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| Khulna City Jamaat chief arrested |
| 2018-10-28 |
[Dhaka Tribune] The Detective Branch of Police have tossed in the clinkI ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! 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... ’s Khulna City unit chief Abul Kalam Azad. He was apprehended from the city’s Royal More Saturday morning. Azad had gone there to travel to Dhaka on a bus. The Jamaat leader has been arrested in sabotage cases, said Khulna Metropolitan Police media wing chief Sonali Sen. She said police have three sabotage cases against Azad. Jamaat’s Khulna unit Assistant Secretary Shah Alam claimed that Azad had been accused in 13 sabotage cases. He was acquitted in two and had secured bail in the other cases, Alam told the Dhaka Tribune. |
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