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| Bangladesh |
| Farid planned Huji revival |
| 2013-04-01 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Former 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... leader Farid Uddin Ahammad had decided to revive Harkatul Jihad al Islami (HuJI Founded in 1984 by Fazlur Rehman Khalil and Qari Saifullah Aktar. The Bangla branch was established in 1992 with assistance from Osama bin Laden. Recruits come mostly from Deobandi madrassahs. HuJI and Fazlur Rehman Khalil are signators of bin Laden's declaration of war on the west. ) in coordination with some Afghan war veterans, former Shibir cadres and leaders and activists of different Death Eater outfits, detectives say. Apart from establishing Khilafat in Bangladesh, he was backing the anti-government movement and obstructing the war crimes trial, they add. "Farid in his publications elaborated the ways of reviving HuJI, its reorganization and future activities," said a Detective Branch official close to the interrogation team. Quoting Farid the DB official, who spoke anonymously, said: "Farid opted for reviving HuJI as there are similarities in the ideologies of the HuJI in Bangladesh, Pakistain and Afghanistan." Since September last year, Farid built up communications with a dozen Afghan war veterans, a number of former and present Shibir cadres and many members of various Death Eater outfits like HuJI, Harkatul Mujahideen and Allahar Dal. Detectives on Friday tossed in the calaboose Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! Farid, who is also known as the ideological guru of different Death Eater outfits like HuJI and Allahar Dal. On the same day, law enforcers also held Afghan war veteran Farid Uddin Masud, who was a leader of HuJI in Pakistain, Shibir cadre Mizanur Rahman, Death Eater leader Mahfuzur Rahman and 12 others, including four Pak nationals from the capital. "The tossed in the clink Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! Death Eater leaders directly and indirectly support the anti-government movement and they were working against the war crimes trial," Nazrul Islam Mollah, deputy commissioner of DB, told The Daily Star yesterday. "Among them, Mizanur and Mahfuzur had been playing a vital role in supplying bombs, as they have expertise in making bombs," he added. DB officials said the detained Pak nationals had close links with the Death Eater outfits in Pakistain and an intelligence agency of a neighbouring country. "They were playing roles of carrying and passing information to them," said a DB official. Former Jamaat-e-Islami leader Farid Uddin Ahammad had decided to revive Harkatul Jihad al Islami (HuJI) in coordination with some Afghan war veterans, former Shibir cadres and leaders and activists of different Death Eater outfits, detectives say. Apart from establishing Khilafat in Bangladesh, he was backing the anti-government movement and obstructing the war crimes trial, they add. "Farid in his publications elaborated the ways of reviving HuJI, its reorganization and future activities," said a Detective Branch official close to the interrogation team. Quoting Farid the DB official, who spoke anonymously, said: "Farid opted for reviving HuJI as there are similarities in the ideologies of the HuJI in Bangladesh, Pakistain and Afghanistan." Since September last year, Farid built up communications with a dozen Afghan war veterans, a number of former and present Shibir cadres and many members of various Death Eater outfits like HuJI, Harkatul Mujahideen and Allahar Dal. Detectives on Friday arrested Farid, who is also known as the ideological guru of different Death Eater outfits like HuJI and Allahar Dal. On the same day, law enforcers also held Afghan war veteran Farid Uddin Masud, who was a leader of HuJI in Pakistain, Shibir cadre Mizanur Rahman, Death Eater leader Mahfuzur Rahman and 12 others, including four Pak nationals from the capital. "The detained Death Eater leaders directly and indirectly support the anti-government movement and they were working against the war crimes trial," Nazrul Islam Mollah, deputy commissioner of DB, told The Daily Star yesterday. "Among them, Mizanur and Mahfuzur had been playing a vital role in supplying bombs, as they have expertise in making bombs," he added. DB officials said the detained Pak nationals had close links with the Death Eater outfits in Pakistain and an intelligence agency of a neighbouring country. "They were playing roles of carrying and passing information to them," said a DB official. |
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