[ALOCHONA] Re: A Journey Towards Greater Liberalisation

Dear Dalia Satter,

It was nice to know from your article that an organization affiliated with known Islamist group (more specifically Moududist Jamaat) published a calendar highlighting other cultures and religions.  Before getting overjoyed with this discovery, I like to remind that genuine liberalization of the Islamist groups with war crime background will only be possible when these groups genuinely and honestly seek apology for their gruesome crimes of 1971, they expel the top war criminals (Rajakar, al Badr background) from their current leadership, they do sincere politics (not the dirty politics currently they are doing for votes and power), they criticize the mistakes of their leadership right away etc. Unless these things happen, true liberalization will never occur.

When most of the people are critical about the leadership of Khaleda/Tarek and Hawa bhaban cliques, Jamaat and its affiliated organizations are shamelessly in the forefront of fanatically supporting and defending them.  Jamaat is doing the same dirty politics for votes like most of the political parties, or even worse considering their gross abuse of the religion.  Jamaat never confessed and said sorry about the unprecedented lootings and corruption that happened during their coalition govt with BNP.  This is not honest politics; this is pure hypocrisy in the name of religion.  Truth and honesty are the by-products of true liberalization.  Our Islamist groups are far far away from that.

Mohammad Musa Sarkar

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Dalia Satter <dalia_satter@...> wrote:
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> Dear Members,
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> The most boring thing is urban life is probably waiting in a doctor's chamber.  I was doing that and waiting to checkup my eyes.  There was a TV in the waiting room, however, it was off due to electricity load shedding.  When I was looking for something for passing time, I found a desk calendar in the receptionist's desk.  Printing industry has tremendously developed in Bangladesh in recent years.  Most of the calendars contain beautiful pictures of the country and are of good artistic value.  I took the calendar to my seat and started turning over the pages.
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> It started with verses from Shahanama and continued with those of Ramayan, Mahabharat, Charjapad, Virgil and other famous literary pieces.  I am not a student of literature but enjoyed the selected verses which were ornamented with good quality paintings.  When I looked at the bottom of one page, I became astonished to find that the name of the organisation which printed the calendar is 'Ibn Sina Trust' which is known to be managed by a group of Bangladeshi Islamists.  I think you will agree that printing verses of Ramayan and Mohabharat is in the calendar is not usual for Islamists. 
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> It seems to me that the Islamic tent in Bangladesh is moving towards greater liberalisation in a commendable speed.
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> What do you think?
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> Dalia Satter
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