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[mukto-mona] Bangladesh Mass dissatisfaction: A huge protest in the capital against an Islamist party and its leaders [Economist Report]



Bangladesh

Mass dissatisfaction

A huge protest in the capital against an Islamist party and its leaders

Feb 16th 2013 | DHAKA |From the print edition

Broad change, or a tight noose?

THEY are the biggest rallies in Bangladesh for at least two decades. Hundreds of thousands of protesters gather peacefully each day in Dhaka, the capital, demanding vengeance against a bearded political figure, Abdul Quader Mollah. Their numbers swell daily: ordinary people furious that, despite his conviction for dreadful crimes during Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971, Mr Mollah faces only a life sentence.

The rallies began on February 5th after online activists called for protests at Shahbag, a busy intersection in central Dhaka. They want Mr Mollah and others on trial to face the death penalty. He was convicted by the International Crimes Tribunal, a local court set up by the government of Sheikh Hasina to prosecute men, largely from an Islamic opposition party, accused of murder, torture, rape and other wartime atrocities. When, somewhat unexpectedly, Mr Mollah was spared a death sentence, he was seen flicking supporters a V-for-victory sign. That smug gesture may have helped to provoke the outrage.

Shahbag has given its name to the protests, though some now dub it "new generation roundabout", hinting at broad aspirations for political change. Families attend, with toddlers sporting bandannas bearing slogans that call for the death penalty. Television coverage helps to draw the crowds. By February 15th, and Friday prayers, 500,000 people may gather. The sight of young, otherwise progressive Bangladeshis seeking capital punishment, through music, street theatre, chants and recitals, is both moving and unsettling. Almost no one pays heed to known flaws in the trial.

Both the ruling Awami League and, belatedly, the chief opposition, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), have fallen in with the protests. Senior politicians from the ruling party have attempted to co-opt the demonstrations, but their efforts to speak to the crowd were firmly rebuffed. Still, the League could get a boost. Sheikh Hasina honoured her promise to hold war-crimes trials. In parliament this week she also spoke up for the death penalty, saying that even impartial judges must listen to public opinion. Next, the parliament is expected, on February 17th, to amend the act behind the war-crimes court so that the government can appeal against verdicts. Mr Mollah's reprieve may be short-lived.

Matters are trickier for the BNP, which dallied for eight days before joining the protesters. It had more to lose, in particular a useful electoral alliance with the biggest Islamist party, the Jamaat-e-Islami, whose leaders comprise most of those on trial. In the end, so many BNP supporters went off to join the Shahbag protests that the party had no choice.

Protesters say that their movement is a narrow one against political Islam: in favour of secular government, they want Jamaat banned. A rampage by Jamaat's violent youth wing has done nothing to damp down such calls. The government, which has already brought back an explicitly secular constitution from 1972, may soon feel ready to move.

Yet, as with any big protests, further political demands may emerge. The protests could become a plea for broad change. Few like a political system dominated by a long, bitter fight between a pair of self-serving dynasties, those of Sheikh Hasina and the BNP's Khaleda Zia, and their stave-wielding followers. If that duopoly were broken up, many at Shahbag would celebrate.



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[mukto-mona] Learn about 'Thabababa' blogger, just was killed real name Razib, from his own writing!



What a reality!

Ponder how a generation is losing its own identity.
Why have they decided to target Islam and Muslim whereas they are belongs to Muslim society?


Please click following links to learn who are these bloggers called "taron projonmo".

His own blog:

http://nuranichapa.wordpress.com/author/thabababa/

This was his status:



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লিখেছেন লিখেছেন বিদ্রোহী রণক্লান্ত ১৬ ফেব্রুয়ারি, ২০১৩, ০৪:৪৭:৩৯ রাত




ইফতারী ও খুর্মা খেজুর

একদা মোহাম্মক তাহার ৩০০মিলিওন বছরের পুরান পাবলিকা মডেলের গাধায় চড়িয়া দাপ্তরিক কাজে মক্কার উপকন্ঠে বনি লুবর-ই-কান গোত্রের মরুদ্যেনের দিকে যাইতেছিল। তাহার মেজাজ যাহার পর নাই খারাপ। যাতায়াতের নিমিত্তে খাদিজা বিবির Continue reading
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সিয়াম সাধনার ইতিবৃত

সে অনেক কাল আগের কথা। আরবের লোকেরা তখন আল্লাকে ভুলিয়া গিয়াছিল। ভোলে নাই কেবল একজন, মহামতি মোহাম্মক। তাহাও খোদাতালা তাহাকে জেব্রাইল প্রেরণ করিয়া উত্তম মধ্যম সহযোগে ইয়াদ করাইয়া না দিলে Continue reading
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লাড়ায়া দে

হিমালয়ের চিপায় একটা দেবতাক্লাস অডিটোরিয়াম বানাইছে হিমালয়ের দেবতারা। আর্কিটেক্ট স্বয়ং বিশ্বকর্মা স্থপতি। মহা সমারোহে নারিকেল, ঘটি ইত্যাদি ভেঙ্গে সেটার গৃহ থুক্কু মিলনায়তন প্রবেশ হলো শুভ লগ্ন দেখে। ব্রহ্মার সাথে প্রধান Continue reading
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মদ ও মোহাম্মক

আরব দ্যাশের বনি-অমুক গেরামের মাইনষ্যের আছিন্‌ মদের কারবার। মদ বেইচ্চা কাফেরগুলানের ট্যায়াহয়সা আল্লায় দিলে ম্যালা কম না। হেইদিগে মোহাম্মগের আল্যায় হ্যারে কিচ্ছু দিছে নাআর খাদিজার ট্যায়াহয়সাও বেডি মরার পরে Continue reading
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আজল

মোহাম্মক কিছুতেই জনসংখ্যা বৃদ্ধি নিয়ন্ত্রন করতে পাতাছে না। কোন একটা গোত্র ধ্বংশ করার পরেও তাদের জনসংখ্যা দশমাস দশদিনের মাথায় কমপক্ষে দ্বিগুন হয়ে যাইতাছে। কোনভাবেই তার সাহাবীদের থামানো যাইতাছে না। দখল Continue reading
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This link has bunch of so called 'smart' bloggers who are leading Shahbag movement:






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