[Dhaka Tribune] Police have arrested a 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 in cases filed on charges of sabotage in Chittagong.
He was arrested from Rahattarpole area under Bakalia unit on early Saturday.
The Jamaat leader - Abul Mansur - was the ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Bakalia unit.
Confirming the arrest, Md Nejam Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bakalia cop shoppe told Dhaka Tribune that the Jamaat leader is accused in five sabotage cases filed with Bakalia cop shoppe.
The process to produce the arrestee before the court is underway, he added.
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