The interim government on Monday responded to comments made by US director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard by citing the lack of any supporting evidence that would undermine the tireless efforts of the country’s many citizens and their friends and colleagues around the world who are devoted to peace, stability, and improvement.
Bangladesh” strongly condemns” any attempts to link the nation to any form of” Islamist caliphate,” according to a statement shared by chief adviser Muhammad Yunus’s press wing.
The government also took note of Gabbard’s notes, which she said were “persecution and killing” of religious minorities in Bangladesh and that” the risk of Islamic extremists” in the country is “rooted” in the “ideology and goal” to “rule and manage with an Islamist caliphate.
The interim government claimed that this statement is misleading and harmful to Bangladesh’s image and reputation. The country’s standard practice of Islam has been renownedly equitable and calm and has made impressive strides in its fight against fanaticism and violence.
” Gabbard’s opinions are not based on any specific complaints or proof.” They use a large and unwarranted brush to paint an entire country,” said the government in its statement.
Her remarks on spiritual crime were untrue, it added, and they posed the threat of fanning sectarian tensions. Bangladesh has faced problems of extremism, like many other nations around the world, but it has consistently worked with the US, including law enforcement, social measures, and another counterterrorism initiatives, according to the government.
Democratic leaders and public figures may base their statements, especially those involving the most contentious issues, on real facts, and taking care not to confound falsehoods, stoke fan fears, and possibly also stoke religious tensions, the statement reads.
The interim government of Bangladesh continues to engage in creative speech based on facts and respect for the independence and security of all countries, it stated.
