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Khaleda calls it 'genocide'
[Bangla Daily Star] BNP Chairperson  Khaleda ZiaThree-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ... yesterday called a nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... for Tuesday to protest what she said was "genocide" during Thursday's violence over death sentence for Jamaat leader Sayeedi. At a presser, she also announced her party would bring out processions in the capital and other cities and district headquarters around 3:00pm today. On Thursday, 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 maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. 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... and its student wing unleashed a countrywide terror and clashed with law enforcers soon after Delwar Hossain Sayeedi ...Islamic orator and politician. He was a former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2008, and is one of the most prominent leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami... received the sentence for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, 1971. Jamaat-Shibir men were already out on the streets to enforce a shutdown when the International Crimes Tribunal-1 pronounced the verdict. The violence claimed at least 33 lives. In a press statement later that night, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir termed the incident the "cruellest genocide in the history and worse than the genocide by the [Pakistain] occupation army during the Liberation War in 1971". Yesterday, Khaleda Zia at the presser said, "I am stunned. I am outraged. I am deeply hurt. I have no words to condemn and protest. Heinous genocide is taking place again in our country. People are being killed like birds. Posted by: Fred 2013-03-02 |
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