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| Nizami calls journalists ignorant |
| 2010-03-23 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami yesterday alleged that Islamist militancy in the country is being sponsored by Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), and Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Nizami also once again blasted the media, calling journalists 'fools' and 'ignorant'. "What Rafiqul Islam said the other day, is not tantamount to equating Prophet Mohammad (Pbuh) with me, the journalists who reported it as an equation are either fools or ignorant," Nizami said while addressing a meeting of ulemas [Islamic scholars] in Al Falah auditorium at Maghbazar of the capital. Jamaat's Dhaka City Unit Ameer Rafiqul Islam Khan on March 17 at a discussion in the capital said Jamaat Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami is encountering the same difficulties that were faced by Hazrat Muhammad (Pbuh) while preaching Islam. Nizami yesterday said, "Our neighbouring country's intelligence agency RAW with the help of Mossad, the intelligence agency of the Zionist state, is sponsoring militancy in the country. The explosives and arms the militants used, all originated from India." When Jamaat was a part of 4-party alliance government, Nizami told reporters that there was no militant in Bangladesh, rather the notion of their existence in the country was only a fiction created by the media. Several Jamaat leaders yesterday also slammed the Islamic scholars who have been demonstrating in protest against the remarks made by Rafiq. The Jamaat leaders said the demonstrating ulemas are not real ulemas. The meeting was presided over by Rafiqul Islam Khan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Nizami also once again blasted the media, calling journalists 'fools' and 'ignorant'. Well, the guy has that part right. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-03-23 07:38 |