Officials in Bangladesh are considering dropping Islam as the national religion.
Dr Abdur Razzak, a member of the ruling Awami League Party, proposed that Islam be removed from the constitution during a discussion organised by the SAARC Cultural Society in Dhaka.
“Bangladesh is a country of communal harmony. Here we live with people from all religions and Islam should not be accommodated as the state religion in the Bangladeshi constitution," he said
He further added, “I have said it abroad and now I am saying it again that Islam will be dropped from Bangladesh’s constitution when the time comes.”
Bangladesh has the 4th largest Muslim population in the world – with approximately 150 million practising Muslims.
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