[mukto-mona] AL-JAZIRA , ECONOMIST AND WAR-CRIMINAL ISSUE !!!!!

আল-জাজিরা ও ইকোনমিষ্ট এর প্রতিবেদন এবং যুদ্ধাপরাধ প্রসঙ্গ

মে ২৭, ২০১২ নির্বাচিত লেখা, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, যুদ্ধাপরাধ লিখেছেন শিবলী হাসান মন্তব্য ২১ টি

"'১৯৭১ সালে মহান মুক্তিযুদ্ধের মাধ্যমে আমরা এ দেশটাকে পেয়েছি । ৩০ লক্ষ শহীদ ও ২ লক্ষ মা বোনের সম্ভ্রমের বিনিময়ে এ মানচিত্রটা পেয়েছি "'। বাহ ! কি চমৎকার দুটি লাইন । এই দুই লাইনের মধ্যেই আমাদের বীরত্ব গাঁথা ঐতিহাসিক প্রেক্ষাপটকে ধারণ করে ফেললাম । স্বাধীনতা ও বিজয়কে এই দুইটি লাইন দ্বারাই তো শেষ করা যায় , তাই এত কিছু বলার দরকার পরে কি ? এই মতগুলো আমার না কিন্তু আমার বয়সী অনেক তরুণ-তরুণীরাই এই ধারণাগুলো পোষণ করে সেটা জেনেই হোক আর না জেনেই হোক । জেগে জেগে যারা ঘুমাচ্ছে তাদেরকে জাগানো আমার পক্ষে তো সম্ভবই না অন্য কারো পক্ষে কিভাবে সম্ভব হবে সেটাও আমার বোধগম্য নয়। তবে যারা না জেনে এই অন্ধকার ঘোরের মধ্যে আছে তাদের সামনে সঠিক ইতিহাস তুলে না ধরলে তারাও একসময় ভুল পথের পথিক হয়ে যাবে । আসলে এই দুই লাইনের মধ্যেই যে লুকিয়ে আছে নির্মম সত্যের এক মর্মন্তুদ ইতিহাস সেই সত্য তাদের সামনে উন্মোচন না করলে একসময় তা মিথ্যার তলে চাপা পড়ে যাবে ।

১৯৭১ সালে পাকবাহিনী ও তাদের এ দেশীয় দোসররা ধর্মের নামে এই দেশে চালিয়েছে ভয়ংকর নারকীয় হত্যাযজ্ঞ। ধর্মের দোহাই দিয়ে ভাইয়ের সামনে বোনকে এমনকি ছেলের সামনে মাকে ধর্ষণ করতেও ওই বেজন্মাদের একটুও বাঁধে নি । যেখানেই ধর্ম প্রসঙ্গ এসেছে সেখানেই তারা বলেছে — " বিধর্মীদের সাথে ছহবত করলে গুনাহ হয় না , ওরা হইল গনিমতের মাল । আর যুদ্ধের ময়দানে ইসলাম ( পাক স্তান) কে রক্ষা করার জন্য জেনা করাও জায়েজ । " যদিও এখন পর্যন্ত কোথাও কেউ খুঁজে পায়নি কোরআন শরিফের কোথায় এগুলো কে অনুমোদন দেওয়া হয়েছে । নরপিশাচদের এইসব নারকীয় গণহত্যা সংগঠনের গা কাঁপানো রূপ সানডে টাইম্‌স এর মাধ্যমে যখন বিশ্ববাসী প্রত্যক্ষ করেছিল তখন তাদেরও স্মৃতির কুহরে আতংক তোলপাড় করে উঠেছিল , গা শিউরে উঠেছিল ।
তাই ৭১ এর সেই ধারনাকে পোষণ করতে হবে আমাদের চেতনাতে আর সেটাকে লালন করার পদক্ষেপ যদি আমরা নেই তাহলে প্রথমেই আমাদের যে কাজটি করতে হবে তা হল যুদ্ধাপরাধীদের বিচারের মাধ্যমে জাতিকে কলংক মুক্ত করা । আর সেই মহান ও গুরুদায়িত্বটুকু আমরা দিয়েছে বর্তমান সরকারের হাতে। এই বিচার সম্পন্ন করার প্রতিশ্রুতি দিয়েছিল বলেই আমরা এই রাজনৈতিক দলটিকে ভোট দিএ ক্ষমতাই এনেছিলাম । কিন্তু সরকার বিচারকার্যে যেই হাত দিয়েছে সাথে সাথেই শুরু হয়ে গেছে দেশীয় ও আন্তর্জাতিক চক্রান্ত । প্রসঙ্গত কয়েকটি বিষয় লক্ষণীয় ———————

কিছুদিন আগে গু আযম কে নিয়ে একটি ৭ মিনিটের ভিডিও চিত্র বের হয় যেটাতে ওই রাজাকার কে দেখানো হয়েছে একজন মহান রাজনৈতিক নেতা এবং সেই ভিডিওটিতে তার পক্ষে জোর সাফাই গাওয়া হয় । এবং ভিডিও টি মধ্যপ্রাচ্যে খুব প্রচার দেওয়া হয়। ঠিক তার কিছুদিন পর আমরা দেখলাম কাতারভিত্তিক টিভি চ্যানেল আল জাজিরার প্রতিবেদন ।

আলজাজিরার প্রতিবেদক নিকোলাস হক তার প্রতিবেদন এ বলে যে "" বাংলাদেশের সাবেক রাজনীতিবিদ গোলাম আযম ৪০ বছরেরও বেশি সময় আগে সংঘটিত মানবতাবিরোধী অপরাধে বিচারের মুখোমুখি। ৮৯ বছর বয়সী গোলাম আযম হাঁটতে পারেন না, দেখতে পান না, এমনকি শুনতেও পান না"' হা হা হা !! কি সুন্দর কাল্পনিক বানোয়াট একটা কথা । যে লোকটি কিছুদিন আগেও দেখলাম টিভি চ্যানেল এ বক বক করছে , নামায পরতে মসজিদ এ যাচ্ছে কিন্তু রিপোর্ট একি শুনাল , সে নাকি বয়রা !!! আরও অনেক সাংবাদিক আসবে , নতুন নতুন রিপোর্ট তৈরি করবে । এখন হইতবা বলবে নিযামি , মুযাহিদ সাকারা হাঁটতে পারে না , কানে শুনে না এমনকি এরা তো নপুংসক(!!!) ৭১ এ ধর্ষণ করবে কেমন করে ইত্যাদি ইত্যাদি …

এবং সবশেষে দুই একদিন আগে শুনলাম ইকোনমিষ্ট এর প্রতিবেদন যেটি উপরুক্ত প্রতিবেদনের ধারা থেকে বাইরে যেতে পারেনি । ইকোনমিষ্ট এর প্রতিবেদন শুনে বিরোধী দলেরও এত আনন্দে উদ্দাম নৃত্য কররা মত কিছু নেই । প্রতিবেদনটিতে খুব সুন্দরভাবে প্রধান দুই রাজনৈতিক দলের সমালোচনা করার হয়েছে এবং ৭১ এর স্বাধীনতা বিরোধীদের পক্ষ অবলম্বন করা হয়েছে । কেননা এই নরপিশাচদের বিচারকে স্রেফ রাজনীতির বেড়াজালে আবদ্ধ করে প্রত্যক্ষ ভাবেই তাদের পক্ষ নেওয়া হয়েছে ।
তাই এখন সময় এসেছে আমাদেরও কিছু বলার — আলজাজিরা ইকোনমিষ্ট সহ তাবৎ মিডিয়া কে বলছি , সরকারের কাজের সমালোচনা করে রিপোর্ট প্রকাশ করুন সমস্যা নেই কিন্তু আপনাদের রিপোর্ট যখনি যুদ্ধাপরাধীদের সুরে গান ধরবে তখনি ওদের বিরদ্ধে সাক্ষী হয়ে দাঁড়িয়ে যাবে লক্ষ কোটি উদাহরন … গু আযম , নিযামি , মুযাহিদ এবং সাকাসহ সকল যুদ্ধাপরাধীদের ধ্বংসযজ্ঞের সাক্ষী আজও পাওয়া যাবে বাংলার প্রতিটি ঘরে ঘরে , মহাকালের সাক্ষ্য হয়ে সারা বাঙলায় ছড়িয়ে থাকা গণকবরগুলোতে ,সন্তানহারা মায়ের অগ্নিদৃষ্টিতে , ভাইহারা বোনের আর্তনাদে , ধর্ষিতার রক্তেভেজা শাড়িতে ।

সবশেষে বলব যে , দেশীয় ও আন্তর্জাতিক চক্রের বেড়াজালে এক কঠিন সময়ে এসে আমরা দাঁড়িয়েছি । যার কাণ্ডারি কেবলমাত্র তরুণরাই । তাই আমার বিশ্বাস কাঁঠগড়ায় দাঁড়িয়ে প্রজন্ম অবশ্যই সৃষ্টিকে বেছে নেবে , ধংসকে নয়; জন্মকে বেছে নেবে, মৃত্যুকে নয়; স্বর্গকে বেছে নেবে , নরককে নয় । সকল গ্লানি এবং লজ্জা দূর করে যুদ্ধাপরাধীদের বিচারের মাধ্যমে রাষ্ট্রকে কলংক মুক্ত করতে হবে ।। যেটার সঙ্গী হব আমি, আপনি , আমরা সকলেই ..

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Re: [mukto-mona] The allegation of opposition to the establishment of Dhaka University

In your student years, the teachers of Chemistry Department might have successfully pretended to be non communal beings.  Dr. Nawab, for example, ruined the career of Bhaskar Dey, a student who stood first in B.Sc.(Pass) course. Prof. Khandkar, during this tenure as head of the Department, always decided the results of students within first few weeks of the students.  A few students were asked to see him once a fortnight, and usually they would get first class afterwards.  Even the teachers had to buy milk from him to get promoted.  He had a few bovine animals in his bungalow garage.
 
  As a second year student, I even through Abu Jafar Mahmud out of the class room for his incompetence in teaching.  I did it after he incited me in his three successive lectures.  Never again, my presence did not cause a chill in his heart.   Thus I earned a reputation of being a student of whom even the teachers were scared.  This I was told by Humayun Ahmed when he introduced himself to me in 1974.

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

While I salute Dr. Das for his successful fight against a wrong trend, I must say that during my student life at Dhaka University Chemistry Department (1975-1981), an overwhelming majority of my professors were non-communal decent human beings of the Muslim background. In fact, I consider quite a few of them as the best teachers of my life. The clear concepts that I got from them made me increasingly interested in Chemistry. Most of the ones that I got a chance to mix with at a personal level were helpful and understanding.

 

Unlike Dr. Das, I actually doubt if the Pakistani Muslims had more respect for their Hindu ancestry than the Bengali Muslims. The state of Pakistan during its entire lifetime (1947 to date) does not support what Dr. Das felt. I think one needs to mix intimately with people, while asserting his/her rights, to know their real character.

 

Talking about Arabian ancestry, I think Bengali Muslims overall are too irrational when it comes to the looks, sounds and smells of their religion; but I doubt if they are worse than the Pakistani Muslims. Of course, there are exceptions to the overall picture.

 

Sukhamaya Bain

 

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From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] The allegation of opposition to the establishment of Dhaka University

 

Chemistry Department stopped awarding first class to any student bearing Hindu name since the 1965 war between India and Pakistan, the tradition continued till I changed it four years later.  Most of my classmates agreed that I changed it by fighting the whole Department.

Most people of Pakistani origin I came across in my life were respectful of their Hindu ancestry.  However, the story is different with Bengali Muslims.  They think, their ancestors came from some place in the Arabian land. 

On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

Not surprisingly, people who make this accusation against people like Ashutosh Mukherjee or Rabindranath Tagore did not answer my questions.

 

Q. A. Rahman has addressed some of the questions, with a declaration that he does not consider himself as an accuser. However, his answers and analyses were either plain wrong or typical of the two-nation theorist imbeciles.

 

Dr. Kamal Das has also made some comments. He reasoned that Muslims were not up to education, and were not expected to have a large share of teachers and students at Dhaka University during its early years.

 

Now let me make some comprehensive points.

 

Pakistan or not, if Hindus did not face the kind of discrimination, hatred, and barbaric atrocities that they did in East Bengal since 1947, if they did not leave East Bengal, the academic circle of any Bangladeshi university that would be worth calling "the Oxford of the East" would be dominated by Hindus over the Muslims even today. Let me give a few examples: 1) in my B. Sc. Honors class at the Dhaka University Chemistry Department, graduating in 1980, four students got the first class, and two of them were Hindus, 2) two years before us no one got the first class in Chemistry honors program from the university proper; only one student, a Hindu, got the first class from BM College in Barishal, 3) in our honors batch, the most distinguished scholar in the Science Faculty (the Kalinarayan Scholar) was a Hindu student from Physics. These are in spite of all the migration of mostly the elite class of Hindus from East Bengal beginning in 1947. The most sudden drop in the quality of Dhaka University was probably in 1947, when Hindu professors left en masse for India, and their void filled with unqualified and poorly qualified Muslims.

 

Of course, Pakistan was not in the horizon in 1921. Thus, the establishment of Dhaka University in reality had nothing to do with higher education for the Muslims; because the Muslims were not expected to be the principal components of the university. People who suggest that Rabindranath Tagore opposed the establishment of Dhaka University because he was anti-Muslim have a hateful objective of dissociating the greatest Bangalee poet from Bangladesh.

 

Now let me address a side point made by Q. A. Rahman. His point was that Pakistan was needed for breaking the Hindu domination in East Bengal. His argument was utterly foolish and hateful when he was indifferent to the fact of the migration of Hindus due to discrimination, hatred and barbaric atrocities in their home of centuries. He was essentially saying that it was OK for displacing the Hindus for giving the Muslims some privilege.

 

No, Muslims had to get themselves interested in real education in order to break the Hindu domination. Hatred can give a short-term gain, which Pakistan did for the Muslims. But look, for example, the elite of Bangladeshi Muslims who have a significant health problem go to India for treatment. Aren't those Hindu doctors in India saving the elite Muslims of Bangladesh?

 

Talking in terms of political domination, I do not think the Muslims needed Pakistan. Without Pakistan, Muslims would be dominating all of Bengal today; because democracy was inevitable, and because to be a voter one does not need to be very scholarly or rich. Of course, if that political domination was combined with the wisdom of promoting education, Muslims would have had their fair share of power in all respects in due course without the help of hatred.

 

I would advise people like Mr. Rahman to wake up for progress for all people, especially for the Muslims. Sprouting madrasahs in Bangladesh like wild mushrooms in dirty soil, and promoting hateful religious stupidity will not help the Muslims; real education in humanities, science and technology will.

 

Sukhamaya Bain

 

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From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com>
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:14 PM

Subject: [mukto-mona] The allegation of opposition to the establishment of Dhaka University

 

I have seen this allegation in the Bangladesh-centric internet forums over a period of many years. There seems to be a new generation of accusers lately. Instead of making any suggestion about why some people make this allegation against people like Ashutosh Mukherjee or Rabindranath Tagore, let me just ask a few questions.

 

When Dhaka University was formed in 1921, was there any plan anywhere for the creation of Pakistan in 1947?

 

There are several highly prestigious universities in the USA which are located at or near high black population areas. For example, the University of Chicago and Columbia University in New York City. How many percents of the professors and students of these universities are black?

 

From 1921 to 1947 which religious group had more professors and students at Dhaka University, Muslims or Hindus?

 

If there was no Pakistan, or if there was no displacement of Hindus from East Bengal due to the creation of Pakistan in 1947, which religious group would be dominating the academic circle of Dhaka University today, Muslims or Hindus?

 

In the world, there are about 1.4 billion Muslims among the total population of about 7.0 billion. What are the comparisons between the Muslims and the other religious groups in terms of world-renowned scholars (an indication would be the Nobel Prize winners in all subjects but peace)?

 

What is keeping the Muslims backward compared to all other significant religious groups?  

 

Let me wait for some fact-based and honest answers to the above six questions, and some intelligent amalgamations of those answers, preferably from the accusers, before I comment on the subject.

 

Sukhamaya Bain

 

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Re: [mukto-mona] The allegation of opposition to the establishment of Dhaka University

Thank you Dr. Bain for the much needed appreciation that you extended towards me.

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

I am glad that Mr. Q. A. Rahman realized that his statements could be interpreted the way I did, even though he called my comments "creative interpretation", and asked the question "where did I say such a thing?" In any case, I have made a little grammar correction to my sentence.

 

Aside from that, I do not wish to say much, as there is no point in wasting too much time arguing with people who are not very logical.

 

However, let me say that I do not agree with Mr. Rahman's comment on Dr. Kamal Das. I think Dr. Das is a much learned person who talks rationally. His expressions occasionally insult people more that what I would consider appropriate, but that is not reason enough to doubt is erudition. I actually agree with his advice to Mr. Rahman, "To get a proper 'education', you might need to unlearn most of what you learned before."

 

I wish Mr. Rahman all the best too.

 

Sukhamaya Bain

 

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From: qar <qrahman@netscape.net>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:48 AM

Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] The allegation of opposition to the establishment of Dhaka University

 

Now let me address a side point made by Q. A. Rahman. His point was that Pakistan was needed for breaking the Hindu domination in East Bengal. His argument was utterly foolish and hateful when he was indifferent to the fact of the migration of Hindus due to discrimination, hatred and barbaric atrocities in their home of centuries. 

Member Bain,

You may want to read my post before you like to reply. It seems you are trying to have a "Creative interpretation" of what I said. Kindly READ the post first. On the discussion starting with Dhaka University, I said our forefathers felt Pakistan was needed. I was NOT there, so it is impossible to "Support" or "Oppose" such a concept.

As I said, I ONLY shared an observation. The Pakistan movement was popular and had enough support to get attention from the policy makers. It did not work out for us and looking as an outsider still not working for most Pakistanis either. But that is HISTORY!!

Discrimination has been an unfortunate part of our collective history and Hindus and Muslims have done some of it in the past. I never even tried to deny reality but if you ever try to sell me that, ONLY Hindus were discriminated and Muslims were only torturing them, I have to say it is not an honest narrative.

He was essentially saying that it was OK to displace the Hindus for giving the Muslims some privilege.

>>>>>>> Where did I say such a thing??

If you keep Assuming the worst things in others, maybe it is time for you to look in the mirror. :-)

Dr. Kamal Das has also made some comments. He reasoned that Muslims were not up to education, and were not expected to have a large share of teachers and students at Dhaka University

>>>>>>> not exactly an example of a well educated person, he should be the last one talking about education to anyone.

 

I would advise people like Mr. Rahman to wake up for progress for all people, especially for the Muslims. Sprouting madrasahs in Bangladesh like wild mushrooms in dirty soil, and promoting hateful religious stupidity will not help the Muslims; real education in humanities, science and technology will.

>>>>>>>> My "Request" to you would be to read the posts before you reply. I did not promote "Sprouting" madrassas RATHER I spoke about modernizing/improving them. Give them authentic quality education so people who come out of it will promote peace and be more tolerant. I have a feeling despite what you wrote here, you would not mind promoting tolerance and peace in BD.

The only difference with our views is I do not see madrassahs as "wild mushrooms in dirty soil, and promoting hateful religious stupidity" and you do. If I was busy finding faults in others, it is not too difficult to have very long posts about How Muslims and Bhuddists were abused by Hindus over the centuries. But these sort of things don't bring people closer. I make a humble effort to promote more understanding about my faith and try to support "Common grounds" among all of us.

Science and technology have their places and religion have it's own space. In my world they compliment each others and there is no conflict.

Wish you have a nice day.

Shalom!!

-----Original Message----- From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com> To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tue, May 29, 2012 8:28 am Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] The allegation of opposition to the establishment of Dhaka University

 

Sorry, I do not wish to name that person in the public forums without his permission; and since I am not in touch with him, I can not get the permission readily.

 

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From: Mahbub Kamal <mahbubk2002@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] The allegation of opposition to the establishment of Dhaka University

 

Just curious - who was the Kalinarayan Scholar you mentioned about? By any chance is his name Sabyasachi Bose?   Thank you ---   ======================================= On Sun, 5/27/12, Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] The allegation of opposition to the establishment of Dhaka University To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> Received: Sunday, May 27, 2012, 8:31 AM   Not surprisingly, people who make this accusation against people like Ashutosh Mukherjee or Rabindranath Tagore did not answer my questions.   Q. A. Rahman has addressed some of the questions, with a declaration that he does not consider himself as an accuser. However, his answers and analyses were either plain wrong or typical of the two-nation theorist imbeciles.   Dr. Kamal Das has also made some comments. He reasoned that Muslims were not up to education, and were not expected to have a large share of teachers and students at Dhaka University during its early years.   Now let me make some comprehensive points.   Pakistan or not, if Hindus did not face the kind of discrimination, hatred, and barbaric atrocities that they did in East Bengal since 1947, if they did not leave East Bengal, the academic circle of any Bangladeshi university that would be worth calling "the Oxford of the East" would be dominated by Hindus over the Muslims even today. Let me give a few examples: 1) in my B. Sc. Honors class at the Dhaka University Chemistry Department, graduating in 1980, four students got the first class, and two of them were Hindus, 2) two years before us no one got the first class in Chemistry honors program from the university proper; only one student, a Hindu, got the first class from BM College in Barishal, 3) in our honors batch, the most distinguished scholar in the Science Faculty (the Kalinarayan Scholar) was a Hindu student from Physics. These are in spite of all the migration of mostly the elite class of Hindus from East Bengal beginning in 1947. The most sudden drop in the quality of Dhaka University was probably in 1947, when Hindu professors left en masse for India, and their void filled with unqualified and poorly qualified Muslims.   Of course, Pakistan was not in the horizon in 1921. Thus, the establishment of Dhaka University in reality had nothing to do with higher education for the Muslims; because the Muslims were not expected to be the principal components of the university. People who suggest that Rabindranath Tagore opposed the establishment of Dhaka University because he was anti-Muslim have a hateful objective of dissociating the greatest Bangalee poet from Bangladesh.   Now let me address a side point made by Q. A. Rahman. His point was that Pakistan was needed for breaking the Hindu domination in East Bengal. His argument was utterly foolish and hateful when he was indifferent to the fact of the migration of Hindus due to discrimination, hatred and barbaric atrocities in their home of centuries. He was essentially saying that it was OK to displace the Hindus for giving the Muslims some privilege.   No, Muslims had to get themselves interested in real education in order to break the Hindu domination. Hatred can give a short-term gain, which Pakistan did for the Muslims. But look, for example, the elite of Bangladeshi Muslims who have a significant health problem go to India for treatment. Aren't those Hindu doctors in India saving the elite Muslims of Bangladesh?   Talking in terms of political domination, I do not think the Muslims needed Pakistan. Without Pakistan, Muslims would be dominating all of Bengal today; because democracy was inevitable, and because to be a voter one does not need to be very scholarly or rich. Of course, if that political domination was combined with the wisdom of promoting education, Muslims would have had their fair share of power in all respects in due course without the help of hatred.   I would advise people like Mr. Rahman to wake up for progress for all people, especially for the Muslims. Sprouting madrasahs in Bangladesh like wild mushrooms in dirty soil, and promoting hateful religious stupidity will not help the Muslims; real education in humanities, science and technology will.   Sukhamaya Bain   ====================================================== From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com> To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:14 PM Subject: [mukto-mona] The allegation of opposition to the establishment of Dhaka University   I have seen this allegation in the Bangladesh-centric internet forums over a period of many years. There seems to be a new generation of accusers lately. Instead of making any suggestion about why some people make this allegation against people like Ashutosh Mukherjee or Rabindranath Tagore, let me just ask a few questions.   When Dhaka University was formed in 1921, was there any plan anywhere for the creation of Pakistan in 1947?   There are several highly prestigious universities in the USA which are located at or near high black population areas. For example, the University of Chicago and Columbia University in New York City. How many percents of the professors and students of these universities are black?   From 1921 to 1947 which religious group had more professors and students at Dhaka University, Muslims or Hindus?   If there was no Pakistan, or if there was no displacement of Hindus from East Bengal due to the creation of Pakistan in 1947, which religious group would be dominating the academic circle of Dhaka University today, Muslims or Hindus?   In the world, there are about 1.4 billion Muslims among the total population of about 7.0 billion. What are the comparisons between the Muslims and the other religious groups in terms of world-renowned scholars (an indication would be the Nobel Prize winners in all subjects but peace)?   What is keeping the Muslims backward compared to all other significant religious groups?     Let me wait for some fact-based and honest answers to the above six questions, and some intelligent amalgamations of those answers, preferably from the accusers, before I comment on the subject.   Sukhamaya Bain   ====================================   Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use .

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