These included growing beard following Sunnah, offering regular prayers and making girls use veil, according to reports. The Daily Samakal published an audio of Shafi’s speech in its report. In the audio published by the Samakal, Shafi is heard saying: “Don’t send your daughters to school, college. Someone else will take her away as you’ve seen in newspaper reports what happens to the girls who study grades nine, 10, MA, BA,” he said. Shafi is the chairman of Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh, the agency consisting of the six Qawmi education boards.

Source: bd News24 January 11, 2019 21:00 UTC