The Ministry of Religious Affairs (Bengali: ধর্ম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়) (abbreviated as MoRA) is the ministry responsible for religious events, buildings, and Hajj in Bangladesh.
ধর্ম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয় | |
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Formed | 1971 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Bangladesh |
Headquarters | Ministry of Religious Affairs Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. |
Annual budget | 500 crore taka 59 million dollars |
Minister responsible |
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Website | mora |
The ministry is responsible for the management of Hajj and Umrah in Bangladesh.[1][2]Biswa Ijtema is also managed by the ministry.[3] The ministry gained some attention after using Arabic script to discourage public urination; since few Bangladeshis understand Arabic, anything written in Arabic is presumed to be sacred and not to be urinated on.[4]