KHULNA, Jan 02, 2020 (BSS) – Academic and religious leaders at a
programme here yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon mentioned that Imams can play vital role in building crime-free society which is crucial for the development of the nation.
They were addressing at the certificate giving and closing session of a 45-day long regular training courses of the 994th batch of Imam Training Academy at its conference hall.
Chairman of Khulna Zila Parishad Seikh Harun-ur-Rashid addressed the session as the chief guest with Divisional Director of Islamic Foundation Khulna Shaheen Bin Zaman in the chair.
Deputy-Director of Khulna PID M Javed Iqbal, Islamic leaders Mustaq Ahmed and Nasir Uddin Ahmed and Agriculturist Md. Abdus Salek, among others, also spoke on the occasion.
Society at present is infested with crimes, misconceptions and anomalies due to lack of proper knowledge on moral and religious values, the chief guest said, adding that for this reason, social disorders and crimes like gender disparity, violence against women, terrorism, corruption, early marriage, drug-addiction and polygamy are rampant in the society.
He said zero tolerance against all sorts of violence and repression
against women are very important for the sake of mainstreaming the womenfolk everywhere in the society for total welfare of the nation.
Later, the chief guest distributed certificates among 102 Imams of the
training course coming from eight districts under Khulna division and two districts under Dhaka division.