 DHAKA - Moderate clerics in about half a million mosques across Bangladesh on Friday addressed worshippers by decrying a wave of bomb attacks carried out by suspected Islamic militants that left 23 people dead and 150 injured in less than two weeks, officials said. âThose who are shedding blood of innocent people in the name of establishing Islamic rule are actually bringing shame on Islam,â said Maulana Obaidul Huq, the Khatib (chief cleric) of Baitul Mukarram mosque, the biggest national mosque at the heart of the capital Dhaka.
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Huq told about eight thousand worshippers, gathered at the mosque for sabbatical Jumma prayers, to help the security forces capture the fugitive leaders of the militants. |