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MNA National Desk: Prime Minister’s Media Advisor Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury said, “Awami League government want campaign and spread of Islam in the country based on Quran and Sunnah. Islamic Foundation was formed in 1975 under the leadership of Bangabandhu. Government wants our social and personal life to be led by by Islamic principles.” He made this comment in a doa mahfil program on the occasion of Feni district model mosque and Islamic center’s place finalization and land transfer arranged by Islamic Foundation. The program was held nearby Fatehpur Boro Bari Hafezia Madrasa and Orphanage of Sharshadi union of Feni Sadar ...

MNA Editorial Desk: The body of Public Administration Minister and former Awami League (AL) general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, who died at a hospital in Bangkok on Thursday, reached home on Saturday evening. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying his body reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 6.00 pm. After receiving the body by his relatives at the airport, it will be taken to his official residence on Bailey road at 7pm. Later, the body will be kept at the mortuary of Combined Military Hospital (CMH) at 9pm, BSS reports. On Sunday, the veteran politician’s first namaj-e-janaza will be ...

MNA Feature Desk: Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam and holds huge importance for the Muslims during Ramadan. One of the most important principles of Islam is that all things belong to Allah, and that wealth is therefore held by human beings in trust. Therefore, our possessions are purified by setting aside a proportion for those in need. Zakat – also known as zakah – is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, and serves principally as the welfare contribution to poor and deprived individuals. This mandatory payment is obligatory for every sane and mature Muslim whenever ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Islam is the fastest growing and second largest religion of the world. Around 1.6 billion people around the globe are Muslims with their main concentration in Asia, Middle East and African region. These huge numbers of Muslims are very sensitive towards Islam’s two holiest cities – Makkah and Madinah, both are located in the Saudi Arabia. Makkah holds the holy Kaaba, known as the house of Allah and Madinah houses the shrine of the Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM). There is no place on Earth as revered, as central or as holy to as many people as Makkah. ...

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stated that some people believe in an evil version of Islam, and it is they who demean our religion through militancy and terrorism. ‘Murder, attacks and bombing’ are especially prevalent in Muslim majority countries, said the prime minister at a conference of imams on Thursday. “It was in these countries that weapons were being mostly used.” “But who produces these weapons?” she said. “Who benefits? They shed the blood of Muslims. They turn Muslim countries into battlefields. Who sells the weapons? I urge you to think about it.” The prime minister was ...

MNA Culture & Entertainment Desk: Malaysian-Chinese rapper Namewee has detained to four days’ police custody for allegedly insulting Islam in his music video on Monday, as media reported. Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Che, has been detained under section 295 of the Penal Code for “injuring or defiling a place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class.” His music video — Oh My God!, which he posted on his YouTube channel on Saturday, showed him rapping inside a church, a Buddhist temple and a mosque, and showed the floating mosque in Tanjung Bungah of ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Reportedly, Mumbai cops begin investigation against Zakir Naik. Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra Chief Minister, has ordered the Mumbai Police officials to open an investigation against Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. The investigation will take a probe into his public documents, according to a news report. The Maharashtra government has also ordered the law enforcement officials to check out all the recordings of Zakir Naik’s speeches. Mumbai Police confirmed that Zakir Naik’s public documents, videos and social media posts are being examined. The decision by Maharashtra government came a day after Bangladesh asked India to examine the speeches of Naik ...