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| Witnesses: Mir Quasem’s son tried to buy us off |
| 2016-09-04 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Witnesses who testified in the trial of Mir Quasem Ali ...Jamaat-e-Islamic Central Committee member and Saudi money man in Bangla. Currently waiting to be hanged.... waited with bated breath for the execution of the convicted war criminal last night, saying they could only relax after receiving news of his death The witnesses and wartime victims of 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, who led al-Badr Bahini ‐ a local affiliation of Pakistain occupational forces in 1971, demanded speedy execution of the death penalty after the Supreme Court rejected his review petition on August 30. They said Mir Quasem’s son, Mir Ahmed Bin Quasem, a barrister at the Supreme Court, tried to buy them off to prevent them from testifying against his father. His family has a lot of money which they did not hesitate to use to save him, they said. But Mir Quasem must face the consequences of the crimes he committed during the war, or the sacrifices of the Liberation War deaders would have been in vain, they said. In an immediate reaction after the review rejection verdict, freedom fighter and journalist Nasir Uddin Chowdhury said: "I am relieved to see the death penalty being executed. Mir Quesem thought money could buy everything for him. He offered the witnesses money, and threatened to kill them when they refused to take it. We put up with a lot to see this day." Freedom fighter Jahangir Chowdhury was one of the witnesses in the case ‐ he was held captive at Dalim Hotel in Chittagong, one of the torture cells set up by Mir Quasem’s al-Badr Bahini during the war. |
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