From: SAHANNAN [mailto:sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 7:31 AM
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Subject: Fascistic Roars in Dhaka by the secularist extremists: Very Ominous development--editorial
Fascistic Roars in Dhaka by the secularist extremists: Very Ominous development
Daily Star has headlined about Shahbagh intersection meeting that tens of thousands of people raise voice against religion-based politics, demand capital punishment to war criminals, vow to boycott Jamaat-Shibir .The report says that in thunderous chants, they made their demand for death sentence to all war criminals and registered their determination to resist Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir.Protestors have kept the interaction in their possession since Tuesday afternoon, with several hundreds of them staying overnights without sleep.
From yesterday's rally, people took an oath to continue the movement until their demand is met. In addition to capital punishment to the war criminals, the demonstrators called for banning Jamaat and its student wing, Shibir.People also vowed to boycott all businesses, banks, media outlets and social and cultural organisations owned by Jamaat leaders."We pledge to keep on demanding trial under a special tribunal of those Razakars and Al-Badrs who were convicted and were under trial but freed after 1975," said Imran H Sarkar, administering the oath from a makeshift stage erected atop a truck at the intersection.
Noted writer Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal said, "I am here to offer my apology to you. I wrote in newspapers that the new generation only hits 'like' on Facebook and writes on blogs, but does not take to the streets. You have proved me wrong, and I thank you all for this." "The year 2013 has turned into 1971 and those of you who did not see 1971 are now witnessing '71 in the year of 2013," he added."Study when it's time to study, write poems when it's time to write poems, listen to music when it's time to listen to music … and take to the streets when you need to. It is the happiest day of my life. All the martyrs and the country people are thankful to you," he said.Veteran journalist Kamal Lohani said the whole nation heard the roars of the mass people. "The only punishment to the war criminals, not only Quader but all, is capital punishment. Besides, their politics will also have to be banned."
A number of speakers came down heavily on a section of foreign media for what they called its negative coverage of the war crimes trial and the ongoing movement. Protesters were heard chanting slogans against some foreign media. Speaking at the rally, Sector Commanders Forum Senior Vice-chairmen Maj Gen (retd) KM Shafiullah said, "It's a rebirth of 1971…. "We'll have to carry on our movement until our one and only demand is met."Also spoke on the occasion Dhaka University Vice-chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique, Jahangirnagar University VC Prof Anwar Hossain, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University VC Prof Pran Gopal Dutta, Hasan Imam, cultural personality and novelist Anisul Haq, Shaon Mahmud, daughter of Shaheed Altaf Mahmud, and Shyamoli Nasreen Chowdhury, widow of Shaheed Dr Alim Chowdhury.
Addressing the rally, Hasan Tarek, general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra Union, demanded cancellation of memberships of Quader Mollah and Kamaruzzaman from the Jatiya Press Club."Either the war criminals will be hanged or we will hang ourselves," said Rezaul Karim, an MBA student of Independent University Bangladesh. Around 100 children, aged between four and 15, of Khelaghar Dhaka Mohanagar joined the movement, chanting: "Ar kono dabi nai, Razakarder fashi chai," which means "we want nothing except for the capital punishment to the Razakars."
We have given above the summary of daily Star report.Daily AmarDesh and Naya Diganta have reported that Ghadani (a leftist organization) and other left secular organizations are behind this gathering which openly preached Fascism, banning of Islamic political organizations, Islamic student organizations. According to Amar Desh they have threatened to attack and capture all businesses, banks, media outlets and social and cultural organizations connected with allegedly Jamaat and Shibir. Some Vice Chancellors and left intellectuals have given incitement to the young men who have no idea about 71 or about anything called law or human rights. They have called for resistance of Jamaat Shibir in every nook and corner of the country. This is incitement to murder and civil war among the people of Bangladesh.
Police never objected to the occupation of a major intersection of Dhaka roads for 3 days. This shows the government backing of fascistic groups. What would have happened if Shibir ( Islamic Student organization))captured an intersection in similar manner. We all know nothing like this would have been allowed. We ask the government not to favor such fascistic activities and also ask the nation to be vigilant against these miscreants
