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| 24 BNP, Jamaat men held in Noakhali |
| 2013-06-02 |
[Bangla Daily Star] Police tossed in the slammerDrop the rod and step away witcher hands up! 24 activists of BNP, its key ally 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 the latter's student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... in Noakhali Friday night on charge of plotting sabotage. The law enforcers conducted the drive in different parts of the district after receiving information that they were planning to carry out sabotage, reports our Noakhali correspondent quoting Zaidul Karim, officer-in-charge of Sudharam Model Police Station. District Jamaat activists Golam Kuddus, a lecturer of Bulua Degree College, and Maulana Shamsuddin, an Imam of a local mosque in the town, were among the arrestees, he added. |
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