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Saturday, December 21, 2013

[mukto-mona] Fw: Obama Invited Anis and Nasima Ahmed At The White House Reception [2 Attachments]

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President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama invited Anis Ahmed and Mrs. Nasima Ahmed to a White House Christmas (Holiday) reception.
 
Commissioner Anis Ahmed and his wife Nasima Ahmed attended a christmas (holiday) reception upon an invitation by the US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama yesterday. The reception was held at The White House on Friday, December 20, 2013. It is a great honor for the Bangladeshi community in the United State of America that Mr. Anis and Mrs. Nasima Ahmed were invited to such a highly prestigious national event. Many elected officials, political leaders and national and Hollywood celeb reties were among the invitees at the reception who came from across the nation. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama shook hands and talked in brief with Mr. Anis Ahmed and Nasima Ahmed at the reception.
 
Mr. Ahmed, a Bangladeshi origin is currently serving as a Commissioner of the Maryland's Governor's Commission on South Asian American Affairs. In 2007, Governor Martin O'Mally appointed him as a Commissioner for the Commission on Asian American Affairs. In 2012, Governor O'Mally again appointed him as a Commissioner for the Commission on South Asian American Affairs for a four year term. Mr. Ahmed also served as Working Group member of the Governor's Council on New Americans from 2009-2011. Hon. Tom Perez who is now Secretary of the US Department of Labor of the Barack Obama's Administration was the head of the Council on New Americans. Mr. Ahmed contributed his expertise in the Council's report which lead the "Dream Act" passed in Maryland and signed by the Maryland Governor.
 
Mr. Anis Ahmed organized and moderated several seminars and workshops on the national issues in Maryland. He coordinated with the top White House Officials in arranging and organizing two community forums in Florida within two years. The first forum which was held in Miami in 2012 was on "Meet and Discussion on Community Issues" with leaders of various communities and the second was on "Community Forum on Immigration" held in Orlando, Florida this year. White Senior Advisers and officials attended in both events. Besides these, Mr. Ahmed attended several conferences, executive briefings, seminars organized and hosted by the White House Office of Public Engagement, White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders. He also attended several conference calls organized by the above named White House offices.
 
Mr. Ahmed received Congressional Award in 2012 in recognition of his services to the communities. He is also a Maryland Democratic Party official. He is a Precinct Chairman of the Maryland 6-8 District.
 
Thanks,
 
Shahidul Alam
North Potomac, Maryland
 






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[mukto-mona] Fwd: Flyer/banner for Protest at DC [2 Attachments]

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Tomorrow Sunday we have a Demonestration on demand to deport convicted killer Ashrafuzzaman Khan in front of ICNA, of which Killer Khan was a leader.

PROTEST IN DEMAND TO DEPORT ASHRAFUZZAMAN KHAN,

A KILLER, CONVICTED FOR CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY IN BANGLADESH

Date & Time:  Sunday Dec. 22nd @3PM

Place: 168th Street & 89th Ave (In front of ICNA), Jamaica, NY

Organized By: Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, NY


Monday we 2 protest gatherings,
one in NY in front of Pakistani Consulate, 65st/5th Ave at 2pm
another in Washington DC at 12noon.
Please join where ever you can.

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From: Mohammed Sheikh <sayfaldin@aol.com>



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ডা. মানিক : ১৯৭৫ সালে সপরিবারে জাতিরজনক বঙ্গবন্ধু এবং জাতীয় চার নেতার হত্যাকান্ডের পর বাংলাদেশ যখন "রক্তক্ষয়ী স্বাধীনতার মূল্যবোধ" হারিয়ে দিকবিহীন জাহাজের মত অথৈ সাগরে ভাসছিল , সেই সংকটময় মুহুর্তে নিপুন নাবিকের ভূমিকায় অবতীর্ণ হয়ে যিনি বাংলাদেশ নামক জাহাজটিকে আলোর সন্ধান দেখিয়ে তীরে নিয়ে এসেছিলেন , তিনি হলেন শ্রদ্ধাভাজন মহিয়সী এক নারী জোহরা তাজউদ্দিন , স্বাধীন বাংলাদেশের প্রথম প্রধানমন্ত্রী তাজউদ্দিন আহমেদের সহধর্মিনী ৷ দেশবাসীকে শোকের সাগরে ভাসিয়ে আজ তিনি ফিরে গেছেন না ফেরার দেশে ৷
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দৃঢ়চেতা , মুক্তিযুদ্ধের কন্ঠস্বর এই নেত্রীর সাথে আমার প্রথম পরিচয় হয় আটলান্টা নগরীতে ২০০০ সালের প্রথম দিকে তার ভাইয়ের মেয়ে পারিবারিক বন্ধু সীমা ভাবি-খোকা ভাইয়ের বাসায় ৷ মুক্তিযুদ্ধের অনেক অজানা কাহিনী শোনার সৌভাগ্য হয়েছিল তার কাছ থেকে সেই সময় ৷ পরিবারকে এক অনিশ্চিয়তার মাঝে রেখে দেশ ছেড়ে চলে যাওয়ার সময় প্রিয়তমা স্ত্রীকে লেখা তাজউদ্দিন আহমেদের সেই অবিশ্বরনীয় চিরকুট "সাড়ে সাত কোটি মানুষের সাথে মিশে যাও , দেখা হবে মুক্তির পরে" , সেই কথাটি আজও মনে পরছে ! মনে পরছে মুক্তিযুদ্ধের সময় কলকাতায় তার সেই প্রবাস জীবনের কথা , যখন কাছে থেকেও প্রানপ্রিয় স্বামীর সাক্ষাত পান নি , কেননা তাজউদ্দিন আহমেদ সপথ করেছিলেন দেশ স্বাধীন না হওয়া পর্যন্ত পরিবারের সাথে কোনো দেখা সাক্ষাত করবেন না ! মনে পরছে নয় মাসের সোহেল তাজকে কোলে নিয়ে '৭৫ এর পট পরিবর্তনের পর সারা দেশ চষে বেরিয়ে মৃতপ্রায় আওয়ামী লীগকে সংগঠিত করা ! সেই সময় জর্জিয়া আওয়ামী লীগের পক্ষ থেকে আমরা তাকে একটি সম্বর্ধনা দিয়েছিলাম যার সঞ্চালক ছিলাম আমি ৷ এর পরে আটলান্টায় তিনি আরো কয়েকবার এসেছিলেন , আসলেই দেখা করতে চলে যেতাম খোকা ভাই এর বাসায় , কখনো বা আমার বাসায় নিয়ে আসতাম , মন্ত্রমুগ্ধ হয়ে শুনতাম তার কাছে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ এবং দেশের কাহিনী ৷ আমার স্ত্রীকে তিনি খুবই আদর করতেন , "আমার শাকেরা " বলেই সম্বোধন করতেন ওকে ৷ এর পরে দেশে যখনই বেড়াতে গিয়েছি প্রতিবারই এই মহিয়সী নারীর সাথে দেখা করেছি , মায়ের মত আদর করে তার সেই আতিথেয়তার কথা আজও ভুলিনি ! মুক্তিযুদ্ধের চেতনা ধরে রেখে দেশকে এগিয়ে নিয়ে যেতে তার সেই আবেগময়ী উপদেশ বাণীর কথা আজও মনে পরছে ৷ আজ তিনি আমাদের মাঝে নেই কিন্তু যতদিন বাংলাদেশ থাকবে , যতদিন মুক্তিযুদ্ধের চেতনা থাকবে , ততদিন তিনি চির স্বরনীয় হয়ে থাকবেন আমাদের সবার মাঝে ৷
আজ বাদ জুমা স্থানীয় কুবা মসজিদে তার বিদেহী আত্মার স্বরণে এক দোআ মহফিলের আয়োজন করা হয় , আমার সৌভাগ্য হয়েছিল সেই মহফিলে অংশগ্রহন করার ৷ সর্বশক্তিমান আল্লাহ তায়ালার নিকট তার বিদেহী আত্বার মাগফেরাত এবং জান্নাতবাসীর কামনা করছি ৷ এখানে উল্লেখযোগ্য যে এই দোআ মহফিলটি পূর্ব নির্ধারিত ছিল সীমা ভাবির আম্মার (জোহরা তাজুদ্দিনের ভাবি) এবং সুইটি ভাবির আম্মার মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী উপলক্ষে ৷
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[mukto-mona] যৌথ অভিযানের পর শান্ত হয়ে আসছে সাতক্ষীরা - Government can STOP the unrest




Dear Readers,

1. This news-article clearly tells us that Bangladesh Government can STOP killing, arson, and unrest.
2. Let there be more and more 'Comb Operations' all over Bangladesh - everyday if needed.
3. I thank (from my heart) the Government of Bangladesh for bringing peace in Satkhira.
4. We don't want 'Power Hungry' dirty politicians to destroy our beloved motherland.
5. Most of the Bangladeshi citizens (I believe 99% of them) want peace there.

With best regards,
Muktijoddha Dr. Emarat Hossain Pannah (USA)


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যৌথ অভিযানের পর শান্ত হয়ে আসছে সাতক্ষীরা

পুলিশের বাধার মুখে রাস্তায় নেই অবরোধকারীরা

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যৌথ বাহিনীর চিরুনি অভিযানে শান্ত হয়ে আসছে আতঙ্কিত ও অবরুদ্ধ সাতক্ষীরার জনপদ। ১৮ দলের পঞ্চম দফার অবরোধ সাতক্ষীরার কোথাও তেমনভাবে পালিত হচ্ছে না। সকালের দিকে দু'-এক স্থানে অবরোধকারীরা রাস্তায় দাঁড়ানোর চেষ্টা করলেও পুলিশের ত্বরিত ব্যবস্থা গ্রহণের কারণে তারা মাঠ ছাড়তে বাধ্য হয়। যৌথ বাহিনীর অভিযানে অনেকটা অবরোধ মুক্ত সাতক্ষীরা। দূরপাল্লার বাস ও ট্রাক ছাড়া সবকিছুই স্বাভাবিকভাবে চলছে সাতক্ষীরায়। মাঠে নেই জামায়াত-শিবির। জেলার জামায়াত-শিবিরের ক্যান্টনমেন্ট নামে পরিচিত সদর উপজেলার আগরদাঁড়ি এলাকা এখন জামায়াত-শিবির শূন্য। শুধু আগরদাঁড়ি নয়, জেলা সদরের বৈকারী, কুশখালি, ঘোনা, ঝাউডাঙ্গা, বল্লী, লাবসা, আলিপুর, ভোমরা, বাঁশদহা, ফিংড়ি, কলারোয়ার দেয়াড়া, যুগিখালি, লাঙ্গলঝাড়া, ব্রজাবক্স, তালার কুমিরা, জেয়ালা নলতা, ইসলামকাটি, খলিষখালি, পাটকেলঘাটা, তালা সদর, নগরঘাটা, আশাশুনির বুধহাটা, কুল্যা, প্রতাপনগর, আনুলিয়া, খাজরা, বড়দল, দরগাহপুর, কালিগঞ্জের বিষ্ণুপুর, কৃষ্ণনগর, মৌতলা, ভাড়া শিমলা, নলতা, পাউখালি, সাতপুর, দেবহাটার নারকেলি, সখিপুর, গাজীরহাট, নাংলা, দেবহাটা সদর, গড়ানবাড়িয়া, শ্যামনগরের কাশিমাড়ি, বুড়িগোয়ালিনী, জয়নগর, আটুলিয়া, রমজাননগর, ভেটখালি, গাবুরা, কৈখালি, ঈশ্বরীপুর, ভুরুলিয়া, খানপুরসহ বিভিন্ন জামায়াত অধ্যুষিত এলাকায়ও মাঠে নেই জামায়াত-শিবির। এসব এলাকার জামায়াত-শিবির ক্যাডাররা যৌথবাহিনীর অভিযানে গ্রেপ্তার এড়াতে গা ঢাকা দিয়েছে। তবে মাঠ ছাড়া হলেও জামায়াত-শিবির চোরা গোপ্তা হামলা অব্যাহত রেখেছে। হামলার ভয়ে আওয়ামী লীগের অনেক নেতা-কর্মী এখনো ঘরে ফিরতে পারছেন না। আতঙ্কিত ছিল জেলার প্রতিটি এলাকার সাধারণ মানুষ। এছাড়া জেলার সংখ্যালঘু সম্প্রদায়ের মানুষও চরম আতঙ্কিত ও শঙ্কিত ছিল। রাস্তা কেটে, গাছ কেটে, বাড়িঘরে আগুন দিয়ে, কুপিয়ে ও পিটিয়ে মানুষ হত্যা করে চরম নৈরাজ্য ও তাণ্ডব চালায় জামায়াত-শিবির। অবরোধ কর্মসূচি ১৮ দলীয় হলেও বিএনপি'র শীর্ষ নেতাদেরকে মাঠে পাওয়া গেছে খুব কম। জামায়াত-শিবির ছাড়া ১৮ দলের কোন শরীক দলকে অবরোধ কর্মসূচিতে মাঠে দেখা যায়নি। জামায়াত-শিবিরের কাছে গৃৃৃৃৃৃৃৃহবন্দি হয়ে পড়েছিল জেলার ২০ লক্ষ মানুষ। জরুরী প্রয়োজনেও কেউ এ সময় বাইরে বের হতে পারেননি। এলাকাবাসী, পুলিশ ও রাজনৈতিক নেতাদের সাথে কথা বলে এসব তথ্য জানা গেছে।

জেলা আওয়ামী লীগের সহ-সভাপতি ও জেলা পরিষদ প্রশাসক মুনসুর আহমেদ বলেন, চলতি সালের ২৮ ফেব্রুয়ারি জামায়াত নেতা দেলাওয়ার হোসাইন সাঈদীর ফাঁসির রায় ঘোষণার পর সাতক্ষীয় ব্যাপক তাণ্ডব চালায় জামায়াত-শিবির। তাদের হামলায় গত ১৭ ডিসেম্বর পর্যন্ত প্রাণ হারিয়েছে ১৫ জন আওয়ামী লীগ নেতা-কর্মী। শত শত ঘরবাড়ি ও ব্যবসা প্রতিষ্ঠানে অগ্নিসংযোগ, ভাঙচুর ও লুটপাট করেছে জামায়াত-শিবির। সড়কের দু'ধারে লাগানো শত শত গাছ কেটে বিরাণ ভূমিতে পরিণত করেছে স্বাধীনতাবিরোধী এ চক্র। রাস্তা কেটে একাত্তরের মতো যাতায়াত ও যোগাযোগ ব্যবস্থা বিচ্ছিন্ন করে রাখে গ্রামের পর গ্রাম। এ অবস্থা থেকে সাধারণ মানুষকে মুক্ত করতে জেলায় ১৫ ডিসেম্বর রাত থেকে শুরু হয়েছে যৌথ বাহিনীর চিরুনি অভিযান। অভিযানের পর থেকে সাধারণ মানুষ স্বস্তির নিঃশ্বাস ফেলেছে। জেলার শান্তি প্রিয় সাধারণ মানুষ এসব সহিংস ঘটনা প্রতিরোধে ঐক্যবদ্ধ হচ্ছে।

এদিকে জেলা জামায়াতের প্রচার সম্পাদক এ্যাড:আজিজুর রহমান জানান সরকার দলীয় ক্যাডার ও আইন শৃঙ্খলা বাহিনীর হাতে নিহত হয়েছে তাদের ২১ জন নেতাকর্মী। এছাড়া যৌথ বাহিনীর সহযোগিতায় এসব ক্যাডাররা ভাংচুর ও লুটপাট অগ্নিসংযোগ করেছে শতাধিক জামায়াত শিবিরের নেতা-কর্মীর বাড়ী। গ্রেফতার ও হামলার ভয়ে ঘরছাডা হয়েছে শত শত নেতাকর্মী। ফলে বাধাগ্রস্ত হচ্ছে তাদে শান্তিপূর্ণ আন্দোলন কর্মসূচি।

জেলা বিএনপির সহ-সভাপতি ডা: শহিদুল আলম জানান বিএনপির নেতৃত্বাধীন ১৮ দলীয় জোটের নির্দলীয় নিরপেক্ষ তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকার ও দলীয় নেতা-কর্মীদের মুক্তির দাবিতে শান্তিপূর্ণ আন্দেলন বাধাগ্রস্ত করতে সরকার সাতক্ষীরায় যৌথ বাহিনীর অভিযানের নামে নেতা-কর্মীদের নামে মিথ্যা মামলা ও নির্যাতনের পথ বেছে নিয়েছে। তারা কালিগঞ্জ উপজেলা বিএনপির সভাপতি নুর মোহাম্মদের বাড়ীসহ বিভিন্ন স্থানে নেতা-কর্মীরদের বাড়ী ও ব্যবসা প্রতিষ্ঠান ভাংচুর ও লুটপাট অগ্নিসংযোগ করেছে।

সাতক্ষীরা পুলিশ সুপার চৌধুরী মঞ্জুরুল কবির জানান, জামায়াত-শিবিরের অত্যাচার-নির্যাতনে জেলার মানুষ জিম্মি হয়ে পড়ায় যৌথ বাহিনী সম্প্রতি বিভিন্ন এলাকায় চিরুনি অভিযান পরিচালনা করছে। ২১ ডিসেম্বর রাত পর্যন্ত অভিযান চালিয়ে ৫৭ জনকে আটক করা হয়েছে। আটককৃতরা সবাই জামায়াত-শিবিরের নেতা-কর্মী এবং নাশকতার সাথে জড়িত। পুলিশ সুপার বলেন, সাতক্ষীরার মানুষ সবাই সন্ত্রাসী নয়। মুষ্টিমেয় কতিপয় সন্ত্রাসীর কাছে জেলার একটি বৃহত্ জনগোষ্ঠি জিম্মি হয়েছিল।


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Re: [mukto-mona] Victory Day with a different taste!




Please look back to their political affiliation, their role during our liberation war in 1971, just ask yourself where the BNP leader was during those days, ask your leader why she did not want to come out of the Pak Army shelter. Then you will realize what the BNP is. This is a group who were supporting Pakistan during liberation war, members of Pakistan Convention Muslim League of Gen Ayub Khan, followers and inherits of Nurul Amin, Wahiduzaman Khan, Sabur Khan and FOKA Choudhury and more. They are not anti-state elements but they are anti-Bangladesh group. They think PAKISTAN is a Holy place for them (PAK+STAN). They do not know where the name Pakistan came from. Maybe you also do not know Then listen : P from Punjab, A from Afghan, K from Kashmir, I from Indus Valley and STAN from Baluchistan. Look at the History before 1947 then you will be able to find out who composed the name of Pakistan. Can you smell Bangla or Bengal in this name? Did they ever include a nation having more population than Pakistan? They never thought of it. They didn't want us, the people of the then BENGAL muslim in their Pakistan. So we are out of them now.Borakh Bash.
On Tuesday, December 17, 2013, Shah Deeldar wrote:

This is how the true murderers are being rehabilitated in Bangladesh. The criminals of 1971 have become our true Desh-Premik by their own definition but the repugnant odor from these people' bodies has not evaporated yet. It is a good try but the history would not be rewritten again. A Razakar remains a Razakar in Bangladesh! I understand why Mr. QR would like to infuse a confusion here with this infamous word.
-SD
 
"I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues."
-Seuss



On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 7:22 PM, Subimal Chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
To understand the correct narrative of spirit of 1971, elaborate on the four state principles of 1972 original constitution. 

Read history or ask some one knowledgeable to know what you should mean my razakar, albadar, alshams, and collaborators of 1971. 

Mixing up the razakars of 1971 with so called 'neo-razakars' is a tactic used by those who want to undermine the crimes committed by the anti liberation forces who engaged in heinous crimes against humanity. 

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On Dec 17, 2013, at 4:01 AM, QR <qrahman@netscape.net> wrote:

 
We have gained a country and no amount of propaganda can take that away from us. Now we have the task to bring "Correct" narrative of "Spirit of 71".

Did all these people die so we can throw big parties, make the biggest flag or establish justice, peace, food security, safety for ALL people of this country?

History tells us every country had their tiny share of "Rajakars" or "Mirzafars". We have to ensure we mark the "New Mirzafars/rajakars" of our time and destroy their plot from our walk to establish justice, food security, peace and security for ALL citizens of our country.

Rajakars/Mirzafars come with different dress, message and costumes in different times, our LOVE for our country and people will have to be the criterion which will help us to separate these Rajakars/mirzafars from the rest of our population.

Thank you for speaking from your heart, I just wanted to add my two cents to it.

May peace be unto you!


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From: Avijit Roy <charbak_bd@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Dec 16, 2013 11:38 am
Subject: [mukto-mona] Victory Day with a different taste!

 
The whole nation celebrates the 43rd Victory Day today, paying tributes to the three million martyrs for their supreme sacrifice and with a renewed call for executing all the verdicts against war criminals.

I wrote a piece in Bangla at Mukto-Mona Bangla blog:

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ভিন্ন স্বাদের বিজয়, এবং নতুন সাজে মুক্তমনা

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সুমনের একটা গানের লাইন আছে – 'কয়েকটা দিন ভীষণ রঙিন'।  খুব প্রিয় একটি গানের লাইন।  আজ বিজয় দিবসের দিনে এই লাইনটি বারে বারেই মনের আঙিনায় উঠে আসছে।

এ যেন এক অন্যরকম বিজয়। 'যুদ্ধাপরাধীদের বিচার' – যে আপাত অসম্ভব ঘটনাকে চিরসত্য  ভেবে নিয়ে দেশে বড় হয়েছিলাম আশি এবং নব্বইয়ের দশকে, যে সময়গুলোতে 'জয় বাংলা'কে দেখা হত অস্পৃশ্য অচ্ছুৎ এক শব্দাবলী হিসেবে, সেই সময়ের এক কৈশোর অতিক্রান্ত তরুণ ছিলাম আমি। এ এক অলুক্ষণে সময় – যে সময়টাতে আমার চারপাশের বন্ধুবান্ধবেরা জোর গলায় বিএনপি করার কথা বলত, ইসলামী ছাত্র শিবির আর জামায়েতে ইসলামীর 'হে তরুণ এস সত্যের পথে' টাইপের চিকা মারা থাকতো বাড়ির আশে পাশের দেয়ালগুলোতে, আর আওয়ামিলীগকে দেখা হত 'রুশ ভারতের দালাল হিসেবে',   কিংবা 'হিন্দুদের পার্টি' হিসেবে। বঙ্গবন্ধুর সাতই মার্চের ভাষণ ছিল রেডিও টেলিভিশন থেকে পুরোপুরি নিষিদ্ধ। নিষিদ্ধ ছিল 'জয় বাংলা, বাংলার জয়' এর মত অসংখ্য গানও। টিভির নাটকে আর চলচ্চিত্রে রাজাকার শব্দটি পারতপক্ষে মুখে তোলা হত না। পাকিস্তানের নাম না নিয়ে বলা হত 'শত্রুরা'। … সেই সময় এক অখ্যাত তরুণ বুকের মধ্যে লালন করছিল  যুদ্ধাপরাধীদের বিচারের স্বপ্ন। মনের গহীন কোনে আশা করে যাচ্ছিল  ঘুরে দাঁড়াবার। কিন্তু ঘুণাক্ষরেও কি ভাবতে পেরেছিল সেই স্বপ্নগুলো সত্যি হয় উঠবে দুই দশকের মধ্যেই?

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[mukto-mona] Saleem Samad article in Al Jazeera



Noose tightens on Bangladesh opposition

 

After the execution of a senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader, the religious party faces an uncertain future.

 

SALEEM SAMAD

 

Hours after Bangladesh executed Abdul Quader Molla, a top opposition leader, for his role in the 1971 civil war that culminated into Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan activists from his party, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), staged riots. Violence has continued in the country following the December 12 hanging, leading to dozens of deaths.

 

More than 100 JeI activists have been detained in a nation-wide crackdown.

 

Molla's execution has lead to heated debates about the role of political Islam in the country and the future for religious opposition parties.

 

"Bangladesh will be the first country to bury 'political Islam' which wrecked the traditional secular fabric of the society since independence in 1971," explains professor Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, who teaches Public Affairs in the Dhaka University.

 

'Surge and Decline'

JeI had opposed the break-up of Pakistan and fought alongside Pakistan's military against pro-Independence forces. It was banned from politics upon the formation of Bangladesh.

 

But a military coup in 1975 lifted the ban on JeI. During the 1980s, the religious party joined a multi-party coalition and later supported the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). In October 2001, it emerged as the country's third largest party, securing 17 seats in the 300-member parliament. Both the JeI and BNP led by Begum Khaleda Zia replaced the Awami League (AL), which had been in power since 1996.

 

In 2008, AL led by Sheikh Hasina came back to power even as JeI's popularity waned when it won a mere 5 seats in national elections. And in 2010 AL began war crimes trials for events surrounding the independence struggle under Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).

 

Molla became the first person convicted by the tribunal. He was initially sentenced to life in prison in February. Calling a life sentence as too lenient, thousands across Bangladeshdemanded he be hanged. And in September, the Supreme Court overturned life in prison and replaced it with a death sentence.

 

With his hanging, some observers believe JeI's power also has been executed.

 

While war veterans from 1971 and thousands of pro-independence youths rejoiced after the hanging, the JeI's acting head Moqbul Ahmed warned "people would [want] revenge" on the party's website, which triggered a massive crackdown against JeI activists.

 

Ahmed has called on the international community to raise its voice against the "repression on the opposition".

 

"Since coming to power the government (of Awami League) has practiced unbridled corruption, nepotism and even torture upon members of the opposition. They are now making a last-ditch attempt to stay in power indefinitely by amending the constitution and destroying the state apparatus. They have abolished the caretaker system of government and have enacted a new system to hold elections under their own party government," the Jamaat chief said, something which its political partner BNP also backs.

 

Both the parties have in recent months launched blockades; often resulting in violence and killings, to press for their demands but the ruling AL so far seems unwilling to budge.

 

JeI says crackdown on its members and the hanging of its leader was "politically motivated".

 

But others feel the executions were fair, as Jamaat's paramilitary Al Badr had committed "heinous war abuses" for which they need to be punished.

 

According to M A Hasan, of the War Crimes Fact Finding Committee, an independent body investigating the 1971 massacres: "Al Badr had been engaged in forced abduction and execution of Bangla-speaking pro-independence nationalists and secularists to brutally muzzle the voices for freedom."

 

The war historian's documents claim that "local henchmen" allied with Pakistani soldiers were involved in "killing at least 3 million and sexual abusing 400,000 women during the nine months civil war."

 

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and UN rights experts have continued their criticism of the war crimes tribunals and the laws under which they operate.

 

However, Bangladeshi authorities have always argued that they met national standards and that justice is needed for war crimes committed during the bloody war of independence from Pakistan.

 

'Partner's silence'

The BNP, Jel's erstwhile political ally, has been conspicuously silent since Molla's execution.

 

It is currently pre-occupied in talks with the ruling AL over how to break the political deadlock.

 

"It seems BNP is more desperate for a political solution than stalemate and may have deliberately overlooked JeI's concerns," Ahmed explains.

 

The BNP has been holding series of blockades of the country's transport system since December in protest of holding what it says is "farcical" election in January.

 

A court has already declared the registration of the JeI as "illegal" to contest national polls.

 

" [The] BNP's strategic election partner has become a dead horse and a political burden for the opposition," says Nzmul Ahsan Kalimullah, a professor of public administration at theUniversity of Dhaka. "It is time for BNP to shred JeI, which will bring an end to political Islam which has haunted the nation apparently for 30 years."

 

'Uncertain future'

JeI may not be a dead horse but even some party insiders believe it is facing a worst crisis in its 40-year-long political history in Bangladesh.

 

"It would be a Herculean task to survive against the ruling party which has an overwhelming majority in the government," says explains Salauddin Babar, executive editor of the pro-JeI newspaper, Dainik Naya Diganta, and a senior JeI member. "It will be an uphill battle to survive the current political crisis JeI faces."

 

Babar believes that the crackdown weakend the party's chain of command and Jel could crack under the pressure.

 

"The political future of the party has been challenged after a sustained crackdown on the leadership. Jamaat's future is uncertain," he says.

 

First published in Al Jazeera news portal, December 21, 2013

 

Saleem Samad is an award winning Bangladesh based investigative journalist and an Ashoka Fellow. Presently news correspondent for press watchdog Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF). He is recipient of Hellman-Hammett Grants award by New Yorkbased Human Rights Watch (HRW) in 2005.




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Re: [mukto-mona] Butcher or Angel of Mirpur



"The Awami League-led government in Bangladesh decided to try war criminals after 42 years as a campaign ploy to win the hearts of the potential voters in the upcoming elections in their country."

Yes, that's what they think; but, it's the other way around. Awami League regained power from BNP/Jamat with absolute majority in the last 2008 election based on the campaign promise that they will bring the war criminals to trial. So, this time, it is just fulfilling that campaign promise.

"If you look at the resolution, it is advising the sovereign state of Bangladesh to not reopen wounds that are 42-years-old. I humbly ask, why not? Does the act of rape or murder get downgraded or less heinous with the passage of time?"

This "wound" in the hearts of millions of Bangladeshis is still open even after 42 years. Imran Khan will not understand it, so it is quite easy for him and others to say such things. He is still a cricket player, not a seasoned politician.

Jiten Roy
 


On Saturday, December 21, 2013 9:46 AM, Sankar Kumar Ray <sankarray62@rediffmail.com> wrote:
 
Democratic forces of Pakistan, keen on freeing the country from Talibans and stressing friendship with India, seem unconvinced about the logic of executing Qader Molla. Even newspapers that are against Islamophobia and military-molla axis wrote that execution could be deferred and a reference be made to the International Court of Justice, some carried edits.

Here is one piece that needs a critical scrutiny as execution of not only Qader Molla but many others who collaborated with the Pak Army in 1971 too has the slogan of freedom-fighters (Muktibahini). I am, of course. like Taslima Nuseeen, am against death sentence while respectful of the sentiment of the majority of Bangladeshis.


The 'angel' of Mirpur (http://dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/21-Dec-2013/the-angel-of-mirpur)

 Mr Molla was a Bangladeshi citizen — had he loved Pakistan so much, he would have renounced his citizenship and migrated to the Islamic citadel, after the creation of the so-called Indian-sponsored Bangladesh.
 
The sovereign state of Bangladesh decided to punish a Bangladeshi citizen named Abdul Qauder Molla for 1971 war-related crimes. Mr Molla was hanged according to Bangladeshi laws (right or wrong, which is of course debatable) after the review of their Supreme Court. A foreign office 'babu' (bureaucrat) in Islamabad drafted a vague and vain (in essence) statement, advising Bangladesh that, "Though it is not the norms of our state to interfere in the business of other countries, but the world is watching the developments that are shaping in Bangladesh 'very closely', as a result of this sentencing." The 'babu' must have missed his morning tea or perhaps overslept, as the statement clearly was not very diplomatic at all. However, as they say, we are the ones in deep slumber, unwilling to learn anything from the past. Each year, around this month we do the usual chest thumping, a bit of sloganeering, point fingers towards edgy neighbours and rarely focus on the remaining four fingers that all point towards us. The grand state of delusion, which once engulfed former President Yahya Khan, still runs through our veins like blood and no matter what facts or evidence are brought forward, we simply will not relent and abandon our state of denial.
The social media went ablaze as soon as the hanging was confirmed by credible news sources around the globe. Mr Molla was remembered as the 'Butcher of Mirpur' and, of course, our folk quickly transformed him into an angel, making him the poor soul who was victimised by the Bangladeshis for his love for Pakistan. All right, let us assume that our patriots have something that carries any weight for a moment. The Awami League-led government in Bangladesh decided to try war criminals after 42 years as a campaign ploy to win the hearts of the potential voters in the upcoming elections in their country. In a country of millions, Mr Molla was the easiest victim and hence they picked on him to demonstrate their disdain towards their former tormentors. Never mind the people who gathered at Shahbagh and protested there. Of course, they must have been some foreign agents, perhaps fielded by our archrival, inciting and stirring up an unwanted controversy. 
Social media activists high on emotions and low on reasoning were calling it a "judicial murder". Ah the irony — a citizen of their own country was in fact "judicially murdered" and proved as such by our dark history. Yet he is still dogged, to this day, and made the punching bag for this sorry episode. The great lawyers of our great nation want the government to raise the issue of Mr Molla's hanging at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Our politicos went a step ahead and passed a resolution in the National Assembly condemning the aforementioned event. Some right-wing mouthpieces also awarded Mr Molla the title of Shaheed-e-Pakistan (martyr of Pakistan). The equally deranged Imran Khan declared Mr Molla innocent. The man is multi-talented and can definitely play a firebrand attorney too. I believe when all the hue and cry was being raised on the floor of the National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the people's representatives perhaps overlooked their own foreign office's statement. Needless to say, this was direct involvement in a sovereign state's internal affairs. The proponents of such an ill-intended move were desperately trying to find a relationship between Mr Molla and Pakistan.
Let us put some reason into these arguments, shall we? Mr Molla was a Bangladeshi citizen — had he loved Pakistan so much, he would have renounced his citizenship and migrated to the Islamic citadel, after the creation of the so-called Indian-sponsored Bangladesh. Nor did Mr Molla leave a final message for Imran Khan, the 'rebellious' Javed Hashmi or their Jamaati cohorts of Pakistan, citing his patriotic fervour for the Islamic Republic. 
Next, where were our patriots when Mr Molla needed them the most? At the beginning of this year, when he was convicted, why did the boiling politicos, the so prudent lawyers and the Jamaati leadership of Pakistan not reach out to the ICJ at that juncture? So, once it is said and done, all and sundry wag their tongues to demonstrate their hollow worth, much like the poster child for their hue and cry, Dr Afia Siddiqui, who is languishing in a prison over here. All these right-wingers beat her piñata to death but I very humbly request all of these, including Mr Khan and his cohorts, to set the record straight in both Brother Molla and Sister Afia's cases, for the sake of our unblemished history. Gather enough evidence and challenge their convictions; after all it is a matter of our 'honour'. 
Speaking of a leg to stand on, let me say that Mr Khan and his Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) of the Islamic Republic's cohorts do not even have that. If you look at the resolution, it is advising the sovereign state of Bangladesh to not reopen wounds that are 42-years-old. I humbly ask, why not? Does the act of rape or murder get downgraded or less heinous with the passage of time? Let the criminals be punished on both sides. You bring your evidence against the Mukti Bahini and let them present the evidence against al Shams, al Badar and the soldiers involved. If that is unacceptable, then please have the courage to face those people and seek forgiveness and apologies. Yes, it cuts both ways but it is rather silly of me to hope for any such possibility. Please do not get me started on the enlightened generation of 42 years or younger, or the ones who are much older, with their blinders on. Some are regretfully so ignorant about the real history of the land that they claim to love so much and some deliberately obfuscate to avoid any blame at any cost. The sheer arrogance in the demeanour of our folk is downright revolting and repulsive. Looking at these people vent on the idiot box, social media and on the floor of the National Assembly, one can easily sum everything up in this sentence: "Zinda hai Yahya, Zinda hai" (Yahya is alive, he is alive). 



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