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Shibir men held for plotting religious unrest
[Dhaka Tribune] Police yesterday claimed that they had tossed in the slammerDrop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! four leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... , the radical student wing of 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... , from Satkania upazila for instigating religious unrest by tearing off the pages of the Qur'an themselves. The arrestees are Satkania upazila (east) unit President Raihan Uddin Muhammad Asadullah, Demsha union President Md Riadul Islam alias Niloy, Shibir's Sathee Aminul Islam Tipu and activist Md Arman. Of them, Riadul gave confessional statement on Tuesday and Raihan on Wednesday before the court of Judicial Magistrate Shiplu Kumar Dey in Chittagong. Chittagong Superintendent of Police Hafiz Akhtar at a press briefing yesterday said that they had arrested the four on January 21 after carrying out a through investigation. He said that Riadul and Raihan had confessed that they wanted to put the government in trouble by tearing off pages of the Qur'an and keeping those inside 19 mosques of Satkania and Lohagara upazilas. Police came to know about the matter on January 14 that pages of the Qur'an were found at the local mosques. Some people even uploaded the photos on Facebook. Police then started a probe into the matter and urged the people not to pay heed to the false allegations. Hafiz said: "The four were implementing the plan given by the top leaders of Chhatra Shibir. Led by Raihan, they started the operation at Demsha Indrar Dighir Par Boro Masjid on January 9 and did the same on January 10 and 11 in several masques of Satkania." By blaming others for tearing off the Qur'an, they wanted to instigate an anti-government movement across the country, he added. Two cases were lodged with Satkania police in this regard. "The police have got the names of several big shots and are now trying to arrest them," the SP added. Jamaat-Shibir men abusing religion to instigate violence is not new in the country. Several hundred people demonstrated in Badda area in mid-January after some Facebook pages linked to Chhatra Shibir alleged that the Qur'an was burnt by a Hindu man at a local temple. In 2013, temples and houses of the Buddhists in Cox's Bazar were vandalised and torched following a similar propaganda hatched by Jamaat-Shibir men. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-30 |
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