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| Two top Jamaat leaders among 10 arrested |
| 2014-05-01 |
[Dhaka Tribune] Police tossed in the clinkDon't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! 10 leaders and 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 its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... , including Jamaat's present and immediate past district unit amirs, last night. The arrested were incumbent Jamaat amir Prof Abdur Rashid, immediate past amir Maulana Azizur Rahman, Islami Chhatra Shibir activist Abul Kalam Azad, Jessore district unit Jamaat amir's driver, Luvlu, and six other Jamaat-Shibir men. Reshma Sharmin, assistant superintendent of police, said police arrested six of them earlier in an overnight raid in Rupdia under the district's Sadar upazia where they were holding a clandestine meeting. Police claimed that they also recovered four bombs, bomb-making materials and a machete from their possession. The party, however, denied the allegations. No, no! Certainly not! Mohammad Shahabddin, publicity affairs secretary, Jessore city unit Jamaat-e-Islami, said the two Jamaat leaders were over 70 years of age and were retired schoolteachers. "They cannot carry bombs," he added. The remaining four were arrested Tuesday night in Jessore's Ghope area when they were returning from the residence of Tariqul Islam, BNP standing committee member. An online media reported all this soon after the arrest, and the police disclosed their information yesterday morning. |
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