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Bangladesh
Chittagong Jamaat ameer among 56 held
2015-12-11
[Dhaka Tribune] Police in Chittagong incarcerated
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
56 people, including the district unit Ameer 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 independent branch 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...
Professor Ahsan Ullah and two top Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
leaders, in different parts of the district on various charges yesterday.

Kotwali cop shoppe Inspector (investigation) Nur Ahmed told the Dhaka Tribune Jamaat Ameer Ahsan Ullah and central Shibir leaders Enamul Kabir and Golam Mostafa were detained from Chittagong Central Jail gate area.

"They walked out of jail on bail in the morning. But they were detained again in several other cases filed on subversion charges. They were shown arrested in those cases," he said.

The 53 others were detained from several areas of the port city during overnight raids, and 44 of them face warrants.
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