-e Tahaffuz-e Khatme Nabuwat Bangladesh (IMTKNB).
The IMTKNB wants the government to declare the minority Ahmadiyyas as non-Muslims.

“The conspirators are rising slogans of militancy and fundamentalism to destroy Islam and the Muslims.“
MATIUR RAHMAN NIZAMI
emir of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh.

“No-one comes here to go back.”
ANWARUL ALAM
Bangladesh's ambassador to Spain
asked what his embassy will do to send illegal Bangladeshis back.
Last week 11 young Bangladeshi men died in the Mediterranean Sea while illegally trying to enter Spain

“ Defeat the dictators-- have fun somewhere else."
IAIN BANKS
British writer
calling on the tourists not to holiday in Myanmar.

 

What did Mohammad Qamrul Islam, expatriate's welfare and overseas minister, say after 11 Bangladeshis died while being trafficked into Spain?
a) Too many midwives killed the baby.
b) They should not have tried Spain; I discourage people to go to Spain illegally.
c) I have always discouraged people to go abroad illegally.
d) Death and marriage, both are in the hands of Allah; what can we do about it?
Answer: (c)


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