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| War criminal Quasem won’t seek presidential mercy |
| 2016-09-03 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Death-row war crimes convict Mir Quasem Ali ...Jamaat-e-Islamic Central Committee member and Saudi money man in Bangla. Currently waiting to be hanged.... has told the jail authorities that he would not beg the president to spare his life. This means, 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... leader, whose atrocities during the Liberation War in Chittagong earned him the nickname ’Bangali Khan’, can be executed any time now. Kashimpur Central Jail-2 Superintendent Prashanta Kumar Banik told the Dhaka Tribune that Quasem had informed them of his decision on Friday afternoon. "We asked him about his decision [to seek presidential clemency] and he said he won’t," Prashanta said. Asked if they were prepared to carry out the death sentence, the jail superintendent said they would "follow orders from the higher ups". Quasem had spent a huge sum of money to appoint a US lobbyist to make the war crimes trials controversial. |
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| Posted by: Frank G 2016-09-03 19:14 |