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| Two Jamaat leaders arrested in Meherpur, Narail |
| 2016-01-10 |
[Dhaka Tribune] At least two Jamaat leaders were juggedYou have the right to remain silent... in Meherpur and Narail districts yesterday. Our Meherpur correspondent said Mohammad Farooq Hossain, secretary of Meherpur district unit of Jamaat, was arrested by police on various charges, including sabotage, from his village home. Acting on a tip-off, a team of police raided the Ashrafpur village under Meherpur Sadar upazila and arrested him from his residence. Police said six cases, including 5 charges of sabotage, were pending with Sadar cop shoppe against Farooq Hossain, 55, also a former UP chairman. In Narail, the nayabe ameer of Lohagara 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... Badsha Miah, 45, was arrested from Baka village of the upazila. Police sources said, acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and arrested him. A number of cases, including charges of sabotage, are pending against him, the sources added. |
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