1. Influence and encourage the young people not to be religious extremists.

-- Put massive advertisement in TV, radio and all newspapers against extremism

— Use verses from the Holy Koran against religious extremism.

— Bangladesh is a peaceful country and we people from all religions like to live peacefully side by side.

2. Offer good prospects like education, practical training and jobs to the young people.

3. The government must pay monthly extra salary to the Imams of mosques and Priests of churches and mandirs just like schoolteachers.

4. The Imams of all mosques, priests of all churches and mandirs must speak every week against all sorts of extremism.

5. In madrassashs and schools the teachers must teach the children tolerance and speak against religious extremism. To implement this make a law.

6. No political activities in schools/madrassahS {any student/teacher who does politics should be expelled from the school).

7. Offer amnesty to the people who are involved in such acts and give them security and practical training and jobs to survive.

8. Make a deal with our neighbouring countries so that they do not interfere in our internal affairs. They should not support/ shelter/ hide any terrorist/ extrem-ist/culprits from any neighbouring country. If any neighbouring country does this, File a case in the International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands (http:// www.icj-cij.org/) and bring it to the international attention. We should also follow the same principle.

Take the example of Europe: they never interfere in the internal affairs of their neighbours and they live peacefully side-by-side.

9. Make a law with death penalty and confiscation of property for the people who i n s t i-

gate/incite/produce/support any type of religious extremism.

10. Make a law with death penalty and confiscation of property for the people who shelter /provide help to the extremists.

11. Make a law with death penalty and confiscation of property for the people who produce/ deposit/supply bomb making explosives materials.

12. Hold regional seminars and training programmes for the Imams and priests on democracy, international affairs, religious tolerance, humanity, human rights and social problems in the family and community.

13. Reward the people who help to catch religious extremists. Make massive advertisement in TV, radio and all newspapers regarding this.

I would also like to request our Bangladeshi expatriates to make a list of good ideas and suggestions on this topic.

Dr. Farid Majumder

Darmstadt, Germany