Cox's Bazaar Correspondent
Leaders of International Buddhist-Muslim Forum (IBMF) have said, due to influx of thousands of Rohingya refugees to Cox's Bazaar from Myanmar, the local people have somewhat turned to minority. As a result, they were in an awkward situation and facing various problems.
Specially, there is apprehension of clashes whenever many Rohingya refugees were coming out from their camps and trying to mix with the mainstream population. Many religious groups would also exploit the opportunity by misinterpreting the religion and provoke the clashes between interreligious groups. The religious leaders should remain alert and play a vital role to avert such unwanted situation.
The IBMF leaders said these at a press conference following an international conference at a hotel in Cox's Bazaar on Friday afternoon. The IBMF leaders further informed, 'Every one should work to establish a society based on justice aiming to maintain religious harmony. Many people engaged in abominable jobs ethnically without any perception and destroy the communal harmony. IBMF was working to achieve the aim. We are witnessing the minorities throughout the world are always being tortured and are always in panic. That is why there should be an understaning of religions among inter-religious people.
The religious leaders should work unitedly from their own platforms to achieve the goal.' Religious leaders from 20 countries attended the two-day long international conference organised by IBMF. Among others Principal Sukumol Barua, Professor Dr. Abu Bakker, Professor Ranjit Kumar Dey, Professor Probad Chandra Barua and Fahmida Begum, Director IFB, Cox's Bazaar spoke at the conference.
