No sermons against law: HC

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) in an observation on Sunday said that Imams will not deliver such a sermon which is against the country’s existing law.

The court said while this passing verdict in Blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider killing case.

An HC division bench comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim passed the order.

The court said, “An Imam’s duty is to conduct prayers at mosque. He will deliver the right sermon in the light of Islam.”

If anyone makes any derogatory comment about Islam or Hazrat Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) or any other religion or make any post in Facebook, he can be put on trial under the existing law of the country, the court said.

The court also said that no one has right to take the law in his own hand.


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