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| Jamaat calls hartal for Wednesday |
| 2016-03-09 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] 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... has called a countrywide hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... for Wednesday, protesting the Supreme Court verdict that upheld death penalty for their party leader Mir Quasem Ali ...Jamaat-e-Islamic Central Committee member and Saudi money man in Bangla. Currently waiting to be hanged.... The party announced the hartal on its website after the verdict was delivered on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court upheld the war tribunal’s death sentence awarded to Mir Quasem Ali for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... ambulances, body carrying freezing vans and vehicles of hospitals and fire services will be out of the hartal purview. The party alleged that the government has been killing their leaders one after another in a planned way as part of conspiracy. It also said Mir Quasem was deprived of justice in the verdict. "Mir Quasem will file review petition. We hope he will get aquittal if justice is ensured," the party said in a statement. |
| Posted by:Fred |