early yesterday tossed in the slammerDrop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
Jamaat-e-Islami
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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...
Dhaka city unit Assistant Secretary General Selim Uddin Selim at Karwan Bazar for violating a tribunal order to appear before the court.
On March 6, International Crimes Tribunal-2 issued arrest warrants against three Jamaat leaders, including Selim, for repeatedly failing to show up before the court and explain "their derogatory" remarks about the tribunal.
Nayeb-e-Ameer of Uttara unit of Jamaat Mahmudur Rahman was arrested along with Selim on Garden Road in Karwan Bazar around 3:00am, director of the Rab intelligence wing Lt Col Ziaul Ahsan said.
He said Mahmudur was arrested in connection with the recent nationwide violence.
Issuing the arrest warrants against Jamaat acting secretary general Rafiqul Islam Khan and central executive council member Hamidur Rahman Azad and Selim, Tribunal-2 asked the authorities concerned to produce them before it on March 21.
On February 7, the tribunal asked the three to explain why contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated against them for making provocative and derogatory remarks about the tribunal and asked them to appear before the court on February 20.
The tribunal issued the notice based on reports published in The Daily Star and the Prothom Alo on February 5 on a Jamaat rally held in the city the previous day.
The Prothom Alo quoted Selim as saying, "There is no scope for the controversial tribunal to deliver any verdict if the country is to be saved from a civil war."
The Daily Star in a report headlined "Jamaat warns of civil war" quoted Rafiqul Islam as saying, "Don't push the country into a civil war by delivering one-sided verdicts against our leaders. If anything happens to Quader Mollah, every house will be on fire."