Should the British be asked to apologize and compensate for all the LOOT from Bengal and India in 18th century? It was a staggering amount by any account! Just check the records of British Treasury entries made by the East India Company over those years.
A reminder of the Jaliwanbagh massacre at a British Court of Law could be a starter.
How about Pakistan agreeing to a reparation for the share of money for East Pakistan in their Banks at the time of official separation of Bangladesh in 1971?
How about asking Delawar Hussein Sayidee, now on dock at the War Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka, compensating the Hindu citizens and/or their descendants for all that he mercilessly looted from them in 1971? He had become a kotipoti since then and, on top of all the blood-soaked LOOT, these days he enjoys handsome fees each time just for sitting on the Sharia Council of the various Islamic Banks. That is another criminal aspect of the Islamic Banking in Bangladesh we should not overlook.
<< The apology was given in a ceremony at the Rawagede Hero cemetery, where many of the victims were buried in a mass grave.
"Today, December 9, we remember the members of your families and those of your fellow villagers who died 64 years ago through the actions of the Dutch military," said De Zwaan. "On behalf of the Dutch government I apologise for the tragedy that took place."
The apology followed a landmark ruling earlier this year by a Dutch court in a case filed by nine surviving relatives that said the state was to blame.
The relatives' lawyer, Liesbeth Zegveld, said the Netherlands would pay each of the nine relatives €20,000 in compensation. ...[] >>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 00:27:19 -0800
Subject: Netherlands apologises for 1947 Rawagede massacre in Indonesia
To: farida_majid@hotmail.com
A reminder of the Jaliwanbagh massacre at a British Court of Law could be a starter.
How about Pakistan agreeing to a reparation for the share of money for East Pakistan in their Banks at the time of official separation of Bangladesh in 1971?
How about asking Delawar Hussein Sayidee, now on dock at the War Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka, compensating the Hindu citizens and/or their descendants for all that he mercilessly looted from them in 1971? He had become a kotipoti since then and, on top of all the blood-soaked LOOT, these days he enjoys handsome fees each time just for sitting on the Sharia Council of the various Islamic Banks. That is another criminal aspect of the Islamic Banking in Bangladesh we should not overlook.
<< The apology was given in a ceremony at the Rawagede Hero cemetery, where many of the victims were buried in a mass grave.
"Today, December 9, we remember the members of your families and those of your fellow villagers who died 64 years ago through the actions of the Dutch military," said De Zwaan. "On behalf of the Dutch government I apologise for the tragedy that took place."
The apology followed a landmark ruling earlier this year by a Dutch court in a case filed by nine surviving relatives that said the state was to blame.
The relatives' lawyer, Liesbeth Zegveld, said the Netherlands would pay each of the nine relatives €20,000 in compensation. ...[] >>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 00:27:19 -0800
Subject: Netherlands apologises for 1947 Rawagede massacre in Indonesia
To: farida_majid@hotmail.com
Netherlands apologises for 1947 Rawagede massacre in Indonesia
Dutch ambassador says sorry in village where hundreds were slaughtered by troops looking for colonial resistance leader
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