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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...
yesterday claimed that the government had launched Thursday's attacks on the country's religious minorities.
The claims came a day after Jamaat-Shibir men had torched and vandalised temples and houses of the minority communities in different districts.
Speaking at a press briefing in the city yesterday afternoon, BNP Chairperson
Khaleda ZiaThree-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
claimed that the government in a planned way had attacked the houses of the minority communities to divert focus from the democratic movement.
Issuing a statement, Jamaat also claimed that the ruling party men had launched the attacks on the temples, pagodas and houses of Hindus and Buddhists to divert the Islamists' movement for trial of "atheist" bloggers.
The statement issued by Jamaat central committee member Hamidur Rahman Azad also denied Jamaat-Shibir's involvement in such attacks as reported by different media.
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Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif yesterday said it was crystal clear that Jamaat-Shibir men had attacked the temples and houses of the religious minorities.
He termed the claim by BNP and Jamaat a blatant lie.
"They have been resorting to lies since 1971 and this time they have shown their faces again," he said.
The AL leader said the anti-liberation forces wanted to take political benefit as they did in the past by attacking on the religious minorities.
At least 33 people were killed on Thursday as Jamaat-Shibir men went on the rampage across the country soon after the International Crimes Tribunal-1 awarded capital punishment to their leader 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...
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