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[mukto-mona] SRK, a freedom fighter's son'!



Shiv Sena question SRK, a freedom fighter's son?'


Sat, Feb 6 09:09 AM

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Shiv Sena has no right to ask Shah Rukh Khan to go to Pakistan, says 83-year-old freedom fighter Trilochan Singh, pointing out that the Bollywood superstar's father was a prominent Quit India movement activist who chose to migrate to Delhi from Peshawar during partition.

'It is so ironical and tragic that the Shiv Sena which didn't do anything during the freedom struggle is asking Shah Rukh to leave,' said Singh, who had joined the Quit India movement along with the actor's father, Taj Mohammad Mir, in Peshawar, which now lies in Pakistan.

'What is important here is that we were Hindus and we quit Pakistan, but here was a Muslim who chose to come to India. How can the Shiv Sena tell Shah Rukh, whose whole family was involved in the freedom fight, to go to Pakistan?' agonised Singh while talking exclusively to IANS.

Shiv Sena activists are seeking an apology from Shah Rukh over his remarks against the exclusion of Pakistani players from the Indian Premier League and have threatened to ban his upcoming release, 'My Name Is Khan' in Mumbai theatres if he doesn't retract his statement.

They demonstrated in front of his house, carrying what they called was a ticket to Pakistan.

'Both I and Shah Rukh's father Taj Mohammad are from Peshawar (Pakistan). We were involved in the Quit India movement. Taj Mohammad's elder brother Ghulam Mohammad Gama was an illustrious freedom fighter in Peshawar. And that's how Taj Mohammad got involved.

'Both Taj and I were around the same age. We used to be popular teenage public speakers. Both of us got arrested,' said Singh, a Congress member who once worked closely with former prime minister Indira Gandhi and accompanied her during elections.

'After matriculation I moved to Lahore and there I revived the Quit India movement among the students. I was arrested in Lahore and finally I was exiled from Punjab. So I came back to Peshawar.'

'Taj was born and brought up in Peshawar. They had a business in Qissa Khwani Bazaar. It is still the main maret in Peshawar. We carried on the Quit India movement. Taj Mohammad and Ghulam Mohammad were prominent participants in the movement.'

Singh said that after independence, Shah Rukh's father was one of the few Muslims who decided to leave Pakistan and settle in India.

'After independence, I came to Delhi. Incidentally Taj also came to Delhi. He was one of the few Muslims who migrated to India from Pakistan.

'The Shiv Sena and Bal Thackeray had nothing to do with the freedom struggle and they are asking Shah Rukh to go back to Pakistan. It's very shameful for Shiv Sena leaders. They are saying it because he is a Muslim. I think we all Indians owe it to our freedom that the Shiv Sena should not get away with such statements,' Trilochan Singh told IANS.

Singh is not too active in politics any more and is more involved in cultural activities. He is the secretary of Heritage Society of India and also chairman of the Dr.Shroff Charity Eye Hospital in Darya Ganj.

(Arpana can be contacted at arpana.s@ians.in)

Arpana


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কি লিখবো ভেবে পাচ্ছি না।একটা কবিতা মনে পড়ছে--

অনন্ত মেহেদী পাতা দেছে নিশ্চয়ই।
উপরে সবুজ ভেতেরে রক্তাক্ত লাল, ক্ষত-বিক্ষত।
নিজেকে আজকাল বড় বেশী মেহেদী পাতার মত মনে হয়।
কবি আবৃত্তিকারের নাম বলতে পারবো না।
আবৃত্তিটি ডাউনলোড করে এক বার শুনুন
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[ALOCHONA] Re: STOP SHOUTING FOR BANNING RELIGIOUS BASED POLITICAL PARTY IN BANGL ADESH



Mr. Anis, I am afraid I have to call you callous again. Your poor posting shows your shallow knowledge to understand facts. I am sure you have heard fine Bangla phrase ALPO BIDDA BHOYONKORI.

 

Mr. Anis's posting sounds like Constitution Party was founded with taxpayers money when the fact is the name of the party it self was Tax Payers Party (name of the party) when founded in 1992 and later in 1999 the party name was changed from Tax Payers Party to Constitutional Party.

 

Mr. Anis is wrong again (ALPO BIDDA BHOYONKORI), when he claims Constitution Party is a religious party. The fact is Constitution Party is not a religious party at all. Therefore, Constitution Party is not comparable to Jamaat-E-Islami of Bangladesh. Rather one can say they believe in one God and therefore religion. However, unlike Jamaat-E-Islami Constitutional Party does not operate to establish God's (Christianity) kingdom, rather Constitutional Party support the Article 1 of Bill of Rights that reads

 

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

 

I will ask readers to research themselves going to Constitutional Party official web portal to get clear understanding that this is NOT A RELIGIOUS PARTY but with lot of other beliefs such as right to own gun, their stand on anti immigration, their opposition against federal government excessive power , opposition against excessive police power, they also believe in religion.

Link to constitution party

http://www.constitutionparty.com

 

These are the main principle of Constitution Party, which has nothing to do with religion. They are similar to Awami League or BNP of Bangladesh, which are not religious party, but has expressed their stand on religion and religious freedom comparing to Communist Party of Bangladesh

 

Focus of the U.S. Constitution Party

The Constitution party believes that it should focus on the following:

  • advocating the lawful and proper divisions of government at the federal, state and local levels
  • championing the provisions and limitations of the Constitution and enforcing them accordingly
  • training and preparing future candidates at all levels of government, from state to federal.

The U.S. Constitution Party is proud of the fact that it is:

  • anti-deindustrialization
  • anti-free trade
  • anti-unchecked immigration
  • in favor of a strong national defense
  • in opposition to special rights for homosexuals
  • in opposition to expansion of unlawful police laws
  • in opposition to foreign aid
  • pro-American sovereignty
  • pro-gun
  • pro-life.

Bangladesh must enact its original constitution of 1972, which is almost same as the US constitution on the matter of religion. Bangladesh constitution of 1972 also affirms the separation of religion and government. Mr. Anis being US citizen must uphold the US constitutional clause of separation of state and church therefore religion and government. There is NO problem if a political party says they believe in religion but the problem arises when fundamentalist party such as Jamaat-E-Islami says they will impose their religion (Islam) among all citizen of the country if they can go to power, which is somewhat Taliban of Afghanistan did. We will not let Jamaat and other religious bigots allow to convert our land into Taliban Afghanistan.

 

Jamaat-E-Islami must be banned not just for violating the very principle of constitution but more because of their treacherous role and their perfidious affiliation with killing millions of Bengalis during our liberation war. Further, Jamaat-E-Islami is not even a mainstream Islamic party but perches a harsh version of Islam, which is unknown to the overwhelming majority who follows Hanafi-Sunni mazhab.

 

Thanks

Shamim Chowdhury

Maryland, USA

--- On Thu, 2/4/10, anis.ahmed@netzero.com <anis.ahmed@netzero.com> wrote:


From: anis.ahmed@netzero.com <anis.ahmed@netzero.com>
Subject: Re: STOP SHOUTING FOR BANNING RELIGIOUS BASED POLITICAL PARTY IN BANGL ADESH
To: eastside_peds@bellsouth.net
Cc: SonarBangladesh@yahoogroups.com, alochona@yahoogroups.com, chottala@yahoogroups.com, abid.bahar@gmail.com, notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com, amra-bangladesi@yahoogroups.com, dhakamails@yahoogroups.com, WideMinds@yahoogroups.com, Bangladesh-Zindabad@yahoogroups.com, sonarbangladesh@yahoogroups.com, khabor@yahoogroups.com, bangla-vision@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010, 2:00 PM

Readers:

 

Only KGB and RAW supporters or supported agents at home or abroad can shout to kill democracy like Shiekh Mujibur Rahman to make Bangladesh a perpetual colony of Anti-Islam country.

 

Most importantly, The Constitution Party, a political party of the USA is based on religious ideologies. The Constitution Party was founded as as U.S. Taxpayers' Party in 1992 and as Constitution Party in 1999. For more information about this party please visit:

 

http://www.constitutionparty.com/party_platform.php#Preamble

 

Israel is based on religion. Even, BJP, an Indian political party is formed on religious ideologies and has masterminded and committed several genocides agiant Muslims which Supreme Court of India has ruled very recently.

 

I'm not a Jamat-e-Islam supporter but as a Bangladeshi American I stand on the principles of the USA , and as a Bangladeshi expatriate I am against banning religious based political party in Bangladesh for the sake of democracy.

 

Let freeom prevail at all level.

 

Anis Ahmed



---------- Original Message ----------
From: Eastside Peds <eastside_peds@bellsouth.net>
To: anis.ahmed@netzero.net
Cc: Sonar Bangladesh <SonarBangladesh@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Fw: NO MORE JAMATI & THE GANG !!!!
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 08:46:38 -0800 (PST)

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Eastside Peds <eastside_peds@bellsouth.net>
To: Khabor groups <khabor@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: alochona@yahoogroups.com; chottala@yahoogroups.com; abid bahar <abid.bahar@gmail.com>; notun_bangladesh-owner@yahoogroups.com; notun Bangladesh <notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com>; Amra Bangladesi <amra-bangladesi@yahoogroups.com>; Dhaka Mails <dhakamails@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, February 3, 2010 10:28:18 PM
Subject: NO MORE JAMATI & THE GANG !!!!

Dear all,
Finally Jamat-e-Islam and other religious political parties are going to disappear from Bangladesh. This is the victory for pro-liberation forces. Please read the following link for details:
http://www.dailyjanakantha.com/news_view.php?nc=15&dd=2010-02-04&ni=7488
 
Dr. Manik


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[mukto-mona] Re: STOP SHOUTING FOR BANNING RELIGIOUS BASED POLITICAL PARTY IN BANGL ADESH



Mr. Anis, I am afraid I have to call you callous again. Your poor posting shows your shallow knowledge to understand facts. I am sure you have heard fine Bangla phrase ALPO BIDDA BHOYONKORI.

 

Mr. Anis's posting sounds like Constitution Party was founded with taxpayers money when the fact is the name of the party it self was Tax Payers Party (name of the party) when founded in 1992 and later in 1999 the party name was changed from Tax Payers Party to Constitutional Party.

 

Mr. Anis is wrong again (ALPO BIDDA BHOYONKORI), when he claims Constitution Party is a religious party. The fact is Constitution Party is not a religious party at all. Therefore, Constitution Party is not comparable to Jamaat-E-Islami of Bangladesh. Rather one can say they believe in one God and therefore religion. However, unlike Jamaat-E-Islami Constitutional Party does not operate to establish God's (Christianity) kingdom, rather Constitutional Party support the Article 1 of Bill of Rights that reads

 

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

 

I will ask readers to research themselves going to Constitutional Party official web portal to get clear understanding that this is NOT A RELIGIOUS PARTY but with lot of other beliefs such as right to own gun, their stand on anti immigration, their opposition against federal government excessive power , opposition against excessive police power, they also believe in religion.

Link to constitution party

http://www.constitutionparty.com

 

These are the main principle of Constitution Party, which has nothing to do with religion. They are similar to Awami League or BNP of Bangladesh, which are not religious party, but has expressed their stand on religion and religious freedom comparing to Communist Party of Bangladesh

 

Focus of the U.S. Constitution Party

The Constitution party believes that it should focus on the following:

  • advocating the lawful and proper divisions of government at the federal, state and local levels
  • championing the provisions and limitations of the Constitution and enforcing them accordingly
  • training and preparing future candidates at all levels of government, from state to federal.

The U.S. Constitution Party is proud of the fact that it is:

  • anti-deindustrialization
  • anti-free trade
  • anti-unchecked immigration
  • in favor of a strong national defense
  • in opposition to special rights for homosexuals
  • in opposition to expansion of unlawful police laws
  • in opposition to foreign aid
  • pro-American sovereignty
  • pro-gun
  • pro-life.

Bangladesh must enact its original constitution of 1972, which is almost same as the US constitution on the matter of religion. Bangladesh constitution of 1972 also affirms the separation of religion and government. Mr. Anis being US citizen must uphold the US constitutional clause of separation of state and church therefore religion and government. There is NO problem if a political party says they believe in religion but the problem arises when fundamentalist party such as Jamaat-E-Islami says they will impose their religion (Islam) among all citizen of the country if they can go to power, which is somewhat Taliban of Afghanistan did. We will not let Jamaat and other religious bigots allow to convert our land into Taliban Afghanistan.

 

Jamaat-E-Islami must be banned not just for violating the very principle of constitution but more because of their treacherous role and their perfidious affiliation with killing millions of Bengalis during our liberation war. Further, Jamaat-E-Islami is not even a mainstream Islamic party but perches a harsh version of Islam, which is unknown to the overwhelming majority who follows Hanafi-Sunni mazhab.

 

Thanks

Shamim Chowdhury

Maryland, USA

--- On Thu, 2/4/10, anis.ahmed@netzero.com <anis.ahmed@netzero.com> wrote:


From: anis.ahmed@netzero.com <anis.ahmed@netzero.com>
Subject: Re: STOP SHOUTING FOR BANNING RELIGIOUS BASED POLITICAL PARTY IN BANGL ADESH
To: eastside_peds@bellsouth.net
Cc: SonarBangladesh@yahoogroups.com, alochona@yahoogroups.com, chottala@yahoogroups.com, abid.bahar@gmail.com, notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com, amra-bangladesi@yahoogroups.com, dhakamails@yahoogroups.com, WideMinds@yahoogroups.com, Bangladesh-Zindabad@yahoogroups.com, sonarbangladesh@yahoogroups.com, khabor@yahoogroups.com, bangla-vision@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010, 2:00 PM

Readers:

 

Only KGB and RAW supporters or supported agents at home or abroad can shout to kill democracy like Shiekh Mujibur Rahman to make Bangladesh a perpetual colony of Anti-Islam country.

 

Most importantly, The Constitution Party, a political party of the USA is based on religious ideologies. The Constitution Party was founded as as U.S. Taxpayers' Party in 1992 and as Constitution Party in 1999. For more information about this party please visit:

 

http://www.constitutionparty.com/party_platform.php#Preamble

 

Israel is based on religion. Even, BJP, an Indian political party is formed on religious ideologies and has masterminded and committed several genocides agiant Muslims which Supreme Court of India has ruled very recently.

 

I'm not a Jamat-e-Islam supporter but as a Bangladeshi American I stand on the principles of the USA , and as a Bangladeshi expatriate I am against banning religious based political party in Bangladesh for the sake of democracy.

 

Let freeom prevail at all level.

 

Anis Ahmed



---------- Original Message ----------
From: Eastside Peds <eastside_peds@bellsouth.net>
To: anis.ahmed@netzero.net
Cc: Sonar Bangladesh <SonarBangladesh@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Fw: NO MORE JAMATI & THE GANG !!!!
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 08:46:38 -0800 (PST)

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Eastside Peds <eastside_peds@bellsouth.net>
To: Khabor groups <khabor@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: alochona@yahoogroups.com; chottala@yahoogroups.com; abid bahar <abid.bahar@gmail.com>; notun_bangladesh-owner@yahoogroups.com; notun Bangladesh <notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com>; Amra Bangladesi <amra-bangladesi@yahoogroups.com>; Dhaka Mails <dhakamails@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, February 3, 2010 10:28:18 PM
Subject: NO MORE JAMATI & THE GANG !!!!

Dear all,
Finally Jamat-e-Islam and other religious political parties are going to disappear from Bangladesh. This is the victory for pro-liberation forces. Please read the following link for details:
http://www.dailyjanakantha.com/news_view.php?nc=15&dd=2010-02-04&ni=7488
 
Dr. Manik


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[ALOCHONA] So Called Analysis of Political Executions in Bangladesh



So Called Analysis of Political Executions in Bangladesh

by Shabbir A. Bashar, USA

It is ironic that a letter by a die-hard and blind supporter of Awami League was published on the same day (3rd February, 2010) Amnesty International strongly condemned the recent politically motivated executions in Bangladesh. Its author, Jafor Ullah, came down hard on another NFB contributor, based in Sweden, for expressing his views – citing the latter as someone who lives far away from Bangladesh and is therefore, oblivious to the ground realities in Bangladesh in the aftermath of the executions. This only exposed Mr. Ullah's intolerance for freedom of expression not to mention shameless hypocrisy as he himself is based in the relatively backward wilderness of the American south which is considerably farther from Bangladesh than Sweden! Mr Ullah claims to be a researcher but interestingly provides nothing more than the same old Awami rhetoric in his self-acclaimed analysis that is conveniently void of any citations.

No matter where we are based, it does not require much to become aware of the ground reality in another part of the globe thanks to the prevalence of modern day satellite TV, internet and phone calls. Thus, those of who had been closely monitoring the situation in Dhaka are well aware of the fact that even the European Union spoke out at the last minute against what they termed a politically motivated trial. 1975 was a mutiny and not a murder contrary to the lies spread by an influential and overtly pro-Indian section of the Bangladeshi press. In the west the executions are seen as revenge and not justice. Afterall, how can there be justice when the victim herself appoints the judges, the state prosecution and the executioners?

The very fact that the case was tried in a civil court instead of a military one when hundreds of soldiers took part in the mutiny says volumes about the integrity of the trial, conviction and punishment by the Bangladesh justice system. People of Bangladesh have a right to know what exactly happened, why it happened and all those who were involved in it. It is inconceivable that a mutiny of that magnitude could have taken place without the knowledge of some of the most powerful people in Bangladesh and elsewhere - instead of a handful of junior military officers. Whether Bangladeshis choose to exercise that right or even care for the truth is a different matter, but without truth, there cannot be reconciliation. Only blind supporters like Ullah will deny this time honored truth.

Yet we have seen how Nelson Mandela, through his wisdom and guidance managed to reconcile racially divided South Africa after coming to power following decades of oppression on the Black majority by the White minority. By creating a forum for the truth without fear of retribution, he led his fragile country to reconciliation instead of allowing his people – both Black and Whitte – to be consumed by destructive politics of vengeance. Thus truth is intertwined with reconciliation.

The likes of Ullah should respect the Constitution of Bangladesh and show inclusiveness of the nation by addressing its people as Bangladeshis instead of ignoring the non-Bangalis who are an equal and integral part of its citizenry. Majority of Bangladeshis have a reputation for being moderate Muslims; like its many minority groups they also have a right to live in peace and practice their way of life without having their patriotism questioned as is the knee-jerk habit of most Awami zealots like Ullah. I would like to ask him bluntly what he expects to achieve by this kind of divisive politics? What human values does he expect to promote by putting people in boxes labeled Bengalis, Muslims, Hindus, tribals? Are they not all children of Bangladesh? Do they not all deserve to be treated with equal respect as human beings?

What Ullah describes as being the breaking of the floodgate of information is yet another one of his fantasies. As Ullah says, if so many people knew about the intent to remove Sheikh Mujib by force, why didn't they come to his assistance? What does that say about how people really felt about Mujib? It would appear that prior to his removal Mujib, consumed by his ego polishing stooges, had lost his senses and failed to listen to many of his hitherto ardent supporters like Taj Uddin Ahmed. He abolished multi-party democracy from a land whose people had sacrificed 3 million lives to gain franchise over their mother land. Instead, he allowed his psychophants to portray Taj Uddin – who had formed the government in exile and organnized the successful guerilla war against Pakistan - as a threat to his own leadership and banished him.

Taj Uddin had opposed the much hated one party system introduced by Mujib known as BKSAL. Similarly, Mujib failed to utilize the organizational and public opinion making capacity of another great patriot - the firebrand Moulana Bhashani whom he eyed with great suspicion. Bhashani had been highly critical of the oppressive style of Mujib's government and its extrajudicial killings of the left-leaning activists. Bhashani warned Mujib against his move towards a one party state and declaring himself as life-long president. He could not believe that Mujib who fought all his life for a multi-party democracy could stoop to this level. Thus he saw the formation of BKSAL as the sowing of the seeds of destruction of Mujib. Records also suggest that high ranking US officials like Henry Kissinger not only hated Mujib but also encouraged his removal given Mujib's pro-Soviet stance at the time. All this information has been available for years to anyone who cared to research – there is absolutely nothing floodgate or noveel about what Ullah now says.

Present day Awami League brags about Mujib with footage from the pre-independence days of Bangladesh. Most people agree that Mujib played a central role, along with many other leaders, in the uprising of the masses against Pakistani oppression. What about his role in sovereign Bangladesh? Where are the footages from the 1972 – 1975?&nnbsp; Why do we hear about rampant corruption and the man made famine of 1974? Why do we hear about relief materials sent from developed countries to help the war ravaged Bangladeshis being hoarded by Mujib's men and smuggled out to India for profit? Why do we hear about people dying on the streets while Mujibs own sons had lavish weddings? Why do we see pictures of corpses on the streets of Dhaka being eaten by vultures during the 1974 famine? Does it not start to sound like General Farrah Aidid's degenerate Somalia? Is it possible at all that under Mujibs leadership, the country was falling apart and yet he appeared to be completely indifferent? Is it possible that it led to feelings of deep resentment amongst the general population of Bangladesh? The only way anyone can find answers to these crucial contextual questions is by researching independently rather than being blown away by Awami propaganda disguised as analysis from Ullah. Mujib was a man – with alll his human glories as well as its faults. Yet the Awami League totally denies the dark side of Mujib.

Mujib did himself no favors by creating the paramilitary force called Rokkhi Bahini that has the legacy of having killed some 40,000 left leaning Bangladeshis. He did himself no favors by thus demeaning the freedom fighters in the regular Bangladesh armed forces many of whom had revolted from the Pakistani forces during the war of independence. He did himself no favors by his inability to uphold the national interest above his personal ones. Instead of heeding to all sorts of warnings, he proceeded with dictatorial rule instead of handing over the mantle of government to those better capable of doing the task. Not only that, he actively killed many of his opponents and bragged about it in parliament. He banned freedom of press. Effectively, he closed all non-violent path to his succession. He created many enemies both within and outside Bangladesh. This is the context in which he was removed. Would the likes of Ullah please outline how such a man could be removed swiftly from power without running the risk of letting the country go to complete degeneracy?

Thus there was the coup etat of 1975. This was a highly charged time in the history of Bangladesh. It was the confluence of many domestic, regional and global interests that were at the root of this violent overthrow. Yet, we see a sham of a trial where the truth has been buried by making it seem like an ordinary murder! How can anyone reconcile this without knowing the full truth?

Not only India but all countries of the world will always try to gain an edge over another country. Due to the incompetence of Bangladesh, we see India taking away the waters of Ganges by diverting upstream waters from the notorious Farakka Dam. Yet Ullah claims that expression of such truths is vilifying India. India requires neither glorification nor vilification from Bangladesh! It is a much bigger neighbor with which Bangladesh must learn to co-exist. But that does not mean Bangladesh should relegate its responsibility to look after its interest to India. Why shouldn’t Bangladesh fight for its mineral resources and maritime boundaries against encroachments from India and Myanmar? Why is it so wrong to put Bangladeshs national interests above all else and if necessary seek international arbitration rather than giving into natural Indian hegemony like a dead beat horse? Why does Bangladesh have to involve itself in India’s domestic politics by allowing their commandoes into its sovereign territory to abduct someone they claim to be a political dissident? Does this not amount to excessive appeasement?

I happened to be in Dhaka in early to mid January 2010 when the reviews were being prepared. One day we suddenly heard the jail authorities claiming that three of the convicts sought clemency. The very next day two of their family members and lawyers were on TV refuting the claim. Bangladesh law requires that both family and legal representatives witness the signing of such a final document seeking mercy for one's life. Where was the transparency in all of this? What was the purpose of this drama by the government if not to deny due process by placing a false clemency application before the end of the review process? Does this indicate blood thirst and revenge or does this show due respect for the law? The press in Bangladesh is under pressure from the authorities from reporting any dissent - particularly in this case which is both politically and personally motivated. What greater proof of this than the arrest of a journalist in Rajshahi the day after the executions who made dissenting remarks against the chief executive? Where is the freedom of expression? Is this the true color of so called "secularism" and "pluralism"? Why the need to instill such fear of government retribution if this action is truly as popular as some would claim?

Allow me to conclude by quoting Ullah, Bangladesh has received a high mark for the way the case was tried in the civil court. No short cuts were made. No tribunal or Kangaroo Court was established to speed up the trial. The punishment was dispensed by the court fairly and squarely.However, the Amnesty International statement said it, opposes the execution of these five men, which should never have taken place. The haste in which they were carried out raises serious questions about the timing and procedures for these executions.Furthermore, they questioned the transparency of the trial and added that, Family members of the convicts also live in fear of being attacked by political activists of the ruling Awami League party. Witnesses have told reporters that the attackers looted the valuables and set the house (of one of the convicts) on fire. Amnesty International calls on the Government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to establish an impartial and independent investigation into this attack. The government should publicly condemn any such attacks and bring anyone involved to justice.The EU statement goes a step further and makes this trial seem exactly like a kangaroo court by terming it politically-motivated.

I am confident that your readers have the ability to discern whether these international statements constitute high marks or just pitiful distaste against an act of revenge. If reconciliation and restoration of the rule of law was ever the goal, in this case not only did it fail but fuelled the exact opposite.

Shabbir A. Bashar, PhD
Vancouver, USA
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Dr. Manik
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Awami league is clearly an anti Islamic and enemy of Islam - this the prove. Islam has its own political system and it is the part of islamic AKIDA. Awami league has introduced secularism in the constitution in  1972, by fifth amendment Shaheed President Zeaur Rahaman omitted secularism from the constitution and thus the nation released from FERAUNI CONSTITUTION. Don't be happy so much, Insha Allah Islam is a power to win in Bangladesh.
 
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The outrage in Pakistan (or rather, its media) is being very carefully calibrated by GHQ (outrage in the general public may include anti-army sentiments, but not in the mainstream media). Almost no one is speaking about the fact that IF she was in American custody since 2003-04, then she was sent there by OUR army. IF she was in ISI custody, then how and when did she get to Ghazni? Why wont her family let her son talk to anyone? and where are the other children? who is holding them and is pressure is being exerted on the family to say the right things because their children are still being held by invisible agencies?....which ones? CIA? ISI? someone else?
there is more to this sorry mess than meets the eye.

omar

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Pakistan denounces conviction of neuroscientist in US court

Dr Aafia Siddiqui found guilty in New York of attempting to shoot a team of US soldiers in Afghanistan in July 2008

Declan Walsh in Islamabad
Friday February 5 2010
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/04/pakistan-scientist-aafia-siddiqui


Pakistanis were united in anger today after an American court convicted Dr Aafia Siddiqui [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/04/pakistan-neuroscientist-united-states-afghanistan" title="American court convicted Dr Aafia Siddiqui], a US-educated neuroscientist previously accused of al-Qaida links, on charges of assault and attempted murder.

A New York court found Siddiqui guilty of attempting to shoot a team of American soldiers and FBI agents in an Afghan police station in July 2008. She faces up to 60 years in prison.

A foreign office spokesman said he was "dismayed" by the verdict, adding that Pakistan's president, prime minister and foreign minister had appealed to the US authorities for Siddiqui's release. The government spent $2m on top flight lawyers to defend her.

Television reports carried furious comments from ordinary Pakistanis reflecting a widely-held view that the 37-year-old mother of three, who graduated from MIT and Brandeis University, was the victim of a grave miscarriage of justice.

In Siddiqui's hometown, Karachi, her sister Fowzia struck a defiant note. "Maybe they thought there would be crying and condolences. This is not so; we are rejuvenated," she said at the family home, surrounded by cheering supporters.

Shireen Mazari, editor of the rightwing Nation newspaper, wrote that the verdict "did not really surprise anyone familiar with the vindictive mindset of the US public post-9/11". Mushahid Hussain, a prominent opposition politician, called for Siddiqui to be sent home.

One of the few dissenting opinions came from Siddiqui's ex-husband, Amjad Khan, who said his ex-wife was "reaping the fruit of her own decision.

"Her family has been portraying Aafia as a victim. We would like the truth to come out," he said.

Hard facts have been elusive in one of the most intriguing and murky cases [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/24/aafia-siddiqui-al-qaida" title="most intriguing and murky cases] to emerge from the Bush administration-era "war on terror". It started in March 2003 when Siddiqui and her three children mysteriously disappeared from Karachi, probably picked up by Pakistani intelligence.

What happened next is hotly contested. Siddiqui's supporters, led by the British campaigner Yvonne Ridley, insist she was sent to Bagram airfield north of Kabul, where she was detained and tortured by US forces.

Sceptics say she was probably on the run in Pakistan, associating with Islamist extremists. In 2004 the FBI named Siddiqui as one of seven senior al-Qaida figures plotting to attack America, which earned her the nickname "Lady al-Qaida" in the US media.

But few of those events were examined in the trial, which concentrated on a narrow sequence of events in an Afghan police station in July 2008, when Siddiqui dramatically resurfaced.

The prosecution claimed that Siddiqui seized a US soldier's M-4 rifle and opened fire, before being shot in the stomach and arrested.

Notably, she was not charged with terrorism-related crimes or al-Qaida links, and after yesterday's guilty verdict was announced, defence lawyer Charles Swift said the case had been decided on "fear not facts".

The prosecution could produce little forensic evidence to support its case; with experts unable to produce incriminating bullet cases or fingerprints on the weapon Siddiqui allegedly fired.

Instead the jury appeared to have been swayed by statements from at least seven witnesses, including an Afghan translator and several US soldiers.

Jurors may also have been swayed by Siddiqui's erratic behaviour. The diminutive defendant, who appeared in court with her face mostly veiled, frequently made shouted outbursts that caused guards to hustle her back to her cell.

She said her case was been orchestrated by unspecified "Jews" and demanded that no person of Jewish descent be allowed to sit on the panel of jurors. After the guilty verdict was announced she cried out: "This is a verdict coming from Israel and not from America." She is due to be sentenced in May.

The hearing left many contentious questions about the enigmatic neuroscientist unanswered ? particularly the fate of her missing children.

Siddiqui's oldest son, Ahmed, resurfaced alongside his mother in Afghanistan in 2008. He now lives in Karachi with Fowzia Siddiqui, who has not allowed him to speak publicly of his experience.

But the whereabouts of the other two children ? Mariam, 11, and Suleman, 7 ? remains a mystery. Their father, Amjad Khan, has called for an inquiry into their whereabouts.

"We would like the three governments to come up with a joint report to lay down the truth," he said. "Most of all we are concerned about the two kids ? where they are, who is holding them, and why."


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Shiv Sena Ire against Shah Rukh Khan

Ram Puniyani


A fortnight ago (January 2010) Shah Rukh Khan, the celebrated film star, voiced his opinion that Pakistani Cricket players should not be prevented from playing in IPL cricket League. This sparked a big row of protest from the local Shiv Sena supporters, who criticized Khan and tore the posters of his film, 'My Name is Khan', they also went on to say if Shah Rukh's 'Khan' is awakening he should very well go to Pakistan and be there. At the same time Shiv Sena is spearheading a violent campaign, 'Mumbai for Maharashtrians', to which even cricket star Sachin Tendulkar, a Maharashtrian, amongst others voiced their opinion that all parts of India belong to all the Indian citizens.

Mumbai is currently seeing the turmoil around these twin issues, regionalism, and communalism in its worst form. One knows that India-Pakistan relations have been quiet strained right since the beginning. There have been three wars between these two neighbors. The people living across the borders, with relatives on either side have been moaning with pain and anguish due to this strife between the two countries. Many issues have been a bone of contention between the two neighbors, the major lately being terrorism.

Terrorism needs to be understood in its depth if it is to be eliminated. The roots of this terror lie in the politics of oil, creation of Madrassas on the soil of Pakistan to train the Al Qaeda terrorists by US. US wanted to confront the Russian occupation of Afghanistan in the late 1970s. This Al Qaeda was created by indoctrinating the Muslim youth by instilling distorted version of Islam. Osama bin Laden was brought in again by machinations of US, same Osama was given millions of dollars and tons of armaments to join the anti Russian forces.

After the defeat of Russian forces this indoctrinated outfit turned against others in the region. It did create havoc and continues to torment the region. It has been like a Frankenstein's monster, which has misused the identity of Islam for the acts of violence and currently Pakistan is the major victim of this monster.

While the terrorism's base might be in Pakistan, it is not the Pakistani state, or Pakistani people or democratic elements that are supporting this poisonous cancer. As such Pakistan lost her ex Prime Minster and regularly we see the acts of terror in Pakistan. To eliminate this cancer, the civilian Government in Pakistan is trying its own bit, but the Military-Mullah complex in Pakistan, patronized by US, is the one, which nurtures this phenomenon. While we are fully justified in condemning terrorism, calling upon civilian government to control it, it is also true that gestures of friendship to Pakistan will strengthen civilian government and eliminate terrorism in the long run. So peace with Pakistan has to be strengthened through music, sports, business and educational exchange. A Hate campaign between the neighbors will be harmful to the interests of both the countries.

So while anger against terrorism is natural, we can't ignore the deeper dynamics of the region and shun peace. Peace is the pre-requisite of progress of the region. The insinuations by Shiv Sena against Shah Rukh, asking him to go to Pakistan, just because his name is Muslim, is against the values of Indian Constitution and the spirit of the National movement, which built the country. The divisive nature of regional politics is to be condemned through and through. Our concept of citizenship is not based around religion. People of all religions are equal citizens of the country. To doubt the patriotism of any citizen just because of 'one's religion' is the insult of Indian Constitution.

Same way, while appreciating the fact that the metros like Mumbai can't accommodate the population beyond a point, there is also a need to introspect as to why so many people migrate to Mumbai? As such, it is lop sided development of the country which forces people to migrate to such a metropolis. So while demanding a curb on Shiv Sena for its hooliganism and anti national utterances, one also has to focus attention for a pattern of development where people don't have to migrate just to survive. That's where the crux of the matter is.

Shiv Sena has a complex history. It was supported by industrialists and partly nurtured by a section of Congress leadership decades ago. The idea then was to smash the left trade unions, which were struggling for workers rights in an honest way. Later the same Shiv Sena attacked the South Indians, then Gujaratis and finally North Indians for sometime before jumping on the Rath (chariot) of Hinduvta spearhead by BJP's Lal Krishna Advani. Shiv Sena has been the most firm ally of BJP and its communal politics all through. Shiv Sena's supremo Bal Thackeray has also been indicted in the Srikrishna Commission report, a report which has been put into cold storage by the Congress government. Interestingly Shiv Sena, SS, presents its role in Mumbai violence as being that of protecting Hindus, a formulation which is from the World of make believe, which presents victim as the culprit, as Shrikrishna Commission makes it very clear.

The methods employed by Shiv Sena earlier and MNS (Maharashtra Nav Nirnman Sena) of Raj Thackeray show the parallels with the ones' employed by Hitler's foot soldiers, i.e. to intimidate people through street violence. In this direction on regular basis Shiv Sena in particular attacked artists, Gulam Ali, a Gazal singer from Pakistan, M.F. Hussain, a Painter, and now Shahrukh Khan. In these 'storm trooper' methods it SS had been associated with the parallel ones from RSS stream, Bajrang Dal etc. The idea is to vandalize and make a glaring attack on liberal values of democracy. While outfits like SS, MNS and Bajrang Dal are fascists, they use democratic space, the lapses of opportunist centralist politics to come up in the social space. Hitler also used the democratic space to come, to abolish the democratic space itself. The analogies of such formations with Hitler, fascists are too glaring to be ignored. They are a product politics of vested
interests, taking advantage of centrist formations like Congress and than turning into Frankenstein's monsters.

With Bal Thackeray trying to pass on the mantle of his fascist politics, Uddhav and Raj, son and nephew respectively, claimed the inheritance. Bal Thackeray decided to anoint his son Uddhav as the heir apparent. Peeved by this the more aggressive Raj launched his own outfit, Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena. In the formative period of MNS, Congress again played a complicit role by sitting pretty when Raj unleashed his aggression against hapless taxi drivers from North India and Bihar. This acted as the tonic for the MNS, and it became bold enough to unleash rampage time and over again. It has come to stay as a political force. The role of Congress has been very compromising as for as formation of Shiv Sena and MNS are concerned.

Shiv Sena- MNS primarily belong to divisive- fascist anti national ideology of communalism and regionalism. Their disregard for the values of Indian Constitution is there for all to see. Their politics also proves that divisive ideologies strengthen each other. Both these outfits, particularly Shiv Sena has been using both these sectarianisms for its political benefit.

Shiv Sena and its offshoot, Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena, both thrive on the divisive sentiments. The spirit of National integration is being attacked by the actions of these regional forces. We should not target our citizens in the name of religion or region. The encouragement of Hate against Pakistan is shortsighted and is playing to the crude emotions, ignoring the deeper causes of terrorism, for that the finger of accusation should point to the US policies which has been pursing its politics of control in the region and has used Pakistan as the base and ally for its ambitions of appropriating this Black Gold. One must support the rights of all our citizens within the limits of Indian Constitution and restrain the regional and communal forces for the sake of national progress.


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