DHAKA— Imam Hossain Mohammad Salim, head of the non-political movement Hezbut Tawheed, on Friday called for an immediate change in the state’s ideology, saying Bangladesh is facing a “severe moral collapse” driven by corruption, erosion of values and self-interest.
Speaking at a workers’ conference at the Institution of Diploma Engineers Bangladesh (IDEB) building in Dhaka, Imam Salim said the current crisis is the outcome of a “flawed way of life” practiced for decades.
“Our state system, economy, judicial system and education system are all running on the wrong ideology left behind by the British. There is no mechanism here for building noble character or developing moral and humane qualities,” he said.
As a result, he claimed, educated people are turning corrupt, public representatives are involved in money laundering and sexual scandals, and even religious institutions like madrasas are witnessing incidents of sexual abuse and rape.
Imam Salim argued that the country will not recover from “injustice, unrest and decay” unless the state is run according to “the divine ideology given by Allah.” He said Hezbut Tawheed is presenting that ideology to the people as the solution.
The conference was chaired by Dr. Mahbub Alam Mahfuz, President of Hezbut Tawheed’s Dhaka Division. Other leaders present included Joint General Secretaries Md. Moshiour Rahman, Rufaydah Panni and S.M. Shamsul Huda; Secretary for Student Welfare Mukhlesur Rahman Sumon; and Joint Secretary for Women’s Affairs Ayesha Siddika. Workers from different areas of Dhaka Metropolitan attended the event, filling the venue.
Hezbut Tawheed describes itself as a non-political movement focused on establishing social justice based on religious values.
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