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| Tahrir adviser tells of Jamaat link |
| 2010-07-12 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Detained adviser of banned Hizb-ut Tahrir Bangladesh Prof Syed Golam Maola yesterday told interrogators that their link with Jamaat-e-Islami was established when the immediate past caretaker government approved the National Women Development Policy in 2008. Speaking anonymously, a top detective claimed the connection between Jamaat and Tahrir was strengthened after the ruling Awami League assumed power. Quoting Maola, the interrogator from Detective Branch said Jamaat Publicity Secretary Tasneem Alam coordinated their first meeting in 2008 to discuss a joint campaign against the National Women Development Policy. He added that the most recent meeting was coordinated by Jamaat Assistant Secretary General Kamaruzzaman. "At that meeting they discussed how to work jointly against the government as it has put both the sides in trouble," said the detective. The interrogator went on to say that Hizb-ut Tahrir leaders also directed their followers to continue their activities keeping a close relation with Jamaat. Four Hizb-ut members who were arrested in Kalabagan in the capital on July 9 also made similar statements. "We brought the four face to face with Maola and quizzed them about their connection with Jamaat. They admitted that their leaders had recently instructed them to work keeping a close contact with Jamaat," the DB official claimed. The four workers who studied in Chittagong also admitted to being involved with pro-Jamaat student organisation Islami Chhatra Shibir. They said they used to attend Shibir processions. One of the four detained Hizb-ut-Tahrir workers is Sheikh Omar Sharif who joined the judicial service as a magistrate in 2008 but resigned in August last year, the DB official added. The other three are Sheikh Nasir Uddin Majumder, Rakib Uddin Ahmed, an IT specialist, and Noor Mohammad. Contacted, Tasneem Alam said he has no connection with Hizb-ut Tahrir. "I have never seen Golam Maola except on TV after his arrest," he told The Daily Star. He also denied Jamaat's connection with Hizb-ut Tahrir, saying no question should arise about providing fund to the organisation by Jamaat. Asked about the four detained Tahrir activists' involvement with Shibir, he said he does not know anything about that. The DB official said Golam Maola has the realisation that the organisation should face the government ban through legal process instead of its current protest movement. |
| Posted by:Fred |