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| Jamaat to launch overseas campaign against killings of party men |
| 2014-01-31 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] 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... is planning to launch an international campaign to highlight the torture and deaths of its leaders and activists at the hands of the country's law enforcement agencies, said party sources. Jamaat has also reportedly decided not to go for any stern anti-government movement in the next two month; instead focusing on an international campaign based on a list of party activists who have been killed since the International Crimes Tribunal handed death sentence to its leader 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... on February 28 last year. The party, along with its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... , has prepared a list of 184 activists who have been allegedly been murdered between February 28, 2013 and January 5, 2014; as well as making several documentaries on police action against its activists. Party insiders said Jamaat has planned to arrange processions and human chains in front of Bangladeshi embassies abroad, and showing documentaries to foreign nationals and diplomats in a bid to present the government's "autocratic" activities. Sources also said the party assistant secretary general, Barrister Abdur Razzak, was currently abroad with the list and the documentaries. Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher, working committee member of Jamaat's central committee, said Jamaat always conducted its politics in a democratic process. The party always keeps a list of its leaders who are killed, he added. The list of victims -- who allegedly died during demonstrations to free Jamaat leaders from war crimes charges -- reportedly contains the names of 31 deceased from Rangpur, 57 from Rajshahi, nine from Dhaka, two from Faridpur, one from Barisal, three from Sylhet, 21 from Comilla, 33 from Khulna and 27 from Chittagong. |
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