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BSS-08
EXTREMISM-FREE-SOCIETY (with picture)
Village people determine against terrorism, militancy
RAJSHAHI, Jan 24, 2019 (BSS)- Cross-section of village people including
professional leaders, students, youths and adults both male and female
expressed their commitment of freeing their respective localities from
terrorism and militancy.
They also raised voice and took oath of grooming all the juveniles and
adolescents as worthy citizens so that none can get any scope of becoming
terrorists and militants or extremists.
They came up with the determination while taking part in some programmes
like peer education session with school students at Nazampur High School,
interactive with community at Luxmipur village and street theater at Luxmipur
High School field under Nachole Upazila on Wednesday.
Upazila Chairman Abdul Kader and its Vice-chairman Mujibur Rahman,
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Sabiha Sultana and Nazampur Union Parishad (UP)
Chairman Aminul Haque were present on the occasion. Corinne Petrisor,
Councilor (Commercial) of High Commission of Canada in Bangladesh, witnessed
the programmes.
Agriculture Sustainable and Socio-Economic Development Organization
(ASSEDO) organized the programmes with the main thrust of creating awareness
among the grassroots people about the curse of terrorism and extremism.
The awareness-raising programmes were conducted with intervention of a
project titled ‘Countering Radicalisation of Religious Ideologies through
Edutainment and Youth Engagement’.
The ASSEDO has been implementing the project in the Nezampur UP areas
since September last with financial support from High Commission of Canada in
Bangladesh.
Upazila Chairman Abdul Kader said the villagers were given ideas about
demerits of deadly consequences of terrorism and militancy through various
community-level motivational campaigns and programmes.
He said the villagers irrespective of age, sex, profession and faiths
got messages of how to prevent various anti-social activities like terrorism
and militancy.
“We are pledged bound to supplementing the government efforts of freeing
the society from the curse of terrorism and militancy collectively,” Abdul
Kader asserted.
Religious leader Turab Ali said the people realized that Islam is a
religion of peace. Islam never supports terrorism and militancy.
He said various motivational programmes including school session,
community session and folk-show (gambhira) were arranged earlier for making
the youths and people vocal and active against the crimes. The programmes are
being adjudged as very much effective to attain the cherished goal.
“We have brought 12,870 people comprising 8,500 parents or caregivers,
4,250 students and other youths and 120 teachers, faith leaders and other
leaders of influence under training and awareness programmes,” said Rabiul
Alam, Executive Director of ASSEDO.
In all the programmes, the participants took oath of making the
government efforts for freeing the country from the curse of terrorism and
militancy a total success.
More than 15,000 other people both male and female get benefits from the
project indirectly, he added.
Upazila Chairman Kader sought cooperation of the project implementing
agency to expand the campaign to all the upazila areas so that the people
could be brought under awareness and motivation on the issue.
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