Jamaat condemns burning of body of ‘Nural Pagla’ in Rajbari

Jamaat-e-Islami has condemned the exhumation and burning of the body of Nurul Haque, a fringe religious figure popularly known as “Nural Pagla”, in Rajbari’s Goalanda. Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair, assistant secretary general and spokesman of the party, made the statement on Saturday. “Members of the ‘Iman-Akida Preservation Committee’ exhumed and burnt the body of Nurul Haque aka ‘Nural Pagla’ – who had claimed he was the ‘Imam Mahdi’ – in Rajbari’s Goalanda,” he said. “Nurul has died. Allah will hold him accountable for everything he did in his lifetime.” “But Islam does not allow the body to be taken out of the grave and burnt in this way. This incident violates human and religious values. We express our deep concern over...