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1971 war role should not be the reason
Jamaat-e-Islami leaders said yesterday that it is not right to term anyone an 'anti-liberation war element' based only on their role during the war in 1971.
The comments came at a discussion meeting organised by Jamaat-e-Islami at the Al-Falah auditorium in city's Maghbazar yesterday. Speakers at the meeting also criticised the placing of wreaths at the Shaheed Minar to pay tribute to martyrs of the Language Movement. Some Jamaat leaders claimed Islamist forces originally began the language movement in the country. They claimed that Golam Azam, a former Jamaat ameer, led the movement. Referring to the government's initiative for trial of war criminals, the speakers said that a conspiracy was underway in the country to humiliate Islam and Islamist forces. "Those who once opposed the language movement are today placing wreaths at the Shaheed Minar ...I will not talk about what they are doing now...," Rafiqul Islam Khan, ameer of Jamaat's Dhaka unit, said. Jamaat Ameer Maulana Motiur Rahman Nizami said it would be 'suicidal' for Bangladesh to form a regional task force and or agree to the corridor with India in the name of economic development. ATM Azharul Islam, Nurul Islam Bulbul, Selim Uddin, among others addressed the meeting. Jamaat-e-Islami, a religion-based organisation, directly opposed Bangladesh's war of independence. Many of its leaders allegedly committed war crimes. Posted by: Fred 2009-02-22 |
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