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| Jamaat leader faces 6 war crimes charges including genocide, murder |
| 2013-11-13 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Alleged Al-Badr commander of Rangpur ATM Azharul Islam was indicted yesterday on six charges of murder, genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971. The former president of Rangpur district unit Islami Chhatra Sangha, the then student wing of 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... , was charged with two acts of genocide that left more than 1,200 people dead. The 61-year-old Jamaat assistant secretary general was also charged with torture, loot, arson, abduction, rape, mass killing and conspiracy to kill unarmed civilians at different parts of Rangpur. Azharul pleaded himself not guilty after the three-member International Crimes Tribunal-1 led by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir with Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim and Justice Anwarul Haque asked him about the charges. His trial is set to begin on December 5 with an opening statement from the prosecution. |
| Posted by:Fred |