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| Yusuf faces war crimes probe |
| 2013-04-20 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The investigation agency's probe into war crimes committed allegedly by 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 AKM Yusuf, historically known as the founder of the Razakar force, is almost done and it is planning to submit a report this week. Agency officials said they found evidence of Yusuf's "involvement" in genocide, murders, arson, looting, forced religious conversion of people and deportation during the Liberation War in 1971. |
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