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Sheikh Hasina Saved Bangladesh from the Islamic Jihadists
Dr. Mohsin Ali, New York
There was a frightening conspiracy of the Islamic Jihadists of Hefajot-e-Islam, BNP, Jamat-e-Islami and an 18-party alliance against Sheikh Hasina's secular government of Bangladesh on the 5th and 6th of May, 2013. Their master plan was to overthrow Sheikh Hasina's government through the Dhaka Siege Program of Hefajot-e-Islam on the 5th of May 2013 to be followed by the sit-in-strike of BNP-Jamat and their 18-party alliance, thus creating anarchy and lawlessness through arson and the massive destruction of public and private properties as well as through attacking law enforcement forces in Dhaka. They wanted to install a Taliban-style Islamic Sharia-Law-based government as in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran. Fortunately, the Great Almighty Allah has given enough strength and courage to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to save Bangladesh from the Islamic Jihadists by chasing them from Dhaka and foiling their conspiracy.
Hefajot-e-Islam, an ultra-extremist Islamic organization, besieged Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh on May 05th 2013 creating turmoil in Bangladesh's national politics. The six entrances of Dhaka were occupied in the early morning by the workers and supporters of Hefajot-e-Islam, mainly students and teachers of the Madrasas, Islamic institutions. They had travelled from different places in the country for a sit-in strike and isolated Dhaka from rest of Bangladesh. Even transport was not allowed to get in or to leave the city. Afterwards, they marched to Shapla Chottor of Motijheel commercial area at the heart of the Bangladesh's financial district. It is just opposite the Bangladesh Bank, the Central Bank of Bangladesh & Sonali Bank, the largest government owned commercial bank.
The public meeting near the central bank, the largest government bank and many other banks and financial institutions was planned to be held in the afternoon. The aim of this meeting was to force the government to accept the 13 demands; otherwise, they would take over the government the very next morning. This Hefajot-e-Islam (Protector of Islam) had a large public meeting following a Long March - about quarter of a million individuals on April 06th 2013 at the same venue putting forward their 13-point demands, they announced that any government would have to accept their demands to remain in power.
The Hefajot-e-Islam leaders complained that Sheikh Hasina was permitting Ahmedia, Kadiani, Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, and the atheists to live freely in Bangladesh. Thus, they called for Jihad, a holy war organized to safeguard Islam in Bangladesh against the secular government of Sheikh Hasina. For every Muslim, jihad is a religious duty to fight to protect Islam from abolition. The followers believe that those who die in jihad become saints and are ensured a place in heaven. However, the notion of jihad in the 21st century has become aim at creating a perfect Islamic society by combating Western influences and secular governments. Hence, Hefajot-e-Islam has called a jihad to oust Sheikh Hasina's secular government and install an ultra-orthodox Islamic Sharia-based government. The Chairperson of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and an 18-party alliance, and the opposition leader in the Parliament, Begum Khaleda Zia, had a public meeting on May 04, 2013 where she declared her full support and solidarity with the movement of Hefajot-e-Islam. She also gave a 48-hour ultimatum to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to meet her (Khaleda Zia) demand for a non-party care-taker government for holding the next general election; otherwise, her 18-party alliance would also have itsr own Dhaka siege starting on May 6th 2013. After the 48-hour dead line, Begum Zia, along with her 18-party alliance including Jamat-e-Islami and Hefajote-e-Islam would remove Hasina's government from power.
Evidently, both Khaleda Zia's 18-party alliance and Hefajot-e-Islam secretly collaborated on the same agitation on the 5th and 6th of May, 2013, to occupy Dhaka, the President's Palace "Bangobhaban" and the Prime Minister's office and home "Gono Bhaban" with the assistance of the mass Islamic Jihadists. Thus, they were confident in ousting Sheikh Hasina's 14-party secular grand alliance government only eight months before the general election, after four years and four months after forming government which has almost a three-fourths majority in the parliament.
(1) Prime Minister Hasina standing between President & Michelle Obama, and Sheikh Hasina's daughter in the left. (2) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
(1) Begum Khaleda Zia, Opposition Leader (2) Amir of Hefajot-e-Islam Moulana Shafi
(1) Hefajotis attacking police from the mosque and burning carpets, shops, book stores 
Islamic Jihadists coming out of the mosque and burning buses, building and shops.
Jihadists burnt shops and market building at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque
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(1) Islamic Jihadists cutting trees with saw (2) Hefajotis burnt Qurans
(1) House Building Finance Bank and 60 govt. auto-mobiles were burnt by the Hefajotis.
(2) Burning a private car and attacking police
(1) A police gave shelter to a young Hefajote, (2) Police showing Hefajotis way to exit
Hefajot-e-Islam was formed in 2010 by a number of extreme Islamic religious organizations which claimed to be non-political. However, a few of their partners are also members of the 18-party alliance led by BNP, the main opposition party in the Parliament. Hefajot-e-Islam incorporates the notorious Jamat-e-Islami, Nezam-e-Islami, a faction of Islami Oikko Jote, and Islami Chhatro Shibir. This shows that the relation of Hefajot-e-Islam with Begum Khaleda Zia, the leader of 18-party alliance, is very close. Moreover, their behaviors are very violent as well; the Jamat Shibir, Nezam-e-Islami, and Hefajot-e-Islam were not only against the Bangladesh's liberation war; they did not want the independence of Bangladesh. Instead, they wanted Pakistan to continue to rule Bangladesh as East Pakistan. Thus, they sided directly with the Pakistani occupation forces and formed forces such as Razakar, Al-Badar, and Al-Shams and fought against the war of independence directly. Moreover, they directly participated in the killing of 3 million innocent people, raped thousands of women, burnt houses and properties that were worth billions of dollars. They destroyed industries, roads, and bridges and committed genocide along with the Pakistani forces in 1971. The Amir of Hefajot-e-Islam, Moulana Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi, was said to be an organizer of Al-Badr Force and collaborated with the Pakistani forces against the independence of Bangladesh.
The leaders and workers of Hefajot-e-Islam began marching towards the business center of Dhaka from different corners. While their processions were passing through the streets, the government forces (police and the Rapid Action Battalion -- RAB) were helping them move through the busy city roads easily. Since it was a week day in Bangladesh, thousands of individuals were out on the streets, and the roads were filled with public and private transportation. During the processions, some of the people started throwing Molotov cocktails, bombs, bricks and stones at the police and RAB forces. They threw stones and set every vehicle on fire. Moreover, they destroyed shops, stores, food places and offices on both sides of the busy streets of Dhaka. They, in addition vandalized, and burnt bank ATM machines, bank buildings, and even some political party offices. They also plundered police stations, cut many trees, obliterated road islands, and plundered cash and gold ornaments from the banks and jewelry stores. The Islamic Jihadists also entered the National Stadium and destroyed the galleries, VIP boxes, furniture and equipments, worth millions of dollars.
When the RAB and police tried stopping these unruly thugs the Islamic terrorists attacked them with bombs, Molotov cocktails, stones, bricks, and guns. Police responded by firing tear gas, water cannons, sound grenades and rubber bullets depending upon the aggressiveness and intensity of attacks. Police tried to scatter them and move them far from the spot. However, the Islamist thugs in the processions were so combative that they pursued the police and RAB forces with sticks and batons. Government forces had sometimes to retreat in the face of their aggressive attacks. Hence, it was the open battle between the two armed camps: the government forces ( police and RAB) and the Islamic Jihadists. Such armed fights continued at different places on the Dhaka streets from 11 am and on into the night. In the mean time, the Jihadists destroyed and burnt Dhaka and burnt Holy Qurans.
Later, Hefajot-e-Islam sought permission from the government to hold a peaceful public meeting at the commercial area of Motijheel Shapla Chottor from noon to 6 pm. This public meeting of the Hefajot-e-Islam began in the morning, and the leaders spoke out against Sheikh Hasina's secular government, asking the government to implement their 13-point demands including changing the constitution and making Bangladesh an Islamic Country, making Islam the state religion, forbidding women from working outside, forbidding girls and women from going to schools and colleges/universities, passing blasphemy laws with death penalties for anyone - who might insult Islam and the prophet Mohammad (PBUH), hanging atheist bloggers who write against Islam and the Prophet in their online journals, introducing Islamic instruction at all educational institutions as well as establishing Shariah-based state and social laws.
While the boisterous Islami Jihadists were vandalizing, pulverizing and burning the city, Begum Khaleda Zia, the leader of the opposition, the Chairperson of BNP and the leader of the 18-party alliance asked the leaders, supporters, and workers of the alliance and people of Dhaka city to turn out in favor the Hefajot-e-Islam and help them make their program a victory. Accordingly, a hefty portion of the 18-party alliance leaders and workers joined the Hefajot-e-Islam's dangerous crusade.
The Hefajote Jihadists were ready to engage in eye-to-eye battles with the government forces on the streets of Dhaka. They brought hundreds of bags full of gun powder, cans of gasoline, explosives, weapons, ammunition, lighters, Molotov cocktails, hand bombs, and many other lethal weapons. They announced that they had thousands of volunteers in their suicide squads who would fight to oust the Hasina's secular government. There was anarchy and mayham - all around in the streets in the center of Dhaka.
The Hefajot-e-Islam assembled at the Shapla Chottor in Motijheel Commercial Area where a platform was set up for the leaders to address the public. The leaders of the Hefajot-e-Islam were uproariously yelling at the administration and, at the same time, instigating the Hefajote members to give up their lives to safeguard Islam by taking part in the jihad.
The General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League, the ruling party, Mr. Syed Ashraful Islam had a press conference at 5 pm on May 5th when he asked the Hefajot-e-Islam to end their program and leave the city by evening; otherwise, law enforcement agencies would be forced to push them out of Dhaka. When seeking permission to hold the public meeting the Hefajot-e-Islam promised that they would end their program in a peaceful manner and leave the city before sunset. However, they failed to keep their promise, pronouncing their sit-in-strike until the government accepted their 13-point demands or leave power. A significant number of Hefajoti workers continued their vandalisms all through the financial region of Dhaka untill the early morning of May 6th.
The government's intelligence service accumulated information that the Hefajot-e-Islam had been constrained by the Jamat-e-Islam and BNP and their 18-party alliance who had asked them not to leave Dhaka, rather, they should continue their attack on the government forces for an indefinite period of time. The Hefajot-e-Islam Amir (Chief) Moulana Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi was going to Shapla Chottor in the afternoon to declare the end of their Dhaka Siege Program, but he was halted by the central leaders of BNP who asked him not to go to the public meeting. The BNP leaders guaranteed Moulana Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi of Hefajot-e-Islam that, if they could carry on their sit-in Dhaka attack over the night, millions of workers and supporters of 18-party alliance would go along with them starting the next day. When Khaleda Zia's 48-hour ultimatum to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ended, the BNP, Jamat, Shibir and their 18-party alliance would join Hefajot-e-Islam and launch an Islamic revolution. In this way, if they could make such turmoil in the city, a portion of the military might break away and join them in the uprising. Thus they could occupy the Secretariat, President's Palace and Prime Minister's office and residence, and, beyond any doubt, they would topple the government. At that point, they would form their own government and turn Bangladesh into an ultra-orthodox Islamic country. Some Hefajoti leaders were offered positions as Ministers, and Hefajoti leader Moulan Shafi was offered the presidency.
Hefajot-e-Islam disregarded the request of the ruling party general secretary and carried on their unlawful criminal acts. At this critical juncture, the popularly elected government had no other choice but to stop this anarchy and the jihadists aim of toppling the elected government. The government had to send forces to disperse the unruly political jihadists and bring the situation back under the government's control.
Government forces spoke first to the leaders of the Hefajot-e-Islam at the sit-in-strike at the Shapla Chottor and encouraged them to abandon the spot peacefully, giving them an opportunity to clear out by 2:30 am. However, the leaders of Hefajot-e-Islam did not honor the request of the authorities. Instead, they killed a soldier of the BGB (Border Guard of Bangladesh) force and a police officer when they went to their podium to speak to them. The Hefajote leaders were speaking loudly, inciting people to sacrifice their lives by joining their jihad in order to protect their religion.
Thus, having failed to persue the leaders of the Hefajot-e-Islam to leave Shapla Chottor, a couple of hours later, the joint forces of police, RAB and BGB began their campaign of expelling the Hefajote leaders, workers and supporters from the city streets with the aim of "Zero Casualties". The Joint Forces began their campaign from two sides and kept the other two sides open for the Hefajote Jihadists to exit easily. The forces began discharging rubber bullets, sound grenades, tear gas, smoke shells, and water cannons in the air, hundreds at a time, no lethal weapons. However, soon before the removal campaign of the law enforcing agencies began, the leaders of the Hefajot-e-Islam had escaped the spot covertly, despite ordering their workers to continue to battle against the government forces and to perish for paradise.
Many Hefajot-e-Islam's workers and supporters, especially the suicidal squads who were trained in arms and weapons became terrified at the ground shattering sound and began fleeing Shapla Chottor. It took just 10 minutes for the government forces to scatter the Hefajot-e-Islam's leaders, workers and supporters to leave the Shapla Chottor, but it took another two hours to find the Hefajotes in the buildings and side roads where they were hiding. The Hefajotes were allowed to leave the city and return to their homes safely.
Of the many Hefajote workers and supporters who surrendered to the government forces, majority of them were found to be 8 to 16 year old children, students of the Madrasas (Religious Schools), and a significant number of them lived in the orphanages. They confessed to the police that they were compelled by their teachers to come to Dhaka, but they did not know that they were coming to overthrow the government. Many of them had never been to Dhaka in their life. If they did not come, their Huzurs (instructors) would have whipped them in their classes.
Subsequently, the master plan of the jihadists of the BNP – Jamat-Shibir's 18-party alliance and the Hefajot-e-Islam for launching an Islamic Revolution for toppling Sheikh Hasina's secular government failed totally. Jamat-Shibir needed to dismantle the International War Crime Tribunals where a number of their top leaders including their former and current Amirs, Secretary General,and Nayebe Amirs were being tried, and some had already been given death penalties. These leaders of Jamat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatro Shibir committed crimes against humanity and all sorts of criminal acts carried out throughout the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. They want to get their acused leaders free and released unconditionally.
A few leaders of Hefajote and Jamat-e-Islami are also refugees from Afghanistan and Pakistan. They headed off to Afghanistan and Pakistan as volunteers, joined the Al-Qaida, and met with Osama Bin Laden and other Al-Qaida leaders. They went there to become Taliban and received political, religious and arms training there. They returned to Bangladesh and joined the prohibited Islamic terrorist under ground forces such as Hizbul Tahir, Hizbat Ul Jihad (HUJI), JMB, JMJB and so on. They imported Taliban-style guerrilla warfare into Bangladesh. Thus, they subtly upheld their relations with the Jamat-e-Islam and Hefajot-e-Islam and wanted to start a Taliban-style armed Islamic insurgency in Bangladesh. Fortunately, the Great Almighty Allah has given Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina enough strength and moral courage to save Bangladesh from the so-called Islamic Jihadists.
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