Dhaka, Aug. 18 -- The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council has strongly condemned and opposed the attempt to encroach on the sacred land of Chandranath Dham in Sitakunda, Chittagong, a holy pilgrimage site for the Hindu community worldwide, and to create communal tension and violence by disrupting communal harmony, the council said in a statement on Monday.

A post on his Facebook page titled "90% (ninety) confirmed mosque on the top of Sitakunda mountain" by Mufti SM Saiful Islam, a businessman and follower of Qawmi Madrasa, has created deep concern and apprehension among the general Hindu public, it added.

"The post also states that a mosque will be built at the base of a banyan tree just below the temple. The post mention...