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Sir - The letter of Mr.Motiur Rahman Nizami of Jamaat-e-Islami published in
the Economist on December 19th, 2007 ("_Guilty at birth?_
(http://economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10254574) ", December 8th) again brought
tears to my eyes and evoked growing sense of rage after reading the false and
fabricated letter written by him. Indeed, the Pakistan army could not have
committed heinous atrocities at such scale without the active help of Jamat -
e - Islami and their Al-badr and Razakar war criminal slaves.
Bangladesh became independent in December 1971, after a nine-month war that
pitted Bengali-dominated East Pakistan against West Pakistan. The West's
army, with it's appeal to Islamic unity, had the support of many of East
Pakistan's fundamentalist parties. The most extreme of these was the Jamaat-e-Islami,
whose student wing became the main source of a pro-army paramilitary body
called Al Badr, which was led by Mr Nizami. It's members are alleged, among
other atrocities, to have abducted and murdered dozens of senior journalists and
academics.
Frequent calls for war-crimes trials have been ignored. This time, the
unelected government's hand may be forced by the new unity among the big parties,
and by support for the demands among parts of the army. Many witnesses, and
accused, have died. The head of the interim administration, Dr. Fakhruddin
Ahmed, has said that the government would welcome prosecutions initiated by
private citizens. But citizens' groups insist that the state must act as
prosecutor in crimes of such magnitude.
The legal experts said reports and statements, which were published in the
Daily Sangram, the official voice of Jamaat-e-Islami, during the liberation
war of Bangladesh, about the activities of the anti-liberation forces, might be
sufficient to try the collaborators of the Pakistan occupation forces. Other
national and international newspapers published during the liberation war
also ran news and photographs about the activities of the anti-liberation local
forces, which are also admissible in courts according to the law, said the
experts. Two cases are now in the court against Mr. Nizami and his associates
for trial.
On the other hand, Mr. Nizami through his letter created the 'eighth wonder
of the world' by refusing his activities. A snake always remains a snake even
though it sheds skin.
Gopal Sengupta
CANADA
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