JAMALPUR, Feb 11, 2022 (BSS) - State Minister for Religious Affairs

M Faridul Huq Khan today said that the model mosques will play the key
role to preach and disseminate proper teachings of Islam.

  "Directives will be given at the respective areas from the model
mosques to lead the people to the pathways which had been shown by
Hazrat Muhammad (PUBH) as per the directives of Almighty Allah," he
said.

   The state minister was addressing as the chief guest at a
discussion after inaugurating first Jumah prayer at Islampur Upazila
Model Mosque here arranged by the Islamic Foundation of Islampur this
noon.

   "Model Mosque will raise awareness among people about terrorism,
militancy and anarchy in the name of Islam," he said.

   The model mosques will also create awareness among the people about
various social problems like drug addiction, child marriage,
eve-teasing and violence against women, he added.

   Chaired by Upazila Nirbahi Officer M Rukunuzzaman Khan, the
programme also was addressed, among others, by Islampur Upazila
Chairman Advocate SM Jamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury Babul, Islampur
Municipality Mayor Abdul Quader Sheikh, Islamic Foundation Director
Anisur Rahman Sarker and Model Mosque construction project's deputy
director M Shafiqur Rahman Talukder.