[Dhaka Tribune] A war crimes tribunal yesterday handed down death penalty to Abdus Subhan, a big shot 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...
, for the heinous crimes including the killing of 400 people, mostly Hindus, in Pabna during the country's Liberation War in 1971.
Subhan's offences include murder, abduction, confinement, torture and extermination as crimes against humanity. He is the incumbent nayeb-e-ameer (vice-president) of Jamaat, a "criminal organization" that sided with the Pak occupation forces during the war.