City Mayor A J M Nasir Uddin termed Islam as a religion of peace and said there is no room for militancy in the religion.
He called upon the people, particularly the imams of mosques, teachers, and parents, to remain alert so that no one could get involved in terrorism and militancy in the name of Islam.
Nasir said the Almighty Allah has not given anyone the authority to kill people is the name of religion.
The city Mayor was addressing a press conference at local circuit house on Friday Chittagong district administration in cooperation with Chittagong City Corporation organized the press conference.
The city Mayor said the government has already shown zero tolerance to militancy, and vowed to root out this menace by any means from the soil of the country.
Nasir said he believed that the government would be able to resist militancy and terrorism. “We have already showed the world that we can do many things,” he said.
He urged the parents to remain vigilant about the movement of their children to prevent them from getting derailed.
Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong Mezbah Uddin, former district Public Prosecutor Abul Hashem, among others, addressed the press conference.