I am not an apologist for jamaat. I have gone thru 71 war of Independence and seen the horror of war. It only shows the power of twisted thinking. But we have to think about Bangladesh above all. There is no value for party,people and leaders if people of Bangladesh is going to take the brunt of our decisions or indecisiveness. This is a time to include all, including our past enemy. I know lot of people don't hear about it. Lot people trying to create division among us. We don't want to get into situation like Bangladesi killing Bangladeshi or Muslims killing Muslims again. Making peace is difficult with all the baggage we carry, but we have no choice. Thanks.
--- On Thu, 10/23/08, Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] Jamaat recognises Liberation War
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 1:48 PM
Not a word of this hoax should be taken seriously. We cannot afford to be hoodwinked by Jamaat for crying out loud. What big deal is this? What does this business of Jamaat "recognizing" our glorious Liberation War mean or what is it all about? Why should we care whether they do or not? They have been co-optig the sovereignty of Bangladesh in so many ways, and this gesture is the latest stunt. Though I am seething in anger, I have not lost my noodles. In fact, I have been thinking very hard lately. I realized that we had fought and succeeded in defeating the Pakistani Military apparatus in 1971. But we neither fought nor 'defeated' the murderous Bangali Islamist Jamaat. Let me quickly jot down a few points. First of all, Jammat should not be allowed to contest in any election as a political party. They are NOT a political party. They stand for a political propaganda designed shrewdly to undermine the State, the sovereignty of Bangladesh; and their long term goal is to gobble it as a principality of their far-fetched dream of an Empire. They were asked by the EC to scrap "Allahu aquimuddin" from their charter. They may comply under pressure. So what? Should we comfortably believe that they will stop their agenda around the credo of "Allah is the establisher of the Nation of Religion?" Of course not. The whole thing is totally farcical. That credo or pretense allows them to break all law and order of the land deeming them to be merely "man made." Their illegal actions are only answerable to Allah. And they want to contest the election to become lawmakers! This BS in the name of Islam has nothing to do with being genuinely religious. It is pure politics. They are riding on the wave of another notion that has become popular in the West but, beneath the surface, utterly meaningless and misleading. That is the notion of "religious extremism." Please friends! Think about it. There is no such thing as "religious extremism." All manner of actions and activities that are labeled as such are political in nature from the beginning of civilization. Therefore, it irks me to no end when Jamaat calls attention to themselves as "moderate" Islamists. Let me stop here -- though I have much more to say. This is just to encourage all and sundry to do their own re-thinking. Thanks, but no thanks. There is nothing to rejoice about Jamaat changing its charter, no way, no how. Banish the whole damn propaganda. We have not finished the mukti-juddho until Jamaat is wiped out of this land. -- Farida Majid
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Jamaat recognises Liberation War | Jamaat recognises Liberation War
Makes major changes in constitution for registration; allows non-Muslims to be members but puts onus of protecting independence only on them Courtesy Daily Star 21/10/09 Shakhawat Liton and Rashidul Hasan Finally, anti-liberation Jamaat-e-Islami has recognised the historic Liberation War of Bangladesh in its newly revised constitution.
The change of policy was forced upon it by its desperation to keep itself legitimised as a parliamentary party registered with the Election Commission (EC), in the face of new amendments to the Representation of the People Order (RPO).
The amended RPO says the constitution of a political party seeking registration cannot contradict the country's constitution.
Jamaat's provisional constitution which was submitted to the EC for getting registered as a parliamentary party, also renamed the organisation Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, changing its earlier name Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh.
Jamaat also dropped a symbol with the words 'Allahu' and 'Aqimuddin' in Arabic from the cover of its provisional constitution.
The party adopted its constitution in 1979.
Its also allows non-Muslims to be members of Jamaat, but puts the responsibility of protecting the country's independence and sovereignty by taking an oath only on them, while the Muslim members are exempted from taking that oath.
"I shall actively play a role in defending the independence and sovereignty of Bangladesh," reads a section of the oath scheduled for non-Muslim members, whose inclusion was prompted by the party's latest necessity for removing religious and gender discriminations within the organisation.
According to Jamaat's interim constitution which will be ratified by a national council within six months of the first sitting of the next parliament, as promised by it, both Muslim and non-Muslim members however must swear to abide by the rules and decisions of the party, giving the highest priority to implementing the decisions.
Among other fundamental beliefs and spirits, Jamaat also accepted the spirit of the heroic liberation war of 1971 by inserting a new paragraph into the preamble of its new provisional constitution.
The heroic struggle of the people and freedom fighters that liberated Bangladesh and put it on the world map as an independent country has been mentioned as a part of the fundamental beliefs and spirits of the party.
Submitting the application for registration and the provisional constitution to the EC for being qualified to contest in the upcoming parliamentary election, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, assistant secretary general of Jamaat, said his party has been in politics since May, 1979 by accepting the creation of Bangladesh through the liberation war.
Jamaat was constitutionally banned for years in the newly independent country for its anti-liberation activities and collaboration with the invading army in 1971.
Many Jamaat leaders were facing charges of war crimes and some of them were on the run.
But the party was allowed to resume its activities in 1979 as the constitutional ban on forming religion based political parties was repealed after the bloody regime change of August 15, 1975.
Lately, Jamaat's survival was facing difficulties again as the revised RPO made political parties' registration with the EC mandatory for contesting in the parliamentary election.
The strict new provisions forced the party to change the preamble to its constitution accepting the historic liberation war as its original constitution contradicted the Constitution of Bangladesh.
Jamaat, traditionally an Islamist fundamentalist party, in its revised constitution replaced the phrase describing its goal of 'establishing the rule of Allah' with a new phrase of 'establishing a fair and just Islamic society'.
The party included a new section in its constitution' s preamble that says, "Jamaat-e-Islami will work to establish an Islamic social system that guarantees justice for all, since Bangladesh emerged as the third largest Muslim country through a heroic battle of the people and freedom fighters."
According to its interim constitution, Jamaat also co-opted the members of its women's majlish-e-sura into the central majlish-e-sura, the highest policy making body.
It also added provisions for reserving 33 percent seats for women in all its committees with a promise to achieve the target by 2020.
In line with the amended RPO, the new Jamaat constitution also promises to nominate parliamentary contenders from a panel created by the grassroots level committees and forwarded to the party's parliamentary board.
About severing its ties with front organisations, Jamaat Assistant Secretary General Muhammad Kamaruzzaman who yesterday went to apply for the party's registration, said Jamaat has no front organisation.
Jamaat, a key component of BNP-led four-party alliance which ruled the country just before the current caretaker government, had earlier refused to get registered with the EC under the current RPO, and challenged its legality in the High Court terming some of the amendments unconstitutional. | |
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