| “Women’s cricket and football in front of thousands of spectators is against the country’s tradition and culture and also is anti-Muslim civilisation,” the statement said. |
A Muslim group on Sunday asked the interim government to stop a new women’s cricket league in Bangladesh, a day after it began in the country’s capital Dhaka saying it was “anti-Islamic”. In a statement, the Islamic Constitution Movement, which has no representation in parliament, said women’s cricket, and other field sports such as football, represented “alien culture”. “Women’s cricket and football in front of thousands of spectators is against the country’s tradition and culture and also is anti-Muslim civilisation,” the statement said. The group asked the head of an interim government that is in place to prepare for national elections to ban women from participating in the league, which has 10 teams, as well as in any other sports or beauty pageants. However General secretary of the Bangladesh Cricket Board Mahbub Anam said that the league would continue despite the complaints. |