The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

A 19-member committee headed by acting Khatib of Baitul Mukarram Mosque, Mufti Noor Uddin, yesterday submitted its recommendations to Law Advisor AF Hassan Ariff after reviewing the proposed National Women Development Policy that triggered anger among a section of Islamic parties.

"The country will be saved from conflict if the recommendations are implemented soon," said Maulana Jainul Abedin, Principal of Tamirul Millat Madrasa, who is also a member of the committee. He told reporters at the Law Ministry that it would be better if they

were requested to make their recommendations on the proposed policy. "If our recommendations are implemented it will be good for the country."

Earlier, Khatib Noor Uddin said, "We've made our recommendations after examining the policy. We're simple people and we tried to perform our responsibility."

He said some propositions in the policy are objectionable and, "we've made our recommendations."

The Law Advisor hoped that the recommendations made by the Alem committee would remove the gap created over the women development policy. "We hope it will settle the problems created over the policy," he said.

The Advisor said the committee members told him that a section of opportunist people had created chaos by taking advantage of the situation and they did not support it.

The policy sparked off violent protests around Baitul Mukarram Mosque last week as radical Islamic outfits termed the policy anti-Quranic and demanded cancellation of the policy and resignation of Women and Children Affairs Advisor Rasheda K Chowdhury.