Dhaka, March 13, 2019 (BSS) – State Minister for Religious Affairs Alhaj
Advocate Sheikh Md Abdullah said the government wants to turn the Islamic
Foundation (IF) into the best religious institution.
“We are like a family in the Islamic Foundation. We want to make it the
best religious institution by working together,” he told the inaugural
session of a two-day workshop at the foundation’s auditorium here, an IF
press release said.
Noting that the government would take all possible steps for the
development of the IF, Abdullah said the reputation and activities of the
foundation have increased many times in the last couple of years.
Joint secretary of the Religious Affairs Ministry Kazi Hasan Ahmed spoke at
the inaugural session as the special guest with IF Director General Shamim
Mohammad Afzal in the chair.
Directors and deputy directors of divisional and district offices of the
foundation and officials of its head office are taking part in the two-day
workshop.