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Secularism is opposite of religion. Any knowledgeable believer can not believe in secularism.Jamaat was never against Bangla.Professor Azam was an earlier fighter for Bangla.Maulana Mududi wrote a book on problems of this area and their solutions and criticized failure of rulers in dealing with this area justly. He was very strong supporter of Bangla as a state language.
Solaria’s piece is just propaganda. Please see the bold portion. it is no new news that jammate Islam wanted to keep united
Shah Abdul Hannan
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Nowadays, most of the 'educated middle class' people in
The following article by Farooq Sulehria published in a Pakistani paper is a valuable addition to our knowledge. It has certain information, especially about the cultural viewpoints of Jamaat against the Bengali, and about the activism of Moududi and his tribe in 1971, that should be pursued in further detail by the Prosecution in
Farida Majid
<< The problem, so to say, was not exploitation at the hands of West Pakistan but what the Jamaat considered East Pakistan’s lack of Islamisation.
The Jamaat contended that Bengali literature was pervaded by Hindu ideas since Tagore was the major influence on it, while the similes and proverbs of Bengali reflected Hindu thought and social way of life. Besides, Bengali literature lacked what the Jamaat called Islamic politics, economics and way of life.
When Sheikh Mujib presented his Six Points, the Jamaat strongly rejected them on the pretext that they constituted a demand for secession. When the military operation was launched in
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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:49:23 +0530
Subject: JAMAAT ON TRIAL [A VIEW FROM
by Farooq Sulehria
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The News, October 29, 2011
Delawar Hossain Sayedee, leader of the Jamat-e-Islami in
If proven guilty, Sayedee could face the death sentence. He has denied all charges against him. Sayedee will now be tried by the International Crimes Tribunal, a domestic tribunal with no United Nations role, which was set up last year to investigate war crimes in 1971. The trial begins on Oct 30.
While the role of the Pakistani military has drawn some media criticism, the Jamaat’s role in
The attitude of the Jamaat to the problems and issues raised by the East Pakistanis even prior to the military action was hostile at worst and ambiguous at best. Understandably, the Jamaat was never able to prosper in
At the time of Partition, the Jamaat had only one member in
The Jamaat and the religious parties won a small percentage of the vote in
Soon after the creation of
Since 56 percent of the population of united
In March 1948, there were student strikes and demonstrations throughout the province. Prime Minister Liaquat Khan reacted to the protests saying, “
The Centre finally capitulated to
The Jamaat’s reaction to the acceptance of Bengali as an official language was unwelcoming, if not outright hostile. The Jamaat’s organ Tarjuman-ul-Quran, for instance, declared that acceptance of Bengali on the same level as Urdu would discourage East Pakistanis from learning Urdu, and thus keep them ignorant of Islam since Urdu was richer in Islamic literature.
The Jamaat later on began to pay lip service to East Pakistanis’ concerns, like the language issue, or their under-representation in the military.
However, as the Jamaat saw it, the real problem was
The problem, so to say, was not exploitation at the hands of West Pakistan but what the Jamaat considered
The Jamaat contended that Bengali literature was pervaded by Hindu ideas since Tagore was the major influence on it, while the similes and proverbs of Bengali reflected Hindu thought and social way of life. Besides, Bengali literature lacked what the Jamaat called Islamic politics, economics and way of life.
When Sheikh Mujib presented his Six Points, the Jamaat strongly rejected them on the pretext that they constituted a demand for secession. When the military operation was launched in
In hindsight, the Jamaat propaganda may sound hysterical. However, at the time it helped rationalise the excesses committed against East Pakistanis. Not content with ideological justifications, the Jamaat raised militias and actively participated, alongside the army, in liquidating radical and progressive intellectuals and activists.
In May 1971, while East Pakistan was being brutalised, Maulana Rahmat Ilahi, the Jamaat’s general secretary, declared: “Our brave army has saved
According to him, the movement in East Pakistan was sponsored by Hindus, communists and atheistic Bengali nationalists, all of whom were agents of
In April 1971, the Maulana sent a memorandum to 39 Muslim heads of states and the Rabita-e-Alam-e-Islami justifying the military action in
In July, a Jamaat delegation headed by K J Murad was dispatched to Europe and the
Meanwhile, Jamaat delegations were dispatched to
In June, the Jamaat’s deputy leader Mian Tufail Mohammad himself visited
He blamed the elected Awami League MPs for the chaos. Saying that the by-elections in a few constituencies announced by the Yahya regime would not suffice, he demanded the dissolution of the
However, in the farcical by-elections that followed – which the main party, the Awami League was banned from contesting – the Jamaat fielded 19 candidates and won five National Assembly seats.
To the Jamaat’s credit, in the post-liberation period it was able to find itself a niche in Bangladeshi politics despite its role in the 1971 events. This was a repeat of its performance in
The pattern in both countries has been similar. In
The Awami League and the left forces, however, kept campaigning for a trial regarding atrocities in the 1971 war. In the last general elections, such a trial became an election issue. The Jamaat stood exposed and lost the elections.
A similar process is necessary everywhere including
The writer is a freelance contributor.
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