Minister Nur brands IS as ‘State of Israel’

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DU Correspondent :
State Minister for Cultural Affairs Assaduzzaman Nur on Wednesday said, the meaning of the IS is not Islamic State, but the ‘State of Israel’. I won’t be surprised if I hear that Israel is the father of IS.
He told this as the chief guest at a discussion programme organised to mark the National Mourning Day at the IBA auditorium on the Dhaka University (DU) campus.
DU Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefine Siddique chaired the function, while DU Pro-VC (Administration) Professor M Aktaruzzaman, Treasurer Professor Kamal Uddin and Director of IBA KM Saiful Mazid spoke, among others.
The minister said that IS carried attacks into the countries like Germany, France, Belgium, Turkey, Libya and Pakistan at a distance of thousands of miles away, but spare Israel, which is at doorstep. “My question is why don’t IS attack Israel?”.
Asaduzzaman Nur said I won’t be surprised if I hear that Israel is the father of IS. IS wants to destroy all the Muslim countries. “It is a global conspiracy and the powerful country like Israel has link with it.”
The DU VC said, there is no room for extremism in our country. Now we have to work together to build the nation with the ideals of Bangabandhu.
DU Pro-VC said, the present government bears the ideals of Bangabandhu. If Bangabandhu had been alive, then Bangladesh would have become a country of the middle income group by 1980.
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