[Bangla Daily Star] A prosecution witness yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal that 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 close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. 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 Delwar Hossain Sayeedi
...Islamic orator and politician. He was a former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2008, and is one of the most prominent leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami...
went into hiding in Dohakhola village of Bagharpara [Jessore] after the Liberation War.
"After the Liberation War, Delwar Hossain Sayeedi saheb was staying in the house of Rawshan Ali in Dohakhola village," said Solaiman Hossain, 60, the 15th prosecution witness to testify against Sayeedi.
He did not mention the district where Bagharpara is in. It is a upazila in Jessore.
"While trying to find out the reason behind him staying there, we, the locals, found out that he had committed anti-liberation activities in Pirojpur during the war, and he was staying at the house of Rawshan Ali to hide."
The three-member tribunal led by its Chairman Justice Nizmaul Huq finished recording the testimony of Solaiman Hossain yesterday. The defence has begun cross-examining the witness. The cross-examination will resume today.
Sayeedi is facing charges of crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War of 1971. Sayeedi, Nayeb-e-Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, is among six Jamaat and two BNP leaders who are facing war crimes charges at the tribunal.
The prosecution yesterday produced Solaiman Hossain to testify, breaking the order of witnesses to appear before the court. Modhushudan Ghorami, who was supposed to testify yesterday, could not be produced as he was admitted to hospital, the prosecution said.