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| No Jamaat hartal today |
| 2014-09-17 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] In a clear deviation from its previous stance, 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... yesterday did not announce a countrywide shutdown in response to the apex court's setting today for delivering the verdict in the appeals case of 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... Before the last verdicts were delivered by the tribunal and the Appellate Division against the Jamaat leaders, the party -- a key ally of the BNP-led alliance -- called hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... on the verdict dates and went on a rampage. Asked why they did not announce a hartal this time, the party's Working Committee member Sayed Abdullah Mohammad Taher said they would decide on agitation programmes after the verdict was announced. "If the verdict is given following due legal procedure then we will welcome it. But if not, tough actions will be taken in protest against the verdict," he told the Dhaka Tribune. Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, the spittle had reached unprecedented levels... Jamaat acting ameer Maqbul Ahmed in a statement demanded immediate release of Sayeedi. |
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