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| 7 parties behind Hefajat mayhem |
| 2013-09-06 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Police yesterday claimed to have proof that seven political parties, including 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... , had backed Hefajat-e Islam, which struck terror in the capital's Motijheel area on May 5. Jamaat and Mohammedan League supported the Islamist group indirectly while Nezame Islam, Khelafat Majlish, Khelafat Andolon, Jamaat e Olama e Islam and Islami Oikya Jote ... a political party in Bangladesh. In the 2001 elections the party won 2 out of 300 elected members in an alliance with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. It has a focus on building an islamic state, and has used the madrassas to gain support... backed it directly, AKM Shahidul Hoque, additional inspector general of police (admin), told news hounds at the police headquarters in Dhaka. He claimed that Hefajat was in control of the leaders of the seven parties, and if the Hefajat leaders could keep a hold over their group, things would not have turned so bad that day. Shahidul once again insisted that a total of 13 people died in festivities between Hefajat and law enforcers in Dhaka between May 5 and early hours of May 6 when the latter tried to resist Hefajat's unruly actions in the name of holding a peaceful rally. The report of rights body Odhikar, which was published online on June 10, falsely put the death figure at 61, said the additional IGP. He pointed out the anomalies and flaws in the Odhikar list found in the computers that police seized from the organization's office after its Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan was jugged Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! on August 10 for the publication of the false report. Though the list showed 61 people as dead, actually 26 of them -- 13 in the capital and 13 outside it -- had died in festivities between law enforcers and Hefajat activists. Terming Odhikar's report false and ill-motivated, Shahidul said police have the right to defend their position, as law enforcers had been irrationally accused of "genocide" in the early hours of May 6. |
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