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| 6 Idols vandalised in Lalmonirhat |
| 2013-12-17 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Unidentified myrmidons vandalised six idols of Hindu gods and goddesses at a temple in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat early today. The criminals entered Parapukur temple at Shafinagar village breaking open its iron gate and vandalised the idols anytime after the midnight, said Harendra Nath Roy, caretaker of the temple. Roy blamed the activists 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... and Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... for the temple attack this morning, a day after the activists heavily clashed with law enforcers at Kafir Bazar, which is only 1.5 kilometres off the Shafinagar village. Three Jamaat-Shibir men were killed in the clash. In retaliation, the activists killed an Awami League man in the same area. The caretaker said over hundred of activists of Jamaat and Shibir along with sharp weapons in their hands paraded the entire area till the midnight. "We, the Hindu people, couldn't go out of the house (in the midnight) fearing the activists," he said adding that the activists might have damaged the idols. Talking to reports, Sunil Chandra Sen, president of the temple's committee, claimed that many Hindu families in the village fled away from their homes last night fearing Jamaat-Shibir men's attack on them. The minority people in the upazilas became very upset after the idols of god and goddesses were vandalised, he said. It was the first such attack on the temple established 200 years ago, he added. Confirming the vandalism, Sohrab Hossain, officer-in-charge of Patgram Police Station, said, they were informed about the matter this morning. |
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