Bismillah to be dropped from (Bangladesh) Constitution

[idune]

Bismillah to be dropped from Constitution
JS body suggests


The parliamentary special committee on constitutional amendment has recommended restoring the preamble of the 1972 constitution, meaning that "Bismillah-Ar-Rahman-Ar-Rahim" will be dropped from the section, reports bdnews24.com.

"We have unanimously decided to restore the preamble of the 1972 constitution," Suranjit Sengupta, the committee's co-chair, told reporters after the 7th meeting at parliament building Wednesday.

With the replacement of the present preamble with the 1972 one, "Bismillah-Ar-Rahman-Ar-Rahim", "In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the Merciful" and "pledging that the high ideals of absolute trust and faith in the Almighty Allah" will go.

Main opposition BNP's founder Ziaur Rahman, in November 1977, through a military proclamation amended the 1972 constitution and inserted the aforesaid terms in the preamble of the constitution.

Zia also wrote "the war for national independence" instead of "national struggle" in the second paragraph of the preamble.

According to the guidelines of the constitution, only a two-thirds majority in parliament can amend the highest charter.

Zia's proclamation was inserted in the constitution by the BNP-led second parliament in April 1979. This insertion is known as fifth amendment, which changed the secular character of the 1972 constitution.

Bismillah to be dropped from Constitution

 

[eastwatch]

If Bismillah is dropped, AL people will drop Sk. Hasina, and also the people of BD will drop AL into the dustbin.

 

[Muhammad-Bin-Qasim]

If Bismillah is dropped, AL people will drop Sk. Hasina, and also the people of BD will drop AL into the dustbin.

They should ve done that long time ago eastwatch... all is not lost still... AL is a party like others traitors to the people of BD...

 

[Spring Onion]

Suranjit Sengupta is he a hindu?

anyway what a sorry state of affairs the bharat nawaz hasina is stooping too low.

eastwatch how do the elected reps take oath? and what is the oath taking procedure in courts ?

 

[Moorkh]

@eastwatch why is the existence of "bismillah" so important in the constitution?

to me it sounds like religious symbolism is being removed/reduced from the constitution which should as is be unbiased towards any particular religion, sect, ethnic or communal group

 

[Moorkh]

why it was important to make a hindu god as a party in SECULAR court of Secular India ?

1) no hindu god was a party in the court case. there were three parties in that case all of which were religious groups

2) my signature should explain what i think about that case. but lets not digress. this is about the word "bismillah" being mentioned in the bangladeshi constitution

3) india doing something stupid doesnt explain why bangladesh is taking this decision or why this bangladeshi decision is counterproductive.

 

[Hyde]

well I don't understand what is so wrong writing Bismillah in the constitution of a country where 85+ population are Muslim only

and what bad it was doing if it had been stayed like this

 

[Skies]

Then Awami League will be dropped too. And people will do that spontaneously. As I can see, if AL will stay standing, then peace, progress and harmony in Bangladesh will drop ultimately and undoubtedly soon. Why AL plays with people's faith? To serve whom?

Why AL blaming BNP for food price rising and stock market falling when they are in power and accountable. What is the reasoning to blame others? Or the people of Bangladesh is fool enough to believe whatever AL says?

 

[Agnostic_Indian]

jana is very clever..look how she hijacked the thread from bangladesh to india..she knows the best defence is offence..lo.l

 

[BTG]

Before anyone accuses that Indians (or) Barati's (or) Bharathi's derailed this thread on Bangladesh, please refer to post # 4 to see where this thread started derailing (or) going off topic...

 

[Skies]

@eastwatch why is the existence of "bismillah" so important in the constitution?

to me it sounds like religious symbolism is being removed/reduced from the constitution which should as is be unbiased towards any particular religion, sect, ethnic or communal group

There is a country called Maha Bharat. Use your idea and theory there, and no need to teach us why bismillah is important. Well, from secular point of view Bismillah may not be important. But removing "Bismillah" will definitely divide the nation badly in to two. Why it is necessary to remove? For what purpose? And to serve whose agenda?

Finally, stay away from teaching us the importance of Bismillah. You simply are not eligible to talk here about out internal matters. You guys are disturbing. You guys think being gay is normal, on the other hand you call people Razakar for their personal choice in 71. Why trying to divide us everyday?

 

[LaBong]

Jana the thread is not related to India, so it'd better if you stick to the thread. It's more of an offence in your case with 15k+ posts to post offtopics than it is for a newbie.

Open a thread if you want me to educate you about Civil and Criminal laws of India.

 

[Spring Onion]

Jana the thread is not related to India, so it'd better if you stick to the thread. It's more of an offence in your case with 15k+ posts to post offtopics than it is for a newbie.

Open a thread if you want me to educate you about Civil and Criminal laws of India.

Abir Indians more than Bangladeshis supporting removing Islam from BD on pretext of word "secularism" calls for comparison between secularism in India and their stand for BD.

 

[LaBong]

Abir Indians more than Bangladeshis supporting removing Islam from BD on pretext of word "secularism" calls for comparison between secularism in India and their stand for BD.

No the comparison is irrelevant just as Indians supporting the amendment is irrelevant to Bangladeshis. It's their constitution and they are making changes to it, we have nothing to do with it.

Also how do you know Bangladeshis don't support this, do you see any widespread protest in Bangladesh against the change? Any killing of governor, people en masse doing rally? etc etc?

 

[Moorkh]

There is a country called Maha Bharat. Use your idea and theory there, and no need to teach us why bismillah is important.

mahabharat is a book and not a country. i suppose you are talking about a hypothetical construct where "hindu" laws apply. sorry but no such country exists either, never did and probably never will. there were kingdoms and empires where the word of the ruler was law. if you want to talk about "bharat" as is mentioned in ancient india texts, its also ruled by a king. so i have no idea why bismillah is important to you. and that is precisely why i am asking you to enlighten me about it

Well, from secular point of view Bismillah may not be important. But removing "Bismillah" will definitely divide the nation badly in to two. Why it is necessary to remove? For what purpose? And to serve whose agenda?

how will the removal of bismillah from the constitution divide the country? as i mentioned before. as long as a religious symbols exist in a constitution, a religious bias is easy to enter into society. surely not something that a country wants as long as it wants to treat all its citizens equally.

Finally, stay away from teaching us the importance of Bismillah. You simply are not eligible to talk here about out internal matters. You guys are disturbing.

i am not trying to teach you about the importance or otherwise of bismillah and you are right, i am not qualified to either. on the contrary i am trying to learn as to why bismillah is so important to you that the country might get divided.

Why trying to divide us everyday?

here we are discussing a decision made by the govt of bangladesh. where are we trying to divide you?