May 6 : Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami today said the mankind had suffered disastrous consequences for separating religion from politics and called for unity to resist global conspiracy against Islam.

"Stay away from the blame-game and mudslinging for the sake of greater unity of the believers in Kalema as conspiracy is on throughout the world against Islam," he told the party’s regional conference at Barisal Outer Stadium.

He said fear of punishment of Allah should not be confined to mosques only. It should manifest in everyone’s life starting from politics to economics and society to administration.

"Blessings of Allah will descend on the country if there is fear of Allah at the state, society level and among leading persons in the administration," he said.

Nizami, also Minister for Industries, said in the past people were made to believe that no economy could operate without interest. But now interest-free banking system is in operation in various countries.

Turning to internal politics the Jamaat leader termed as illogical the opposition demand for reforms of caretaker government. The threat to disrupt the general elections cannot be a language of democracy, he said and hoped that the people would reply to the threat in a democratic way.

He was critical of the opposition for boycotting parliament and resorting to politics of violence and hartal that harmed the country’s economy. He also accused the opposition for trying to tarnish the country’s image abroad.

Presided by Jamaat Assistant Secretary General Muhammad Abu Taher, the meeting was also addressed by Jamaat Naib-e-Ameer Makbul Ahmad, Maulana Delwar Hossain Sayedi MP, Barisal Mayor and Mujibor Rahman Sarwar MP, Jamaat leaders Qader Mollah and ATM Azaharul Islam