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| 2001 Post-poll Attacks on Minorities: Judicial commission finds BNP, Jamaat involved |
| 2014-01-24 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] The judicial commission formed to probe the 2001 post-poll violence on minorities and Awami League men found involvement of several leaders of the BNP and 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... in the incidents. A bigwig at the home ministry said nothing had so far been done following submission of the report by the judicial commission. If the recommendations of the report were implemented properly recurrence of such attacks on minority people just after an election might scale down, the official said. As a result, after the election on January 5 the minority people came under attacks in various districts including Jessore, Dinajpur and Gaibandha, the official added. Following the 2001 post-poll violence, a three-member judicial commission comprising M Shahabuddin (president), former deputy secretary of home ministry Monowar Hossain Akhand and former additional DIG Mir Shahidul Islam (now DIG police), was formed on December 27, 2009 to probe the violence. Although three months were given to complete the investigation, the commission worked on it for one year and three months. "We handed over the probe report to the then former home minister Sahara Khatun on April 24, 2011," Member Secretary AKM Monowar Hossain Akhand told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday. The complete report comprises five pieces having a total of 1100 pages. "We prepared the report visiting around 35 to 40 districts." |
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