Bangladesh has sacked a top minister
after his criticism of the Muslim
pilgrimage of Hajj triggered protests by Islamists who declared him an apostate and set a 24-hour deadline to replace him. Abdul Latif Siddique, the country's telecommunications minister, who is in New York accompanying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, made the comments which were aired by local television stations. "I am dead against Hajj and Tablighi Jamaat. Two million people have gone to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj," Siddique said. "Hajj is a waste of manpower. Those who perform Hajj do not have any productivity. They deduct from the economy, spend a lot of money abroad." The comments drew immediate protests from the Islamist group Hefajat-e-Islam whose leaders called him "an apostate".

The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has urged the government to bring Siddique to justice for his "derogatory" comments, the Daily Star newspaper reported. "Unless Latif is brought to justice, the people's wrath cannot be tamed," senior BNP leader and spokesman General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was quoted as saying by the English language newspaper. A senior government official told AFP news agency that Siddique would be removed but he did not comment whether it was linked to demand by the Islamists. "The decision has been taken to remove him from the Cabinet," the official from the Prime Minister's Office said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The Daily Star also confirmed the sacking in its report published on its website. He also criticised the non-political Islamic group, Tablighi Jamaat, millions of whose followers congregate outside the Bangladeshi capital each year in what authorities called the second largest Muslim gathering after the Hajj. He said the around two million people who gathered "don't do any work except halting traffic movement throughout the country," Siddique said. There was no comment from the Tablighi Jamaat.
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If he wasnt removed wat wudve ensued?
* religion of peace - after d bloodshed *

"Unless Latif is brought to justice, the people's wrath cannot be tamed,"

This means there will be violence, for person that made a logical argument against any form of waste in both manpower and financial resources.

Islam is a religion of peace™.

yeh! true story...

and e be like say dem sack am...

op, please put up in your title the fact he lost his job over this...

wrath of the peaceful people. lol

Why does this religion instigate so much anger, intolerance and violence

PastorKun:
Why does this religion instigate so much anger, intolerance and violence

because the playstation God of war is behind it.

asalimpo:


because the playstation God of war is behind it.

religion makes people senseless,and if u try to correct them .. u are infidel. religion is a disease