[Bangla Daily Star] Bangladesh Rukhe Darao, a platform of progressive and pro-liberation forces, yesterday reiterated its demand that the 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...
be banned immediately under the Anti Terrorism Act, 2009 for "its criminal activities".
International Crimes Tribunal had identified Jamaat as a criminal organization that committed genocide, rape and atrocities in association with the Pak occupation forces in 1971, it said.