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| Bangladesh |
| Shibir men blast cocktail in capital |
| 2013-07-03 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... blasted a cocktail on Satmasjid Road in the capital on Tuesday on the eve of tomorrow's countrywide daylong hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... (shutdown). Shibir, the student wing of 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... , has called the hartal demanding the release of its leaders and activists including central president Delwar Hossain. Witnesses said around 20 to 25 Shibir men brought out a procession on Satmasjid Road around 1:00pm in favour of the hartal. As the procession reached the Government Graphics Arts Institute, the pro-hartal activists torched several tyres on the street and blasted the cocktail before leaving the place, they said. |
| Posted by:Fred |