[2] In response to the fatwa, a terrorist attack was carried out on Farid Uddin Masood at the Sholakia Eidgah, targeting him.
On August 17, 2005, Bangladesh witnessed the largest act of terrorism in its history through a bomb attack orchestrated by JMB in all 61 districts of the country.
From 2015 to mid-2016, terrorists carried out 46 attacks in Bangladesh, resulting in the deaths of 48 people, including writers, professors, publishers, Hindu priests, Buddhist monks, Christian preachers, online activists, and foreigners.
During the seminar, the police emphasized the necessity of assistance from the imams and ulama of the country's mosques to combat terrorism.
Farid Uddin Masood presented a proposal to collect signatures of one lakh imams against terrorism, which was supported by the IGP.