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7 Jamaat leaders sent to jail
[Bangla Daily Star] Two Dhaka courts yesterday sent seven Jamaat-e-Islami... The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independentbranch there since 1975. It close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... leaders and activists to jail, hours after their surrender, in connection with two cases filed for damaging vehicles, assaulting police and obstructing them from discharging their duties on September 19. Metropolitan Magistrate Keshob Roy Chowdhury sent them to jail rejecting their bail prayers in a case filed with Paltan Police Station while Metropolitan Magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan passed a similar order after refusing their bail petition in the other case filed with Ramna Police Station. The accused are Dhaka city unit Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Prof AKM Nazir Ahmad, politician Hamidur Rahman Azad, executive members-- Maulana Rafiuddin Ahmed and Maulana ATM Masum and the party activists Rafiqunnabi, Abdur Rahman and Maulana Abdul Mannan. Meanwhile, ...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter awoke groggily, his hand still stuck in the Ming vase... police picked up 12 more leaders of Jamaat and Shibir from the court premises yesterday. Mahmudul Haque, operation officer of Kotwali Police Station, told The Daily Star that police picked them up as they gathered at court premises with 'ill motives'. On September 19, several hundred Jamaat activists clashed with police in the capital, torched and vandalised vehicles and shops, leaving at least 100 people injured. Following the clash, two cases were filed with Paltan and Ramna cop shoppes against the Jamaat men. On October 19, the accused had surrendered before the High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the cases. The court granted them bail for a period of six weeks. However, Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... their bail period had already expired. Two other cases were also filed with the cop shoppes under the Speedy Trial Act in connection with creating anarchy among the people and halting traffic movement for hours on the same day. Jamaat acting Ameer Maqbul Ahmad, its acting Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam and over 140 leaders and activists had been made accused in the cases. Both cases are still under trial. Posted by: Fred 2011-12-12 |
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