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| Another Jamaat hartal tomorrow |
| 2013-12-10 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] 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 a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... for tomorrow protesting what it said "conspiracy to execute Abdul Quader Mollah by defying jail code". "The government is hatching a conspiracy to kill Quader Mollah by defying constitution, Supreme Court rules and jail code," Jamaat said in a blurb this evening. Jamaat observed a nationwide daylong hartal today on the same issue. The hartal is an addition to a 144-hour countrywide blockade that started Saturday morning. The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance in which Jamaat is a key component is enforcing the blockade. |
| Posted by:Fred |