Bangladesh launches billion dollar ‘model’ mosques to counter radicals
DHAKA: Bangladesh has launched a billion-dollar campaign to build hundreds of "model mosques", partly with Saudi funding, to try to counter radical Islam in the Muslim-majority country, officials said Friday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who inaugurated work on nine mosques through a video conference on Thursday, is also trying to bolster links with Muslim groups in an election year, according to analysts.
A senior official said 560 "model mosques cum cultural centres" would be built in the next 30 months as part of a…