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| Law minister calls for boycotting Jamaat |
| 2014-01-20 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Law Minister Anisul Huq has called upon the countrymen to boycott 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... , its wings and institutions in order to "uproot" the party from Bangladesh forever. "I agree that Jamaat should be banned. But, what if the party returns to politics with a different name? Rather, they should be despised and boycotted socially. Otherwise, they cannot be uprooted," he observed. The law minister was speaking at a discussion titled "Jahanara Imam's Movement: Duty of Government and Civil Society" organised by Ekatturer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, a pro-liberation civilian platform, at the Poet Sufia Kamal Auditorium of the National Museum to mark the 22nd founding anniversary of the committee. On January 19, 1992, the Nirmul Committee started its journey under the leadership of Shaheed Janani Jahanara Imam with the aim to exterminate killers and collaborators of 1971 Liberation War. Addressing the programme, Anisul Huq asked the committee to raise awareness among people to boycott Jamaat and its organizations. Professor Anisuzzaman echoed the law minister and said the committee should work to raise the awareness especially among the rural people, who were more vulnerable to be duped by Jamaat-Shibir propaganda. Anisuzzaman also asked the prosecutors of the international crimes tribunals to stay cautious so that the lawyers of the war crimes accused could not prolong the trials using different tactics. The law minister said the tribunals would continue until the war crimes trials were completed. The Nirmul Committee and the Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Gay Pareehad had long been requesting the government to publish the probe report of Sahabuddin Commission, a judicial commission that probed the 2001 post-polls violence on the minorities. The law minister said he would look into the matter and take steps to publish the report. Acting president of the committee Shahriar Kabir said should the Awami League allow Jamaat men to infiltrate in the party, it would be a big defeat for all the pro-liberation forces. He also said their movement would continue till Jamaat was banned from politics and the 1972 Constitution was restored. Historian Professor Muntassir Mamoon and vice president of the committee Shyamoli Nasrin Chowdhury also spoke in the programme. |
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