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Sunday, September 11, 2011

[ALOCHONA] Hasina turned down idea of Moeen prosecution



Hasina turned down idea of Moeen prosecution



The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, had rejected calls to prosecute the former army chief Moeen Uddin Ahmed and members of the military-controlled interim regime.

At a meeting with the then US ambassador in Dhaka, James F Moriarty, on June 18, 2009, the ruling Awami League's general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam assured Moriarty that Hasina did not support the calls to prosecute the former army chief and interim regime officials.

Moriarty detailed the outcome of the meeting in a diplomatic cable he sent to Washington on June 22, 2009.'Both Hasina and her main political rival, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairwoman Khaleda Zia, were imprisoned on graft charges by the military-backed caretaker government,' Moriarty noted in the cable, released by WikiLeaks on August 30, 2011.

Terming Ashraful 'a voice of reason and restraint within the Awami League government,' Moriarty in the cable said, 'Ashraf said all but a handful of Awami League politicians supported Hasina's position to not seek revenge.'

The cable also reads, 'Ashraf confirmed that some Awami League colleagues did not want to stop extrajudicial killings by law enforcement agencies, which had been on the rise in recent weeks.'

Ashraf, also the LGRD and cooperatives minister, however, told Moriarty that he had hoped a case then filed by relatives of two college students shot dead by the paramilitary Rapid Action Battalion would act as a brake on extrajudicial killings, the cable said.

The minister also assured the ambassador of enactment of a law 'creating a Human Rights Commission.' According to the cable, Ashraf said that the trial of suspected war criminals in the 1971 fight for independence against Pakistan would be 'symbolic' and involve only a handful of people.

He predicted that the process of gathering evidence and taking the cases to trial would be a 'long process' that would take more than five years. The people convicted would likely receive lenient sentences.

While Ashraf acknowledged that the trial could strain national unity, he said that they were necessary to bring closure to a topic that continued to bitterly divide the country, the cable said.It said that Ashraf 'also disparaged the chairman of a parliamentary committee who is seeking to compel former members of the Anti-Corruption Commission to testify about their activities during the caretaker government.

Moriarty also noted that 'the committee chairman, Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, was convicted in a case brought by the ACC.'

http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/frontpage/32952.html



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[ALOCHONA] Re: Successful ministers.....



http://www.ejugantor.com/2011/09/12/1/details/1_r3_c5.jpg

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
Naked exposition of bankrupt diplomacy of Bangladesh

 

Bangladeshi foreign minister, who was visibly jumping like an ape prior to visit of Indian Prime Minister expressing her "confident hope" of getting Bangladesh's right share of water from India", has finally been exposed to the entire nation of her bankrupt diplomacy. On the other hand, the latest diplomatic failure of the Bangladesh Awami League government is the newest feather in its cap of failures, which also includes power crisis, worst-ever law and order situation, exorbitant rise in the price of essentials, share market scam etc.

http://www.weeklyblitz.net/1771/naked-exposition-of-bankrupt-diplomacy


On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
Kader Siddiqui on these successfuls...



http://www.bd-pratidin.com/?view=details&type=gold&data=Loan&pub_no=488&cat_id=2&menu_id=30&news_type_id=1&index=0



On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
They should be rewarded...

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-09-05/news/183008

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-09-05/news/183099


On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:

Garrulous ministers embarrass govt

The ruling Awami League is embarrassed by remarks some ministers often make in public over different national issues causing uproar and undermining the image of the government.

The AL high command and the government feel that the persons holding responsible positions should be cautious while speaking in public. It has already instructed two of the ministers concerned to refrain from making irresponsible remarks that cause embarrassment to the government, sources in the government and AL said.

Admitting that some ministries have shortcomings, they hoped that those would be addressed soon.

Finance minister AMA Muhith, communications minister Syed Abul Hossain, shipping minister Shahjahan Khan, commerce minister Faruk Khan and home minister Sahara Khatun made some statements in recent weeks that caused uproar and drew criticism from various quarters.

'Persons holding important and responsible positions should speak less in public,' senior cabinet member Matia Chowdhury told New Age on Saturday.

Matia, also a presidium member of the AL, said that the government could not avoid responsibility of its failures in some sectors and it was aware of that and trying to address the problems.

'Ministers should avoid remarks that hurt the people. Their statements should be accepted by at least 70 percent of the people,' AL presidium member Kazi Zafar Ullah told New Age on Saturday.

He said that the party had already summoned the commerce and communications ministers and asked them to be cautious that their remarks did not cause resentment among the people.

About the commerce minister's 'eat less' advice to the people, Zafar Ullah, however, said that what the minister had said should not be taken literally. 'He [Faruk Khan] did not ask people to eat less; he actually urged the people to avoid taking more adulterated food,' Zafar Ullah explained and accused the media of misquoting the minister.

AL presidium member Obaidul Quader said that the ministers often make such statements to hide their failures in different sectors under their respective jurisdictions. 'But such utterances cause a negative impression of the government and the party among the people,' he said.

'I hope they will stop making such irresponsible remarks after parliament gave them a bashing on Thursday,' he told New Age, adding that no one in the government or in the party liked such remarks that embarrassed them.

The remarks of the ministers drew fire from parliament on Thursday when the lawmakers censured the finance and communications ministers for the appalling condition of roads and the ministers accused each other for the situation.

'It is unfortunate that the ministers advised the people to eat less and refrain from shopping one day a week,' AL lawmaker Tofail Ahmed said in parliament.

The communications minister recently said that the roads could not be repaired for want of money with the finance minister contradicting the claim saying he had already disbursed the fund.

'How BRTC [Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation] buses are plying the roads, if the roads are not usable,' he said.

The finance minister on another occasion advised people not to shop one day a week because of the price hike of essential commodities.

He also came under fire from lawmakers in parliament in early February when he termed the investors in capital market fatkabaz or speculators.

The 'eat less' advice of the commerce minister stunned the people and drew widespread criticism from the media.

Shipping minister Shahjahan Khan did not fall far behind when he said on Thursday that a driver did not need education to have a driving licence.

'If a driver can sign his name, can understand traffic signs and signals, can differentiate between a cow and a goat and has good driving skills, what is the problem in giving him a licence,'he said at a press conference while trying to clarify his position on recommending 24,000 people for driving licence without tests.

The home minister, Sahara Khatun quite often claims that the law and order is far better than any other time in the past.

http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/frontpage/30747.html









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[mukto-mona] Thouguts On !/11: We mourn the Deaths



Thoughts On 1/11: We mourn the Deaths

Ten years on from the day the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed so much for so many people, the world's leaders and millions of citizens are pausing to reflect.From Sydney to Atlanta, formal ceremonies have been observed to mourn the nearly 3,000 who perished from more than 90 countries. And, in a reminder that threats remain, authorities in Washington and New York are beefing up security in response to intelligence about possible plans for a car bomb attack.

In Manila, dozens of former shanty dwellers offered roses, balloons and prayers for another 9/11 victim, American citizen Marie Rose Abad. The neighborhood used to be a shantytown that reeked of garbage. But in 2004, Abad's Filipino-American husband built 50 brightly colored homes, fulfilling his late wife's wish to help impoverished Filipinos.In New Zealand, players from the American Eagles rugby team were among the first to mark the anniversary at a Sunday memorial service in the town of New Plymouth. The players, who are participating in the Rugby World Cup tournament, listened to a speech by US ambassador David Huebner, whose brother Rick survived the attacks on the World Trade Center.In Australia, Sydney resident Rae Tompsett said she's never felt angry over the murder of her son Stephen Tompsett, 39, a computer engineer who was on the 106th floor of the World Trade Centre's north tower when it was hit by a hijacked plane.And leaders in Pakistan, which has been a victim of al-Qaeda terrorism  said they joined the people of the US in honouring the memory of those killed 10 years ago.

Whoever did it, there is no doubt that it was one of the most heinous attack on humanity, men and women, all civilians. There are official and un-official stories about the incident and we can not judge them. But we also mourn the death and want end of all terrorism. This has led to other actions by US in particular which led to hundreds of thousands of death and destruction. These actions were unjustified and only led to more suffering and also responsible for the collapse of US and world economy. US should never venture in such wars in future. Fight against terrorism should not mean occupation of countries.

 



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[ALOCHONA] 1/11 was inevitable



WikiLeaks

1/11 was inevitable

WikiLeaks cables reveal deep-rooted animosity between Khaleda, Hasina; exile threat even could not stymie them.

The animosity between BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina was so intense that they both would rather like to see the military than the other one in power.

Patricia A Butenis, the then US ambassador in Dhaka, had this impression after a series of meetings with the two leaders and their deputies during the political impasse that led to the promulgation of state of emergency and suspension of the parliamentary polls then slated for January 22, 2007.

"Neither woman appears to imagine that they might be ousted themselves under military rule," she wrote in a cable in the morning of January 11, 2007, hours before the then president Iajuddin Ahmed declared the state of emergency.

According to the cables, Butenis and other foreign diplomats worked in private and public to find a peaceful solution to the political deadlock by making Khaleda and Hasina agreeable to each other but found it an impossible task.

Even in early January, the diplomats separately met the two top leaders and warned them about their political future and possibilities that they might be forced into exile abroad following military intervention. They suggested the two take bold steps to break the impasse and avert any such scenarios.

Bitter political rivalry and a non-compromising stance emanating from a desperate attempt to win the parliamentary polls were evident in a number of cables the American embassy sent to Washington at that time.

In the January 11 morning dispatch, Butenis wrote, "With both sides entrenched in their respective positions, frustration among civic and business leaders continues to fuel public speculation over ways to involve the military and circumvent the BNP and AL. Even activists among the two parties continue to seek support for solutions that could sideline 'the two ladies'."

In the night came the state of emergency, with none of the two budging from their position. President Iajuddin Ahmed was forced to step down as chief adviser along with his 10 colleagues in the caretaker government, which he had been leading for about two and a half months.

An army-backed new regime with Fakhruddin Ahmed, a former central bank governor, as the head started a two-year eventful journey, which would give the AL and BNP chiefs tough time, even pressing them to quit politics and leave the country.

Five days before the political changeover, Butenis and the then British high commissioner Anwar Choudhury apprised Hasina of approaches made to them by prominent AL members, supposedly backed by a faction of BNP, advocating political scenarios that included forcing Hasina and Khaleda into exile abroad and a possible military intervention, said a US embassy a cable on January 7, 2007.

The AL chief largely dismissed the reports, the cable read. "Hasina was not troubled by military involvement, either directly or under a state of emergency. 'If the military can intervene and make things okay, that would be good,' she said."

On advice from BNP, the Iajuddin-led caretaker government was pushing with all its might towards the parliamentary elections slated for January 22 even after pullout by AL-led grand alliance.

"Asked how she would respond if (Khaleda) Zia reached out to her to find a solution, Hasina said she would reject any such overtures from Zia," the cable said.

The two envoys described a possible scenario suggested by some in the BNP under which elections would be held with the understanding that new elections would be called within 12 months. "Hasina dismissed the proposal out-of-hand, saying she would sooner support a solution involving the military than one that returned the BNP to power."

The two diplomats met Khaleda Zia the next day and told her about the approaches by some politicians advocating scenarios to send her and Hasina into political exile with backing from the military.

"Although acknowledging some dissent within the party, Zia bristled at suggestions the military would take action against her or act extra-constitutionally," Butenis said in a cable on January 9.

Like Hasina, she rejected discussions with her rival before the scheduled elections and suggestions of making a bold political gesture of compromise.

"Instead, she reiterated the BNP position that elections must go forward but offered once returned to office to implement election reforms and hold new elections within 12-15 months.

"Zia reacted as anticipated, rejecting out of hand the suggestion that 'her' army would be disloyal, though surprisingly admitting to some dissension in the BNP ranks," wrote the US ambassador.

She also wrote that BNP was rather taken aback "by the negative reaction of the US and other countries to their one-sided election plan".

While the opposition was agitating on the streets demanding the then chief election commissioner Aziz's resignation, Butenis met Khaleda Zia on November 1 and raised the opposition's demand. "Not possible," Khaleda replied.

"Hasina, [Khaleda] Zia complained, had ignored Zia's demand in 2001 as the then-opposition leader for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner [MA] Syed, so why should she accommodate Hasina now?" Butenis wrote to Washington the next day.

A couple of days ago, Hasina gave CA Iajuddin an ultimatum to prove himself neutral by fulfilling an 11-point opposition demand, which included removal of the CEC and three election commissioners by November 3.

"The question remains whether Hasina's demands are designed to produce failure and justify a quick return to the streets or whether they are subject to modification, especially if Ahmed does well in other key areas," the envoy wrote on October 31.

According to the embassy cables, AL was convinced that it had won a major victory as Justice Hasan, who was blamed to be biased towards BNP, declined to head the caretaker government.

But BNP, which was shaken by the number of defections to newly floated Liberal Democratic Party, got the upper hand on October 29 when BNP-elected President Iajuddin Ahmed took over as the chief adviser.

While some advisers of the caretaker government were trying to "find light at the end of tunnel" to solve the crisis, Butenis urged Khaleda on December 10, to be flexible to prevent the electoral process from unravelling over two relatively technical points.

"In response, Zia recalled alleged Awami League perfidy when it was in power, and repeated the view that in the end the Awami League will join, not boycott, the election," Butenis wrote.

With her demands unmet, Hasina announced that the grand alliance would boycott the January 22 polls, citing the CG had failed to ensure the conditions necessary for a free and fair election. She also announced fresh agitation programmes to press for a new election schedule and the resignation of Iajuddin Ahmed as CA.

"Publicly, the AL points to the disqualification of former President Ershad, leader of alliance partner Jatiya Party, as the precipitating factor. Privately, many AL supporters admit the alliance is unprepared to contest the elections as scheduled and has run out of time to prepare and campaign," the ambassador observed in another cable on January 3.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=202116


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[ALOCHONA] BD policies



Dhaka summit dwarfed by outcry  against corruption 
M. Shahidul Islam
 
Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina exchanging documents after signing frame work agreements in Dhaka last week.
Sheikh Hasina and Dr. Manmohan Singh are the unlikely duo to lockstep in a concerted manner. The former think locally but act filially.  The latter think globally but act regionally. That explains why the visit to Dhaka of the Indian PM was marred by a slew of beneath - the- surface bitterness and acrimony and its outcome failed to make anybody happier.
No wonder either that our family-centric Prime Minister finds herself stung by a barrage of globally circulated allegations of corruption and crony favouritism which will stay glued with her personal and filial dossiers for generations down below. The allegations, ironically, stem from the very sources that have doggedly fought only two years ago to by- pass our constitutional obligations to bring her to power. 





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[ALOCHONA] Decade of Destruction



Decade of Destruction

Humayun Gauhar

States come and states go but nations go on till Doomsday. Anniversaries come and anniversaries go but the world goes on till the end of time. We either celebrate or mourn anniversaries, depending on the event. Today is the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001, a dastardly event that changed the world. We mourn not only the 3,000 innocent lives wantonly lost, we mourn too the millions equally wantonly killed in its wake. But most of all we mourn the global destruction that followed 9/11. The first decade of the new millennium can justly be called the Decade of Destruction. Great start.

The decade went with lightening speed, but when one considers the events that followed, it's been a long, hard and painful journey to a destination yet unknown. The Leviathan is convulsing harder, morphing faster and we still don't know exactly what kind of a monster it will eventually become. What we know for certain is that the pendulum of global power is swinging from west to east. So great has been America's decline in this decade that it commands little respect today and causes much less shock and awe. Afghanistan and Iraq have shown that it can be defeated. America's economic meltdown has dented its legitimacy to lecture others on how to run their affairs because it is becoming patently obvious that soon it will no longer be able to finance their deficits and development. Its perception as a superpower has diminished woefully. The diminishment continues.

We are moving back towards a non-polar world, which is the best of all possible worlds. But good things last rarely. Soon it will become multi-polar, which is far more equitable than bipolar or unipolar. Large-scale awakenings have started not only in many Arab Muslim countries but also in Europe – and are spreading. The time is nigh when they will start in America as well as incomes get squeezed, prices rise and joblessness becomes a pandemic. The efficacy of political systems to produce good leaders and good governments is under question. The Arab uprisings are not so much for western-style electoral democracy as for freedom from hegemony by a homegrown ruling elite as well as from foreign powers: the process that could take long before Muslims arrive at their own Enlightenment and Reformation. Presently, they are undergoing their own kind of Inquisition. The end losers will be the hegemons.

September 11, 2001 has come and gone ten times with nary an answer to many vital questions. What happened, why did it happen, how did it happen, what has been achieved?

Who did it? Who really did it? We are told to believe what we are told else we will be branded 'conspiracy theorists' at best or killed at worst. Some choice. I don't necessarily disbelieve that Al Qaeda did it. I have seen a lot of evidence when I helped President Musharraf write his autobiography. But I will not believe it entirely until the US government provides credible proof that it indeed was Al Qaeda. An undamaged passport found in the ruins of the Twin Towers defies belief when both aircraft have been vapourised. Flying manuals in the glove compartments of the cars of alleged hijackers cannot teach someone how to flying huge Boeing airliners. Al Qaeda accepting 'credit' on a website is hardly proof when the world knows that false websites can easily be made and run by intelligence agencies – to use an Americanism, 'false flag' websites.

Then what does one do about the many American naysayers who have held high positions in the US government, like the former Deputy Secretary of State Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik who claims that 9/11 was not only a 'false flag' operation but supervised by Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Stephen Hadley, Elliott Abrams and Condoleezza Rice, amongst others. "They ran the [9/11] attacks." How can one just disbelieve someone in Dr. Pieczenik's position? We need to know and only the US government can tell us. Calling Pieczenik a fruitcake or a conspiracy theorist is not enough.

If Al Qaeda did indeed perpetrate the 9/11 attacks, it was like Frankenstein's monster attacking its own creator. What were its motives? There may be many, like announcing their presence in a big way, but the primary one has to be the destruction of the USA, just as after 9/11 the objective of America was the destruction of Al Qaeda. Its leader, Osama Bin Laden is dead, how and when we still don't know for sure, but Al Qaeda is very much there. America and its allies have lost the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Despite the fact that America has managed to prevent a repeat of a 9/11 kind of attack largely through much improved security structures and also through good luck, the world is a far more dangerous place today. State terrorism gives birth to most non-state terrorism and when state terrorism increased after 9/11 so did non-state terrorism. Al Qaeda was already disliked. Now America is arguably the most disliked country in the world, its passport possibly the greatest liability. Worse, America, Europe and Japan are indebted to the gills, the 'mighty' dollar is mighty no more and their economies are trashed. They stand on the brink of a deep depression. Their people have lost confidence in their economies and their managers. The 'America Dream' that most of the world admired has become a nightmare. Sad. What else could Osama have wanted? In the process, Afghanistan and Iraq have been destroyed with Pakistan fast moving there. The only gainer is Iran.

America has lost its moral high ground and fallen from its lofty pedestal what with concentration camps like Guantanamo Bay, Abu Gharaib, Baghliar, Kandahar, on its naval vessels and by rendering suspects to other countries to be tortured, what they call 'enhanced interrogation'.

Al Qaeda for its part may have achieved its objective but it has damaged the Muslims and Islam more than it has damaged America and more than America could have damaged them. Politeness and political correctness aside, Muslims have become international outcasts, even in their own countries.

One expects governments to take collegiate and considered decisions. Instead, the US government's reaction was self-destructive. Could it be that 9/11 provided them just the opportunity to do what they had been itching to do in the first place? What else can explain the attack on Iraq on fabricated evidence? Mindless, destructive, reflexive reaction one expects from a human being, particularly of the male variety liberally marinated in a surfeit of testosterone. It seems that the Bush government was suffering from high testosterone levels. Now they have given their country prostate cancer. I just hope they will learn some lessons before it's too late, the most important one being: don't create monsters against others for they will turn on you one day.



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[ALOCHONA] Saudi beheading fuels backlash in Indonesia

They should ban Indonesians from going to Hajj in protest until the King apologizes personally and compensates the survivors of the executed woman.
BD should do the same if something like this happens. At least some Foreign Exchange wasted on Hajj would be saved.

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Re: [mukto-mona] A short analysis of present western civilization and Islamic teachings and system ¨ : Shah Abdul Hannan


I do not mind whatever you like believe. It's your choice. You have posted in the Mukto-mona forum for discussion, so I am going to opine on the subject.

 

I do not judge a social system by its theory alone; I need outcome. I believe that - a tree is known by its fruit. There is no better social system than Socialism, but did not work in practice. Islam as a social system has similarity with Socialism, and, I know, it has not worked in practice also. Can you show me a country that is prosperous under the strict Sharia Laws? The Islamic countries that are semi-prosperous (Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc.) do not follow Sharia Laws, as far as I know. Countries that follow Sharia Laws closely are Saudi Arabia and Iran.  They are semi-prosperous, but not due to their social system. If you take away contributions of their natural resources from their economy - you will see Ethiopian societies and life-style in those countries also. Therefore, before you can sell the argument that Islam is the best social system – you have to show us some results. Otherwise, don't call a blind-eye a lotus-eye, because nobody will believe it, except ideologues, with faith, who don't need proof or result.

 

Forget about the Western societies. How about China and India? They are attaining prosperity without Islam, if you want to know. You cannot trash the Western societies by pointing out some negative aspects like alcoholism, divorce, nudity, etc. These are the results of freedom of choices, where individuals (both male and female) make their own decisions. 

 

Alcohol consumption is not as evil as you think. I believe - it is one of many inventions that have contributed towards the prosperity in the world. It helps relax your brain, which is needed for replenishment. It's like taking a nap after tiresome works to regain energy. A relaxed brain is a fertile ground for innovations. I really believe - alcohol has helped the western world to be where it is today. Of course, excess of everything is bad.

 

Next is marriage and divorce. Do you know why divorce is less in the Islamic society? It's because – women have no choice but to stay with their men. They live in a man's world.

 

Next - nudity. It's a freedom of expression for women. Every woman has options to choose from. Do you want to cover rose flowers in your garden with black clothes so that nobody – but you can see? That's what you do when you cover beautiful faces with veils or push women in the harem. Your argument is that - you do this to protect women from men. Who is at fault here – man or women? Why will you punish woman for man's fault?  I hope - you can understand my point.

 

I have many more to say on this subject, but I will stop here. It's getting too long.

 
Jiten Roy

--- On Sat, 9/10/11, S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> wrote:

From: S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>
Subject: [mukto-mona] A short analysis of present western civilization and Islamic teachings and system ¨ : Shah Abdul Hannan
To: dahuk@yahoogroups.com, "'WitnessPioneer'" <witness-pioneer@yahoogroups.com>, "'Khobor'" <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, banglarnari@yahoogroups.com, mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, September 10, 2011, 10:17 PM

 
 

পাশ্চাত্য ইসলামি ব্যবস্খার তুলনা

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ইসলামি জীবনধারা পাশ্চাত্য জীবনধারার তুলনামূলক আলোচনাই এই নিবন্ধের উদ্দেশ্য। কারণ আমার অনেক বন্ধু পাশ্চাত্যের ভক্ত। পাশ্চাত্যের উন্নয়ন, তাদের বিরাট বিরাট বিল্ডিং, তাদের যোগাযোগব্যবস্খা, তাদের গণতন্ত্র আমার বন্ধুদেরকে খুবই আকৃষ্ট করে। পাশ্চাত্যের ভালোকে মন্দ বলা লেখার উদ্দেশ্য নয়। তবে তাদের জীবনধারা এবং সিস্টেমগুলোর অসম্পূর্ণতা তুলে ধরা লেখার উদ্দেশ্য। শেষের দিকে ইসলাম বা মুসলিম সিস্টেমের ব্যাপারেও কিছু উল্লেখ করব।

এর মধ্যে লেখক হুমায়ূন আহমেদের আত্মজীবনীমূলক বই আপনাকে আমি খুঁজিয়া বেড়াই পড়লাম। তাতে হুমায়ূন আহমেদ আমেরিকার সমাজব্যবস্খাকে পছন্দ করেননি। তিনি লিখছেন যে, একটা সন্তান জন্ম নেয়ার পর থেকেই আলাদা কটে থাকে। শিশুকে ঘড়ি ধরে খাওয়ানো হয়। কাঁদলেও সময়ের আগে খাওয়ানো হয় না। সন্তান দাদা-দাদি, নানা-নানি, চাচা-মামা, ফুফু, খালাদের সঙ্গ পায় না। বয়স হলে আলাদা বাসায় থাকতে হয়। তার চাকরি তাকে জোগাড় করতে হয়। তার বিয়ে তাকে করতে হয় মেয়ে হলে শত শত ছেলের পেছনে ঘুরতে হয়। এর জন্য তাকে অনেক মূল্য দিতে হয়। তা বলার অপেক্ষা রাখে না। মা-বাবার সাথে সম্পর্ক খুব কমই থাকে। ধরনের বিয়ে টেকেও কম। ছাড়াছাড়ি অনেক বেশি হয়। স্ত্রী বা স্বামী বদল অনেক ঘটে। হুমায়ূন আহমেদ আরো অনেক কিছু লিখেছেন। আমার ধারণাও তাই। তাদের সমাজব্যবস্খা ভালো নয়। বৃদ্ধরাও ভালো নেই। শিশুরাও ভালো নেই। উন্নয়ন আর ভালো যোগাযোগব্যবস্খা অনেকটা নিরর্থক। তাদের কালচার দু:খজনক। সবই নোংরামি। মদ নোংরামি তাদের কালচার। শিক্ষাপ্রতিষ্ঠান, সিনেমা, টিভিতে নোংরামি নগ্নতা। সি-বিচ, হোটেল, ভ্রমণ সব কিছুতেই নোংরামি নগ্নতা। হুমায়ূন আহমেদ তার বইয়ের এক জায়গায় লিখেছেন, সেখানে নারীর মর্যাদা বলে তেমন কিছু নেই। পুরুষরা মনে করে, যা কিছু খারাপ সব মেয়েলি কাজ। নারীকে মানুষ হিসেবে দেখা হয় না, কেবল নারী হিসেবে দেখা হয়। হুমায়ূন আহমেদের লেখায় কথা পেয়ে আমি অবাক হয়েছি। নারীকে যে বাস্তবে পণ্য হিসেবে বিবেচনা করা হয় তাও আমরা জানি।

শত উন্নতি সত্ত্বেও তাদের আর্থিক ব্যবস্খাকে ভালো বলা যায় না। নিজের দেশের নিম্নবিত্তদের পরদেশ শোষণ করে ইউরোপ আমেরিকার বিত্ত গড়ে উঠেছে। পুঁজিপতিরা মূলত শোষক। কিছু করপোরেশনের হাতেই সব বিত্ত। সুদব্যবস্খা সম্পদ কেন্দ্রীভূতকরণে সাহায্য করেছে। সে দেশে গৃহহীন লোকের সংখ্যা অনেক। অনেকের চিকিৎসাসুবিধা নেই। পুঁজিবাদ দারিদ্র্য সমস্যার সমাধান করতে অক্ষম।

সেসব দেশের ভালো দিক বলা যায় গণতন্ত্রকে। কিন্তু তা- এখন পুঁজিপতিদের নিয়ন্ত্রণে। পুঁজিপতিদের চাঁদায় তারা নির্বাচিত হন এবং পার্টি চালান। ফলে পুঁজির স্বার্থে তাদের দেশীয় নীতি পররাষ্ট্রনীতি পরিচালিত হয়। অবস্খায় গণতন্ত্রের আসল উদ্দেশ্য পূরণ হয় বলে মনে হয় না।
এর তুলনায় আমাদের ব্যবস্খা তুলনামূলকভাবে ভালো। ইসলামি ব্যবস্খার তো কথাই নেই­ যেখানে পরিবার শক্তিশালী করাই মূল কথা। বাবা-মা এবং শিশুদের স্বার্থরক্ষা করা গুরুত্বপূর্ণ। মুসলিম কালচারে নোংরামি নগ্নতা বলে কিছু নেই। মুসলিম সমাজের নোংরামি পাশ্চাত্য থেকে আমদানিকৃত। ইসলামি অর্থনীতিতে পুঁজিবাদ নেই। বাজার স্বাধীন, তবে তার হিসাবায়ন (হিসবা বা accountability) সরকারকে করতে হয়।

ইসলামে সরকারের দায়িত্ব সবার কাজের ব্যবস্খা করা, না হয় ভরণপোষণের ব্যবস্খা করা। অবশ্য তা তখনই করা হবে, যখন আত্মীয়স্বজন সে দায়িত্ব নিতে সক্ষম নয়। জাকাতব্যবস্খা দারিদ্র্য লাঘবে সাহায্য করে। ইসলাম উন্নয়ন চায়। ব্যাপারে অবশ্যই আমাদের অনেক ব্যর্থতা আছে। মুসলিম বিশ্বের অনেক জায়গায় এখনো দারিদ্র্য রয়ে গেছে উন্নয়ন না করার কারণে। আমাদের ব্যর্থতায় বাংলাদেশেও দারিদ্র্য ব্যাপক।
সবাই একমত যে, গণতন্ত্র ইসলামসম্মত, তবে তা আল্লাহর বিধানসাপেক্ষ হবে। ক্ষেত্রেও আমাদের ব্যর্থতা অনেক। আমরা ভালো করে গণতান্ত্রিক ব্যবস্খা গড়ে তুলতে পারিনি। বাংলাদেশের গণতান্ত্রিক ব্যবস্খা দুর্বল।

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