New Age Islam News Bureau. Video screengrab showing a muezzin performing a modified version of the adhan. Photo: YouTube. Southeast Asia. South Asia. Arab World. North America. Dec 1, Photo: Youtube. In at least one of the many viral videos, several men were standing behind the muezzin and lifted their machetes and sickles into the air when the modified verse was recited.
Some clerics are calling on law enforcement to prosecute whoever modified the Azan, saying that the action constitutes blasphemy towards the religion. The firebrand cleric is facing police inquiry for recent mass rallies and gatherings to celebrate his return from Saudi Arabia.
November 30th, The recent events and controversies do raise the question β is this Bangabandhu sculpture the first one in the country? The construction of a sculpture of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has recently stirred up a lot of unwanted debates.
Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh chief Junaid Babunagari issued threats during a rally in Chittagong on Friday that all the sculptures in the country will be removed after Mawlana Mamunul Haque, the joint secretary general of the organization, publicly sparked the controversy over the matter.
The recent events and controversies do raise the question β is this Bangabandhu statue the first one in the country? It is quite evident that Bangladesh has had a long history of sculptures and busts being made and preserved β including political, social, and of prominent personalities and figures β all across the country.
