Dhaka correspondent :: April 26, Dhaka University Buddhist Students’ Association has organized human chain and protest in front of Raju sculpture in the daily Janakantha newspaper called Gautam Buddha as a terrorist and attacked religious sentiments.
DU Buddhist Students’ Union President Sovhon Barua in the chair and the University of Pali and Buddhist Studies Prakot Chakma conducted spoke at the University of Pali and Buddhist Studies Prof Dr Sukomal Barua, lecturers Uchin Loien Rakhine, CHT hill Student Council’s Information and Publicity Secretary Sulav Chakma, PG Hospital doctor Snehasish Barua, a Buddhist student union Arup Baruah, Principal of Dhaka International Buddhist monastery monk sunandapriya others.
Professor Sukomol Barua complained that Bangladesh’s peace-loving Buddhist community believes in non-violence. Firoz Manna published in the daily Janakantha, is a baseless, fabricated and communal incitement report. This news has hurt the religious sentiments of the common Buddhist society.
Lecturers Uchin Loyen said, “We can never accept such provocative news in a national daily that will engender the country’s Buddhist community.”
cht hill Student council (pcp) Central Information Secretary Sulabh Chakma said “The published news has led to the propaganda of unfounded propaganda of the country’s Buddhist society, which can easily disintegrate the secular character of a democratic state. Serving such baseless, religious provocative news has made the country’s Buddhist community very angry and hurt their religious sentiments. We are urging for immediate reduction of this news and bringing the guilty to the punishments to hurt the religious sentiments of the country’s peace-loving Buddhists. ”
Sunanda Pariya Bhikshu, the Vice-Principal of Dhaka International Buddhist Vihara, said: A feature report was published by journalist Firoz Manna in the widely publicized “Daily Janakanth” newspaper on April 24. One place mentioned in the published news is that “9 by the virtue of their god Terrorist Gautama Buddha, 6 by the terrorist Gautama Buddha’s teaching, 9, the intellectual association of Buddha Sangh means. It is the Buddha’s (the wholy religious book) Tripitak. It is the theme of the Buddha’s religion wheel. ” This makes Goutam Buddha, a non-violent voice and Buddhist preacher proclaimed worldwide, as a ‘terrorist’, which is full of contempt of religion and the hurt of the religious sentiments of the country’s peace-loving Buddhist people. Apart from this, the propaganda of this news is to influence the killing by bangladesh army of innocent student Romel Chakma in different sectors. ‘
Dr. Snehasish Barua said, “In fact, the Rajbana vihara of Rangamati and the Golden Temple of Bandarban are the famous Buddhist pilgrimage sites, where religious Buddhists perform religious rituals, including religious puja ceremonies. But today’s baseless news about the Buddhist of the country is absolutely unacceptable to a national daily. ”
Apart from this, others said that ” In the hill areas, trying to create new turmoil,”meditation center” (Vabana Kendra), against the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and all the Buddhist priests of Bangladesh, and to condemn Gautam Buddha as a terrorist, we are condemning it.
Apart from this, others said that news headline ” In the hill areas trying to create new turmoil,”meditation centre” (Vabana Kendra). reported by “Firoz Manna” .False fabricated and arranged.
against the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and all the Buddhist priests of Bangladesh, and to condemn Gautam Buddha as a terrorist, we are condemning it.
Whereas the religious sentiments of the people of Bangladesh including the Chittagong Hill Tracts have been hurt, they alleged that such a yellow journalist is a disaster for the country, and their racial reports may cause different communal issues.He demanded his highest punishment by imposing state laws against Firoz Manna.
Firoz Manna called Gautam Buddha as a terrorist and attacked religious sentiments, Which made the people of all peace-loving Buddhist communities a negative influence.
The image of the Buddhist community has been curtailed.
Human chain lecturers, demand Firoz manna highest punishment by “information technology law”(ict act 57).