2024-08-29 08:03:30
Jamaat-e-Islami is working by keeping the noble ideals of Islam and prioritizing patriotism and keeping the needs of the country and nation in front. Shafiqur Rahman said, we are not above mistakes. Your criticism, suggestions will make our way easier. We are one nation. We don’t want any division. Let us take an oath, we will always be united for the sake of the nation.
He said these things to reporters in an exchange meeting with editors, chief executives, news editors and chief reporters of print and electronic media at Lakeshore Grand Hotel in the capital on Wednesday (August 28).
Jamaat Amir said, Journalism deserves special importance among the important pillars of society to move our beloved society, nation and country forward. There are two parts of the society, one is journalism and the other is politics. When those concerned with these two areas work together, the society becomes the desired society. And where this understanding is disturbed, it is not possible to lead the society to the desired goal. Those concerned with these two areas have to take important responsibilities during the transition of the nation. In a society where everyone is oppressed, it is natural that journalists will also be oppressed there. Because journalists are also part of society.
Amir said in the Jamaat that people of four religions mainly Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Christians live in diverse Bangladesh, our words are very clear, we are all Bangladesh together. Here it is extremely unfair to divide on the basis of religion or party. And a nation that is divided over such issues becomes a weak nation. Our mutual division gives us the opportunity to slander others. We create the opportunity for this exchange by dividing ourselves. We feel that division is absolutely unacceptable where national interest is concerned. We must unite in this place. We don’t want any more division.
He further said that unfortunately for the last 15 and a half years we have not been able to reach our spoken language to the people. We have not been able to involve people in our work. We tried to send our message to the media. But we assume that for whatever reason you could not express your heart’s desire. Let the place of not being able to disappear forever, let it be wiped out, we pray. I as an individual and our team are not above mistakes. If no one points out our mistakes, we will continue to believe in them.
‘Let’s bring all the arms of the society together. Take oath, we are united in national interest. We will not compromise here. It doesn’t matter to us if it goes for or against someone. National interest above all else. May your pen be free and sharp. May your faces also be free and independent. Let everyone’s thoughts and mouths be open and let us carry out our duties without fear,’ he said.
The rulers of the society should not become lords. They should not treat the citizens as slaves. Rather, they are forced to fulfill their responsibilities to the citizens and they have to be accountable to the citizens. A peon should not live in a culture of fear, he should not become a slave to the boss.
He said, above everything is our national interest, may Allah Ta’ala help us to understand it and work together.
Naib Amir and former professor Mujibur Rahman and Dr. Syed Abdullah Md. Taher, Secretary General and former Professor Mia Ghulam Parwar, Assistant Secretary General Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan, Hamidur Rahman Azad, Advocate Ehsanul Mahbub Zubair and Advocate Moyazam Hossain Helal, Central Executive Council Member Saiful Alam Khan Milan, Central Executive Council Member and Dhaka Metropolitan South. Amir Nurul Islam Bulbul, Central Executive Council member and Amir Salim Uddin of Dhaka Metropolitan North, Central Executive Council member Mubarak Hossain and others.