In a statement yesterday, BJIS President Hafez Maulana Khalilur Rahman and Secretary General Maulana Kazi Abu Horaira said the khatibs and imams should speak out against terrorism and bombings on each Jumma day.

They said the conspirators have been up to their evil designs against our holy religion and also the country in the name of establishing Islam by blasting bombs and shifting the blame of this dastardly act on the ulema and the madrasa students.

The BJIS leaders urged the government to unveil the real faces of the bombers. "There is not even a single instance in the history of Islam where this holy religion has been established through terrorism, bombing or killing," they said.

According to their statement, Jihid (Islamic revolution) is not mandatory for the Muslims without a consensus and declaration of the ulema. "It is impossible to establish Islam or go to heaven by blasting bombs and killing people," it said.