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| Jamaat: Awami League led Liberation War but failed to preserve its achievements |
| 2024-08-28 |
| [DHAKATRIBUNE] 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... Ameer Shafiqur Rahman said that while the Awami League led the Liberation War, the party has failed to uphold its achievements. He remarked that more important than how the public views the Awami League is how the party views itself. He made these comments during a question-and-answer session following a discussion with members of the Indian Media Correspondents Association Bangladesh (IMCAB) at a venue in Dhaka's Moghbazar on Tuesday afternoon. In response to a question about former Prime Minister ...Bangla dynastic politician and now exiled former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She was President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia showed such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums. That is probably because Khaleda's late husband was the Pak tool who had Mujib assassinated... 's stay in India, the Jamaat Ameer said: "After ruling the country for over 15 years, it was not befitting for her to leave the country like Lakshman Sen. Jamaat leaders never left the country; they faced the challenges head-on. Our leaders endured imprisonment and oppression but stayed in the country. They never fled." When asked about Jamaat's current activities, Shafiqur Rahman said that the judiciary has been destroyed, and a chief justice was forced to leave the country. There is no longer an Election Commission or electoral system in the country. The police force has become the enemy of the people instead of their friend, he added. The Jamaat chief said an interim government must be given a reasonable amount of time to prepare for elections, and the country needs to undergo reforms. ''Our current priority is to support the families of those killed and injured in student and public uprisings.'' Jamaat issued a blurb about the IMCAB discussion, saying that their chief expressed a desire for peace and order to return to the country quickly. He called for reforms to the constitution, administration, judiciary, and political culture. Shafiqur Rahman emphasized that no divisions should be made based on party or religion and that Jamaat does not believe in retaliatory politics. The party respects everyone's rights. The Jamaat Ameer also claimed that their party has been subjected to misinformation. He said: "Whenever any incident occurred in the country, we were blamed. Even when a Member of Parliament was killed in Gaibandha, the prime minister stood in Parliament and blamed Jamaat for the murder, which was later proven false." |
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