'Hajj critic'

"Two million people have gone to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj.

[It] is a waste of manpower.

Those who perform Hajj do not have any productivity,"

"They [Hajj pilgrims] deduct from the economy [and] spend a lot of money abroad."

A senior Bangladeshi politician who criticised the annual Hajj pilgrimage made by Muslims

to Mecca has been arrested in Dhaka.

Abdul Latif Siddique was denied bail and sent to jail on charges of insulting Islam.

His comments in the USA elicited a furious response from Muslim groups in Bangladesh