Thanks for a thought provoking post.
You wrote..
I think the biggest gain from "Shahbag movement" is our young people were able to put a dent on our "Culture of immunity for criminals".
As you have mentioned that, our young people should keep their focus on future of Bangladesh not so much on the past. However by making waves for few weeks, people realized that, in future people will be held accountable for their actions.
I honestly do not know why the whole trial will evolve from here. Will it be used as a political bargaining chip in future or we are going to see any justice. Because supporters of Jamaat also feels like "Victims" and getting sympathy. So it is critical to have a solid process for war crime tribunal that is in sync with international standard. Like it or not Jammat Supporters (The young generations) are also citizens of this country. If people who are working on war crime issues are so sure of their cause, they need to shout a little less and present their cases more that would silence their loudest critics.
This is critical not only for our last generation but will work as a "Template" for future generations.
I whole heatedly agree that, we need little less shouting and politics and lot more work if you are sincere about this cause.
If anything, it will give closure to many people from both sides of the issue.
Shalom!
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Subject: [mukto-mona] Is Shahbag the Solution?
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Re: [mukto-mona] Is Shahbag the Solution?
Member Bain,
As for banning Jamat-e-Islami, that would not remove religion-based politics from Bangladesh. After all, the party (Awami League) that is widely claimed by its supporters to be secular, and widely blamed by its Islamist opponents (in BNP and Jamat) to be secular, did not remove Bismillah and Islam as the state religion from the constitution of the country. This is in spite of the fact that Awami League had more than three quarters majority in the country's parliament.
While the trials of the 1971 criminals, of war and against humanity, should continue at the ICT, and while the ICT should deliver decisions based upon the available evidences, the enthusiastic crowd at Shabag and elsewhere in the country need to focus on the future of Bangladesh, not so much on the past. The unarmed civilian victims and the fallen heroic freedom fighters of the land can only be honored properly by removing the kind of hatred that caused their sufferings and demise. Through proper education and reasoning, the young generation needs to identify that hatred, and work seriously to remove that hatred. That task is enormously more difficult and needs a lot more sincerity than shouting slogans in a crowd.
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