Efforts on to put a single box in favour of Islam in next polls: IAB

Pir Saheb of Charmonai and Amir, Islami Andolan Bangladesh, addressing a Dhaka South city unit conference of the party at the Institution of Engineers on Friday.

Islamic Movement Bangladesh Amir, Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim Pir Saheb Charmonai has said, unrest in other religions and beliefs does not decrease but increases, theft does not decrease but increases, looting, extortion, corruption does not decrease but increases. And Islam is a religion where there is no room for corruption, looting, theft, and bribery. There is no shelter for extortionists and usurpers in Islam. He said, even in the long 53 years of independence, we have not been able to enjoy the benefits of independence. Many of those who were in power for this long time have looted state resources and smuggled them abroad. They have created Begumparas abroad. They have repeatedly earned the title of making the country a champion in the world court.

Addressing a Dhaka South City unit conference of IAB, Pir Saheb Charmonai also said, we have gained new independence through the July Uprising. To make this freedom meaningful, we have to be united. Efforts are being made to give a single box in favour of Islam in the upcoming national elections.

He made the above remarks as the chief guest of the city conference organized on Friday, at the Engineers Institution Auditorium, under the initiative of Islami Andolan Bangladesh Dhaka Metropolitan South, with the theme "The liberation of the people lies not in appeasing hegemony and imperialism but in the victory of Islam" and with a call to build public opinion for the trial of the 2024 genocide and the demand for national elections under the proportional representation (PR) system. 

The conference was chaired by the organization's Joint Secretary General and Dhaka Metropolitan South President Maulana Muhammad Imtiaz Alam. IAB Secretary General Principal Hafez Maulana Yunus Ahmad, Presidium Member Professor Ashraf Ali Akon, Senior Joint Secretary General Maulana Gazi Ataur Rahman, Office Secretary Maulana Lokman Hossain Jafri, and Dhaka Divisional Organizing Secretary Maulana Dilawar Hossain Saki were special guests at the conference.

The party's Senior Presidium Member Principal Maulana Syed Mosaddek Billah Al-Madani said, "We have seen golden Bengal, we have seen green Bengal, now we want to see the Bengal of Islam."

Secretary General Yunus Ahmad said, "The future Bangladesh will be the Bangladesh of Islam. To build the Bengal of Islam, responsible workers will have to make sacrifices."

Professor Ashraf Ali Akon said, "There is no liberation of humanity without Islam." The benefits of Islam must be conveyed to the ears of the masses. The fortress of Islam must be built in the neighborhoods. A large public opinion must be formed in favor of Islam in the upcoming elections.

Maulana Gazi Ataur Rahman said, BNP, one of the forces in the July Revolution, has engaged in a heated argument with the students and the public. This argument is worrying us. This has created new fears. We see that a party is getting special benefits from the current government. The July-August uprising did not take place to give special benefits to any party.

Khilafat Majlis Dhaka Metropolitan South President Professor Maulana Azizul Haque, student leader Muntasir Ahmad, Ta'alhaj Altaf Hossain, Alhaj Anwar Hossain, Alhaj Abdul Awal, Dr. Shahidul Islam, Maulana Muhammad Abdur Razzak, Nuruzzaman Sarkar, KM Shariatullah, Hafez Maulana Muhammad Maksudur Rahman, Alhaj Fazlul Haque Mridha, Alhaj Nazrul Islam Khokon, Maulana Kamal Hossain and others spoke at the conference.

In his speech as the president, Maulana Muhammad Imtiaz Alam said to India, "We are neighbors, we are neighbors. If we want to do anything beyond this, the people of Bangladesh will not tolerate it."

After the conference, the Dhaka Metropolitan South Committee was of IAB announced for the upcoming 2025-26 year with Maulana Muhammad Imtiaz Alam as the president and Alhaj Abdul Awal Majumder as the secretary. - Press release