{"id":42237,"date":"2024-08-24T13:27:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T13:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/24\/fasting-and-puja-can-coexist-in-bangladesh-says-interim-govt-advisor-pragativadi-odisha-news-breaking-news-odisha-latest-odisha-news-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-08-24T13:27:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T13:27:18","slug":"fasting-and-puja-can-coexist-in-bangladesh-says-interim-govt-advisor-pragativadi-odisha-news-breaking-news-odisha-latest-odisha-news-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/24\/fasting-and-puja-can-coexist-in-bangladesh-says-interim-govt-advisor-pragativadi-odisha-news-breaking-news-odisha-latest-odisha-news-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Fasting and puja can coexist in Bangladesh, says interim govt advisor | Pragativadi | Odisha News, Breaking News Odisha, Latest Odisha News &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Dhaka<\/strong>: The Religious Affairs Adviser to Bangladesh\u2019s interim government has stated that observing fasting and puja simultaneously poses no issue, as he advocated for the creation of a harmonious state where all religions can coexist peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>Following the collapse of the Sheikh Hasina-led government earlier this month, Bangladesh experienced multiple acts of violence against Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian communities.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance, since the fall of the Hasina-led government, the minority community has suffered attacks and threats in 278 locations across 48 districts. Amidst student-led protests against government job quotas, numerous Hindu temples, homes, and businesses were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>To escape the violence, thousands of Bangladeshi Hindus have been attempting to flee to India.<\/p>\n<p>Dr A F M Khalid Hossain, the Religious Affairs Adviser, addressed Muslim worshippers before the Jumma prayers on Friday at Hazrat Usman Jame Masjid in Chattogram\u2019s Halishahar area. He called for the establishment of a nation characterized by religious harmony, where individuals of all faiths can live in peace, as reported by the state-run BSS news agency.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed his desire to present the nation with a state of harmony, emphasizing that Bangladesh is a land of communal harmony where fasting and puja can be observed without conflict, and where every person has the civic right to freely practice and promote their religion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Dhaka: The Religious Affairs Adviser to Bangladesh\u2019s interim government has stated that observing fasting and puja simultaneously poses no issue, as he advocated for the creation of a harmonious state where all religions can coexist peacefully. Following the collapse of the Sheikh Hasina-led government earlier this month, Bangladesh experienced multiple acts of violence against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/download-154.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42239,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42237\/revisions\/42239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}