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| Bangladesh |
| Govt ready to resist Jamaat |
| 2012-11-21 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir yesterday said the government had taken all out efforts to resist 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 youth wing Islami Chhatra Shibir. ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... He said police had so far jugged ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... some 2,500 "criminals" and cases had been filed against 350 Jamaat-Shibir men under the Speedy Trial Act. "We hope, after the completion of the trial, the troublemakers will stop," Alamgir told journalists after visiting Ansar and VDP Academy in Gazipur. He also alleged that the fundamentalists, including Jamaat and Shibir, were involved in the Ramu violence. Welcoming US President Barack Obama I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money... 's speech on Rohingya, the home minister said, "We have to admit that Rohingyas are the citizens of Myanmar and they should hence be called as Myanmarese Rohingyas." |
| Posted by:Fred |