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| Natore Jamaat men clash with cops |
| 2014-04-22 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] At least 20 people, including five cops, were maimed as Jamaat-Shibir men clashed with police in Natore district town yesterday morning. As part of their previously announced programme, Jamaat-Shibir yesterday brought out processions in different districts, protesting the government's "conspiracy" to hang 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... Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami ...During the liberation war of 1971, Nizami formed the Al-Badr Force and acted as its supreme commander. The Al-Badr militia took active part in rape, extortion, looting and killing of Bangladeshis who supported the liberation, including a pre-planned massacre on December 14, 1971, when the Al-Badr militia along with Pakistan Army rounded up hundreds of doctors, professors, writers, and other Bengali intellectuals, and executed them... and its Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayeedi ...Islamic orator and politician. He was a former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2008, and is one of the most prominent leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami... on charges of crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. Nahid Hossain, superintendent of NATOre police, said Jamaat-Shibir activists brought out a procession in Harishpur bypass area around 8:30am and tried to enter the district town. Chased by police in front of Sher-e-Bangla High School, they hurled brick chips at the law enforcers and a clash ensued. Police fired bullets and teargas shells to bring the situation under control. Four Jamaat-Shibir men were picked up from the spot, Nahid said. The injured coppers took first aid. Contacted, Atiqul Islam Russel, NATOre town unit Jamaat ameer, claimed police had swooped on the procession without any provocation. Police action left at least 18 activists injured, he added. Meanwhile in the capital, law enforcers detained three Jamaat-Shibir men from Mohakhali. The detainees had been trying to bring out a procession. |
| Posted by:Fred |