Jamat-e-Islami
and Islamic Militancy in Bangladesh
Shahriar
Kabir
Year
2005 marks the emergence of Islamic militancy in Bangladesh for the first time
in the
nation’s history since its independence. Communalism and religious
fundamentalism have
always existed in Bangladesh in one form or another, but never before have we witnessed
the suicide bombing that has of late rocked the nation.
Islamic
fundamentalism had been imported to Bangladesh from Saudi Arabia by the followers
of Wahabism around two hundred years ago. During the British colonial
period, the Wahabis
led by one Syed Ahmed declared India ‘Darul Harb’ and locked
themselves in a war against
the Shikhs in Punjab and against the British everywhere else in a bid to
establish the ‘Darul
Harb’ brand of Islam. Theologically speaking, their views about Islam were
utterly timeworn
and conservative.
The
brand of Islam that had been preached by the Sufis in this part of the globe
was by and
large liberal. The Sufis were very tolerant towards other faiths and adopted
certain elements
from Hinduism, Buddhism and the local culture, which helped spread Islam all
over India.
The Wahabis’ object was to mingle Islam with politics and state activities on
the pretext
of Islam being ‘the complete code of life’. In radically rectifying Islam, the
Wahabis set
themselves apart from the mainstream Muslims. The Sufis always put greater
emphasis on the
philosophy and spirit of Islam than on its regulations. There were numerous
Sufis who
would
not even pray five times a day but would totally submit themselves to God in prolonged
sessions of meditation. They never used religion for worldly gains. The
Wahabis’ stance
is exactly the opposite. With a view to grabbing state power, they have always
used Islam
as a tool for fighting, killing and torturing.
The
brand of Islam that has been preached by the founder of Jamat-e-Islami, Maulana Moududi,
following the model of the architect of the so-called ‘Islamic Brotherhood’,
Hasan Banna
of Egypt, has nothing to do with the true spirit of Islam. Moududi’s Islam is
literally same
as the Wahabis’ political Islam. Rejecting the values of democracy, Moududi
embraced fascism
as his core ideology.
Wahabi
Islam has evolved through Moududi’s brand of Islam, otherwise known as Moududism,
for the last seven decades in India. Moududi has made Islam a bit flexible for the
sake of politics. Growing beards is not mandatory for his followers who include
among others Jamat-e-Islami men. Despite regarding female leadership as
illegitimate, Moududi was never ashamed of seeking votes for Fatema Jinnah
during the presidential election of Pakistan in the mid 60’s. Likewise, his
followers in Bangladesh – Golam Azam, Nizami et al – have used Khaleda Zia and
accepted her leadership to accomplish their mission of turning Bangladesh into
an Islamic theocracy.
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In
the parliamentary election of 1 October 2001, Jamat-e-Islami and Islamic Oikkyo
Jote (IOJ) bagged 17 and 2 seats respectively with support from BNP and other
members of the alliance. In the ’96 general election, Jamat-e-Islami got 3
seats only. Though Jamat-e-Islami and communist parties are poles apart with
regard to their ideologies, they have a lot in common too. The party structure
of Jamat-e-Islami is akin to that of communist parties during Stalin’s period.
Communist parties back in those days might have had different names in
different countries, but they all had a Commintern or Comminform (central
body) and so does Jamat-e-Islami. Communist party is basically a cadre-based
party; one has to pass tests to become a member of the party. Jamat-e-Islami
also follows a similar procedure. Anyone can walk into or out of BNP and Awami
League but Jamat-e-Islami does not provide such easy access. It is pretty
difficult to join Jamat-e-Islami and even more difficult to quit it. Like communist
parties, Jamat-e-Islami has a two-tier organizational structure – open and clandestine.
During the post- liberation period, Jamat-e-Islami could not openly carry out
any
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organizational
activities due to a constitutional bar, but their clandestine activities went
on. After the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with his
family members in 1975, General Ziaur Rahman came to power and lifted the ban
on religion based politics thereby paving the way for Jamat-e-Islami to indulge
in open politics in this land. Despite its open politics, Jamat-e-Islami never
stopped its underground activities. The sister concerns of Jamat-e-Islami that
are openly operated include a students’ forum called Shibir, Farmers’ Welfare
Association, Dhaka Cultural Centre, Uccharon Artistes Association, Islamic
Welfare Society and Simoom Artistes Association. The clandestine but parallel outfits
that are part of Jamat-e-Islami’s organizational structure include Harkatul
Jihad, Jamatul Mujahideen, Jagroto Muslim Janata and so on. They are operating
in the same manner as they did during the liberation war in 1971 under
different nomenclatures e.g. Rajakar, Al Badr, Al Shams and so on. In 2001,
before Jamat-e-Islami and IOJ joined the ruling alliance, we knew of only three
terrorist Islamic organizations whose activities were largely surreptitious.
Among them Harkatul Jihad al-Islami or HUJI is worth noting. HUJI’s roots are
spread outside Bangladesh – in India, Pakistan, Burma and many other Middle
Eastern countries. HUJI was founded in Pakistan in 1980; it was created mainly
to fight Soviet aggression in Afghanistan. Two of the Pakistani Wahabi groups,
namely Jamiatul Olamaye Islam and Tabligue Jamat, crafted this organization.
When General Ziaul Haque of Pakistan took CIA’s help and recruited Taliban,
HUJI came into limelight. Initially, HUJI would recruit Mujaheeds (holy
warriors) for Afghanistan’s Hijbe Islami (Younus Khalid). Later they were recognized
by al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. With financial assistance from bin Laden, they
created an underground organization in Bangladesh in 1992. Young followers of
Jamat- Shibir joined the terrorist outfit with overwhelming zeal and
enthusiasm. In the same year, eminent writer Jahanara Imam, mother of a martyr
of the liberation war initiated a movement for banning Jamat-e-Islami’s
communal politics and for trying the war criminals of 1971. In countering the
movement, Jamat-e-Islami had to seek help from the underground
organization.
With
blessings from Jamat-e-Islami and other communalist political parties, HUJI
started its activities in Bangladesh. Of all the militant outfits in the
country, HUJI is the strongest and most organized. HUJI’s founders in
Bangladesh were Amir Shawkat Osman, A K A Sheikh Farid and General Secretary
Imtiaz Quddus. HUJI received financial support from Pakistani intelligence
agency ISI apart from bin Laden. HUJI made its first appearance in Bangladesh
through a plot to kill renowned poet Shamsur Rahman. On 18 January 1999, a
group of terrorists from this outfit entered the poet’s house and made an
attempt on his life with Chinese axes. The poet’s family members bravely
thwarted the attempt and the poet was saved though his wife and daughter were
severely
injured. With the help of neighbors, three of the terrorists were caught and
handed over to the police. Based on their testimony, the police arrested a few
more people, two of whom were foreigners – one from Pakistan and the other from
South Africa. Subsequently, HUJI activists bombed the Udichee (a cultural
organization) conference in Jessore, planted bombs at the meeting venue of
former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Kotalipara, and attacked with bombs a
church at Baniyarchar, CPB’s public meeting at Paltan and Chayanot’s (a
cultural organization) program during Bengali New Year celebration. In these
incidents, HUJI’s name repeatedly came in the news. Those HUJI members who have
so far been arrested have never really hidden their identities despite the fact
that leaders of Jamat-e-Islami have always denied the involvement of HUJI in
all those incidents. Jamat chief Nizami has mockingly said that HUJI was born
at the residence of poet Shamsur Rahman.
A
lot of research reports and articles regarding HUJI’s clandestine network have
appeared in newspapers since the third year of the alliance government’s sail
to power. According to testimonies provided by the two foreign HUJI members, a
sum of TK 20 million was provided by bin Laden. The money was distributed among
427 madrasas (religious seminaries) for the recruitment of Taliban from
Bangladesh.
Ahmed
Sadik – the South African arrestee – told the police that he had been a close
aide to al-Qaeda supremo Osama bin Laden. The HUJI members who were caught from
poet Shamsur Rahman’s residence divulged to the police terrifying information
regarding their group’s network and international connections. Their
testimonies led to the arrest of as many as 48 militants in 1999.
The
Indian Daily Telegraph has published an investigative report stating that HUJI
was recruiting Bangladeshi young men to send for jihad to Kashmir and
Afghanistan. Once recruited, they were sent to Pakistan and Afghanistan for
training. The report puts the number of Mujahideens at more than 100,000 in
Afghanistan alone. In mid 1999, a clandestine meeting of HUJI was intercepted
by the local police in Cox’s Bazar. The meeting resolved that HUJI would
recruit 5,000 members from Bangladeshi madrasas and 10,000 from the Rohingya
(Burmese refugee) community. The meeting was attended by among others Imtiaz
Quddus and Maulana Abdul Qader Mollah, Chairman of the Muslim Liberation Front
of Myanmar.
The
meeting also resolved that every Muslim individual in Kashmir should join jihad
for the sake of independence of the state. The members invited all the Muslims
of the world to take part in jihad. According to the government’s intelligence
agencies, members recruited from madrasas and from the Rohingya community were
sent to Pakistan and Afghanistan for training purposes within one month of the
said meeting. (The Telegraph Kolkata, 7 July 1999) According to the then
government’s estimates, HUJI recruited around 25,000 members. Later, during the
alliance government’s tenure dozens of Islamic extremist organizations sprouted
across the country with the direct support of Jamat-e-Islami and IOJ.
Notwithstanding
the fact that Jamat has categorically denied its connection with any terrorist
outfits or for that matter with notorious extremist Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla
Bhai, scores of investigative reports and articles appearing in the press have
linked Jamat with such organizations and individuals. Different newspapers
published photographic interviews of Bangla Bhai. Newspapers also published his
pictures with Jamat leaders and the government declared a reward of five
million takas for any assistance leading to the arrest of Bangla Bhai. Even so,
Jamat kept on denying the existence of Bangla Bhai. The party has rather
invented a
conspiracy
of Awami League and India behind all this. One of the main characteristic features
of the fundamentalist party is that it shamelessly lies all the time. During
the Khaleda-Nizami regime, we collected names of about 100 militant organizations
from different newspapers until 10 August 2006. Of them, some are only paper-based
organizations. On the other hand, names of some other organizations do not appear
in newspapers anymore. Although Jamat-e-Islami has no direct link with all
these 100 militant organizations, they have a lot in common when it comes to
their ideologies.
Remarkably,
Hizbut Tahrir – another extremist group – has differences with Jamat. Hizbut
Tahrir has a much bigger international network than Harkatul Jihad. The party
is working for the establishment of Islamic Sharia Law in particula r Muslim-
majority states. Jamat-e-Islami never talks about Khilafat states but the kind
of theocratic states the party talks about is ideologically akin to Khilafat
states. Stalwarts of all these parties are unanimous in demanding exemplary
punishment for such celebrated humanists as Dr. Ahmed Sharif, Professor Kabir
Chowdhury, poet Shamsur Rahman, Professor Humayun Azad and writer Taslima
Nasreen after branding them as ‘Murtad’(a person eligible to be killed). They also
agitate in support of the demand that the Ahmadiya Muslim community be declared
‘non-Muslim’. Nor do they have any conflict in establishing Sharia Law.
Conflict arises only when it comes to their sail to power. There are
differences between Jamat-e-Islami and IOJ as far as explanations of the Quran
and Hadith are concerned, but there is little or no disagreement at all when it
comes to using Islam as a tool to abuse people’s religious sentiment to grab
state power.
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Ever
since coming to power, Jamat-e-Islami has categorically denied the existence of
al- Qaeda network in Bangladesh and for that matter the existence of any other
militant groups.
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Al-Qaeda
is a political party led by Mollah Omar in Afghanistan. Apart from Mollah
Omar’s
al-Qaeda,
there were other Islamic extremist groups that took part in jihad against the
Sovietbacked
Najibullah’s
government. Notable among them are Jamat-e-Islami, Hizb-e-Islami
(two
groups – one led by Gulbuddin Hekmatiar and the other by Younus Khalis),
Harkat-
Inqilabi-Islami,
Mohaj-Milli-Islami and Ittehad-e-Islami.
After
the fall of Najibullah’s government, conflicts of interest arose among the
parties over the ownership of drugs and arms smuggling and yet they were
unanimous in establishing a Sharia-based state. Most of the militant groups
that have been discovered so far are operating underground and we have a list
of 87 groups. If Jamat-e-Islami and other likeminded organizations are added to
the list, the number will be no fewer than 100. No other Muslim country can
boast of such a large number of militant groups; not even Pakistan or Afghanistan
– the well-known breeding grounds for Islamic fanaticism. What explains this is
the fact that Jamat-e-Islami has become a partner of the ruling party only in
Bangladesh. Even in Afghanistan, Jamat-e-Islami’s partner organization could go
to power but could not hold on to it for long. Although Jamat-e-Islami is part
of the coalition government in the North West in Pakistan, the party comprises
opposition in the center.
In
order to topple the pro-Soviet Najibullah go vernment United States created
demon of Frankenstein in the name of Taliban. The US administration could never
imagine that their policy in Afghanistan would backfire in a matter of hardly a
decade’s time. Like an expert gambler, the United States put in place puppet
fights. Sometimes it got Gulbuddin Hekmatiar to fight against Borhanuddin
Rabbani; sometimes, Mollah Omar against Hekmatiar and then it ditched all of
them and picked Hamid Karzai and put him in power. Our alliance government was
playing ‘Tom and Jerry’ game with Bangla Bhai in the same manner as the United
States is playing with Mollah Omar and bin Laden. Leaders of the Khaleda-Nizami
alliance government once said it was a matter of time to arrest notorious
extremists Bangla Bhai and Shayekh Rahman. We always believed that they would
be nabbed anytime the government wanted to, as their whereabouts were very much
known to the government. It is very unfortunate that Khaleda Zia has no idea
about how her alliance with Jamat-e- Islami would eventually boomerang and
would put her into trouble. The Daily Bhorer Kagoj of 17 January 2006 carried a
front-page report under the banner headline ‘Grenades recovered from
Satkhira meant to be blasted at PM’s meeting, says arrested JMB militant Quddus’.
The prime minister’s scheduled meeting in Satkhira had to be cancelled due to bombs
discovered at the place of local Jamat-e-Islami leader Younus Mollah. Secret
agents had prior information of likely attacks on prime minister’s meeting. The
police arrested Abdullah, son of local Jamat leader Younus Mollah, and Ruhul
Quddus in connection with the plot.
Quddus
admitted that he had been given two grenades to attack the prime minister’s
meeting.
As usual, local Jamat-e-Islami leaders have denied involvement of any of their
members
in the plot despite the fact that Younus Mollah is still a fugitive and the
police could
not
nab him as of today.
True,
the government has banned four extremist organizations* mainly
because of
pressures
from the West. Even banning all the 100 militant organizations would not make a
difference
as long as Jamat-e-Islami and IOJ are in power and/or in control of
administration.
Since
coming to power, Jamat-e-Islami has made all-out efforts to destroy everything
that has
anything
to do with the liberation war in order to avenge their humiliating defeat in
1971. The
* Four
party alliance government first banned ‘Shahadat-Al Hiqma’, based in northern
part of Bangladesh on 9
February
2002. ‘Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh’ (JMJB) and ‘Jamatul Mujahidin
Bangldesh’ (JMB) was
banned
on 9 February 2005. ‘Harkat-ul Jihad of Bangladesh’ (HUJI B) was banned 16
October 2005.
One
of the top leader of JMB Azizul Bari Mintu, who was arrested in connection of
500 bomb blast of 17
August
2005 said, ‘Harkatul Jihad’ was transformed into ‘Jamatul Mujahidin’ in 2003.
But Jamat-e Islami
always
propagated that there is no existence of JMB or HUJI. On 11 September 2005
Jamat lawmaker Riasat
Ali
Biswas said in the parliament, in order to identify Bangladesh as an Islamic
country a vested political
group
and India are always blaming Bangladesh for providing military training to JMB
and HUJI. These are
all
false and baseless propaganda. (Daily Star, 18 October 2005)
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party
has already established its influence at every tier of the administration. In
the last five
years,
it has marginalized BNP in both civil and military administrations. The student
wing of
Jamat-e-Islami
has reduced that of BNP to a mere puppet organization on the campuses of the
University
of Rajshahi and the University of Chittagong. The University of Dhaka too is
all
set
to be invaded by the student wing of Jamat.
With
the BNP-led alliance government being humiliated on the issue of militancy,
killings
and terrorism, Jamat-e-Islami is thriving on many counts. The party has
categorically
denied
its connection with militant groups. Therefore, it remains for BNP to be blamed
for all
these
things.
The
26 October 2005 issue of the Daily ‘Sangbad’ published a photographic report
depicting
Jamat-e-Islami’s connection with Afghan militancy. The report titled ‘Jamat’s
Afghan
connection’ carried a photograph of Jamat leader and parliamentarian Maolana
Sobhan
along with Hekmatiar. Maolana Sobhan had had a meeting with Hekmatiar
somewhere
in Peshawar, Pakistan.
To
any Islamic extremist groups in Bangladesh, the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
comprises
an
example of an ideal state. The 7 November 2005 issue of the Daily Star
published an
investigative
report by Julfikar Manik establishing IOJ’s connection with al-Qaeda with
ample
evidence. Inspired by the Islamic Revolution of Mollah Omar, the
Bangladeshi
Talibans
published a bulletin under the same nomenclature in August 1998. The bulletin
published
an interview of extremist leader Maolana Habibur Rahman from Sylhet who gave
an
overview of his visit to Afghanistan along with other IOJ stalwarts, his
meeting with bin
Laden
and participation in the war against the erstwhile Soviet Union. In March 1998
a ninemember
delegation
led by IOJ leader Shaikhul Hadith Azizul Haq visited Afghanistan at the
invitation
of Harkatul Jihad. The delegation also included former Member of Parliament and
BNP
leader Maolana Ataur Rahman.
Both
Jamat-e-Islami and IOJ have repeatedly affirmed that they do not approve of
fundamentalism
and militancy and nor do they have links with any militant organizations.
However,
that they had met with extremists like Gulbuddin Hekmatiar is an established
fact.
It
appears that they have mastered the art of lying and no one – not even the
‘Satan’ (Koranic
devil)
– can beat them when it comes to lying.
After
their arrest on 13 December 2005, two leaders of the outlawed extremist
organization
JMB – namely Javed Iqbal and Naimuzzaman, divisional commander for
Chittagong
and district commander for Cox’s Bazar – told journalists in presence of Rapid
Action
Battalion (RAB) personnel that reading books authored by alliance leader
Maolana
Delwar
Hussain Sayeedee was mandatory for every JMB member. (The Daily Bhorer Kagoj,
19
January 2003) Accordingly, lots of Jamati literature and audio speeches by
Sayeedee were
seized
from their den.
In
2003, a huge stack of books and documents of Jamat-e-Islami was seized from the
house
of a JMB member at Khetlal, Joypurhat. In the wake of the countrywide bomb
blasts
on
17 August 2005, the police nabbed a large number of JMB men who had claimed the
responsibility
of the attack. The police searched their dens and recovered piles of
provocative
write-ups
by Jamat-e-Islami leaders motivating people to join jihad. In almost all his
speeches,
Maolana Sayeedee spreads hatred and vendetta against the West and those who
subscribe
to dissimilar ideologies and prompts his followers to annihilate those who
contradict
Jamat’s philosophy. And it is mandatory on the part of JMB extremists to read
books
written by this fanatic politico-religious leader.
For
obvious reasons, the police made no mention of any Jamat-e-Islami- related books
or
documents
in their list of recovered materials. The 19 January 2006 issue of the Daily
Bhorer
Kagoj
carried a color picture showing a pile of Jamat-e-Islami- related materials
recovered
from
the dens of the arrested militants. The police are well aware of the influence
of Jamat-e-
Islami
and of the fact that no militants can be arrested without a green signal coming
from
this
party. More than 1,000 militants were arrested across the country in the wake
of the 17
August
bomb blasts. Whoever of them had any overt or covert links with Jamat-e-Islami
or
its
student wing Shibir was released from the police custody without any delay.
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As
long as Jamat-e-Islami continues to be in power, militancy can no way be
eradicated
from
the soil of Bangladesh. It should not come as a surprise even if the likes of
Bangla Bhai
and
Shayekh Rahman are put to the so-called ‘crossfire’ (i.e. deliberately killed
in
RAB/police
firing). Their godfathers – the Nizami-Aminee-Sayeedee gang – shall remain
behind
the scene, untouched, unscathed. Therefore, no amount of arrest or trial is
going to
end
militancy so long as the real godfathers manage to go scot-free.
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We
usually tend to attribute the alarming rise in militant fundamentalism in Bangladesh
to
ignorance
and abject pove rty among the general populace. There is no denying the fact
that
fundamentalism
feeds on ignorance and poverty. Ignorance begets fear, lack of judgment,
intolerance,
cowardice and faith-based, unscientific beliefs. Ignorant people can be misled
quite
easily, and people who live in a perpetual state of poverty understandably turn
to faith.
Marxism
gives a scientific explanation for the cause of poverty. After the fall of the
socialist
camp
in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union, it became extremely difficult for the
socialist and
communist
powers in impoverished countries to fight extreme poverty. The ideal weapon to
fight
the discriminatory capitalist society was effectively trimmed down and the
failure to
elucidate
the justification of Marxism for that particular era left a tremendous vacuum
in the
intellectual
world, that has been fully exploited by the American imperialists through
nourishing
Islamic fundamentalism. Furthermore, the decline and division of the leftist
groups
has paved the way for fundamentalism to spread at unthinkable rates.
The
socialist government in Afghanistan led by Najibullah, a Soviet supporter, was
ousted
by the Americans who used the Wahabis for this purpose. In madrasas in
Pakistan, the
Taliban
were ingrained with the idea of politicizing Islam and were also provided with
necessary
arms and ammunitions with hard cash to go for jihad against Najibullah’s forces
and
his Soviet allies. The way America created such veritable demon of Frankenstein
has
been
documented in great detail both in America and in Pakistan. After the eventual
withdrawal
of Soviet troops from Afghanistan and the fall of Najibullah’s government,
Saudi
Arabia,
one of the followers of the Americans, stepped up efforts to promote the growth
of
the
Wahabis in Bangladesh as well as in other countries worldwide. In
Muslim-majority
countries,
their followers were provided with funds and arms. In this respect, the Saudis
received
considerable support from the Americans.
Political
parties with a Wahabi-leaning have long operated in Asia and Africa with the
backing
of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. In India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, they operate
as
‘Jamat-e-Islami’,
in Africa as ‘Islamic Brotherhood’, in Malaysia and Indonesia as ‘Jamaa-al-
Islam’
and in Central Asia as ‘Islamic Movement’. In Bangladesh many militant
fundamentalist
groups and factions function under the umbrella of Jamat-e-Islami. Similarly,
‘Islamic
Brotherhood’ and ‘Islamic Movement’ in several countries in Africa and Asia
also
have
spread their network through such groups. When one faction is attacked, it
either
retreats
or reveals itself in the guise of different organizations, or sometimes a new
leader
emerges.
For instance, Shayekh Abdur Rahman and Bangla Bhai had been active in
Bangladesh
for quite a long time. But only in 2004 did they surface as ‘Jagrata Muslim
Janata
Bangladesh’.
Prior to this, they were linked with ‘Jamatul Mujahideen’, ‘Ahle Hadith’
,‘Harkatul
Jihad’ and Jamat-e-Islami, and their activities were covert in nature.
Many
socialist revolutions in different countries have failed in the past due to
internal
disputes.
At the same time, the role of super powers such as the United States also
cannot be
ignored.
After being ditched in Vietnam, the Americans have renewed their campaign to
suppress
socialist revolutions in economically backward countries in Asia, Africa and
Latin
America.
They duly realized that if the poor become poorer in those countries, these
poor
people
would eventually be driven towards a revolution. In order to prevent such
political
uprisings,
the Americans introduced the new concept of NGOs in these countries with
different
economic programs. Such NGOs recruited workers from among people who were
wronged
by the socialists and communists. In Bangladesh, over 10 thousand NGOs were set
up
in rural areas. While this succeeded in suppressing socialist movements, it
also created
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opportunities
for women to become economically active, though on a limited scale. Such
empowerment
of women, which enabled them to defy the norms of a patriarchal society,
began
to offend the fundamentalists.
Taking
cue from these NGOs, Jamat-e-Islami, after coming to power, started founding
numerous
Islamic NGOs all over the country with the objective of spreading their ideals.
These
NGOs get their funds mainly from the Middle East.* However,
many of the Islamic
NGOs
also get funding from the West. Despite sprouting all over the country, the
Jamat
NGOs
remained opposed to the social and economic empowerment of women as a result of
the
Wahabi influence. Jamat-e-Islami and its allies have frequently attacked those
NGOs that
support
the cause of women. Besides, they have issued fatwas (religious edicts)
regarding
women
empowerment. Unable to bear the humiliation, quite a few of the victimized
women
have
taken their own lives. In January 2001, a High Court bench passed a historical
motion
declaring
fatwas illegal. The very next day, IOJ and alliance leader Mufti Amini
openly
censured
the two judges who passed the motion and said the use of fatwa would
continue in
Bangladesh
regardless of the verdict.
The
Americans had used both the Taliban and NGOs to counter the communists in
different
countries, and had mostly succeeded. This is why there was hardly any
opposition
from
the BNP-led alliance when the Americans attacked Afghanistan and Iraq. True,
there
were
some protests from the fundamentalists who did not belong to the alliance.
However,
none
of them went to participate in jihad against the Americans, neither in Iraq nor
in
Afghanistan.
Jamat-e-Islami
and its allies, with financial assistance from different Middle Eastern
Islamic
NGOs, have spread their roots far and wide. The main activities of these
Islamic
NGOs
include setting up of mosques, madrasas and other Islamic institutions, all of
which
preach
Wahabism. With the promise of monetary benefits, many poor students from
Bangladeshi
madrasas have been recruited by Jamat and its allies for jihad in places such
as
Afghanistan,
Kashmir, Palestine, Bosnia and Chechnya. These youths, blinded by their cause
and
enticed with the promise of wealth in this life and in heaven in the afterlife,
have fought
and
died in far corners of the world, which their parents may never find out.
Several militants
who
were arrested in the wake of the 17 August countrywide bomb blasts narrated
their
personal
experiences of jihad in other countries.
After
the Soviets retreated from Afghanistan, there were almost four hundred thousand
Taliban
militants without any work. In Pakistan, the state of law and order became a
threat to
them,
so they were sent away to Kashmir to fight and to Bangladesh to train
Bangladeshi
militants.
After the Americans invaded Afghanistan, it became exceedingly difficult for
the
Taliban
to continue training in Pakistan due largely to the American military presence
over
there.
While it is true that the Pakistani president General Musharraf was pressurized
by the
Americans
to crack down on militants, Pakistan still has not refrained from exporting
these
extremists
for jihad to India and Bangladesh. After the 17 August bomb blasts, our
intelligence
agencies questioned some of the arrested militants and learnt how many of the
* Recently
the Asia Times Online has disclosed that at least 10 Islamic NGOs are
channeling funds to various
Islamist
extremist outfits in Bangladesh. Quoting the Intelligence agencies, the Asia
Times said, ‘while the
bombs
of August 17 did not signal any great technical expertise¾ they were crude, homemade bombs¾ the
geographic
spread of the operation signaled that a well-established terror network was
behind the violence.
The
investigative report said “The serial blasts forced the Bangladesh government,
which has for years been
denying
that Islamist extremists are present and active in the country, to admit the
involvement of Islamists
in
the violence.
Quoting
“a report prepared by Bangladeshi intelligence agencies”, the Asia Times said,
it has “confirmed
long-suspected
links between Islamic NGOs and the mounting extremist violence in the country.”
“The
report, which was prepared after a six-month investigation into the working of
Islamic NGOs, named 10
NGOs
with links to extremist activity. The NGOs are the Revival of Islamic Heritage
Society (RIHS), Rabita
Al-Alam
Al-Islami, Society of Social Reforms, Qatar Charitable Society, Al-Muntada
Al-Islami, Islamic
Relief
Agency, Al-Forkan Foundation, International Relief Organization, Kuwait Joint
Relief Committee and
the
Muslim Aid Bangladesh”, said the Asia Times. (Quoted in SAN-Feature Service,
October 2, 2005)
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Taliban,
who originated from several countries including Pakistan and who had fought in
Afghanistan,
have conducted training sessions in Bangladeshi madrasas.
5
By
virtue of their presence in the government, Jamat people have engaged
themselves in
transparent
as well as clandestine activities that are rapidly taking Bangladesh back to
the
middle
ages. Darkness, ignorance, unscientific beliefs, intolerance, cruelty,
superstition and
terrorism
are only a few words that can be used to describe these fundamentalists. The
growth
of
fundamentalism and the decline of civility are plagues that destroy the
collective
conscience
and transform people into mindless beasts. The fundamentalists in Bangladesh
are
advancing
towards their ultimate goal with frightful ease.
It
is imperative to resist fundamentalism from all fronts, most importantly from
the
political
front. Without a secular democracy it is virtually impossible to thwart
fundamentalism.
All the political parties in Bangladesh that claim to be secular and
democratic
have hardly demonstrated these qualities. The very Awami League that led the
liberation
war and created such an extraordinary Constitution of ’72 now has leaders who
feel
distinctly
uncomfortable when it comes to uttering anything that sounds neutral from a
religious
standpoint. Top leaders of some leftist parties, even after singling out the
anti-social
elements
of Islamic fundamentalism, have termed jihad as merely a class struggle.
We
know that the people of Bangladesh are not fundamentalists, nor do they approve
of
the
politicization of religion. However, they can never take a collective stand
against
fundamentalism
until and unless the political leaders rise to the occasion. The 23-point
action
plan
adopted by the 14-party alliance in order to oust the partisan Khaleda-Nizami
alliance
fails
to address the reinstatement of the Constitution of ’72.
The
growth of fundamentalism in Bangladesh played an active part in the creation of
the
Constitution
of ’72, which championed religious neutrality and banned the floating of
political
parties on religious grounds. After the assassination of Bangabondhu Sheikh
Mujibur
Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh and his four colleagues who led the
liberation
war, General Ziaur Rahman and General Ershad amended the Constitution. In the
amended
Constitution, secularism and progressive Bengali nationalism was wiped out,
‘Bismillah…’
was added at the beginning and Islam was declared the ‘state religion’.
Furthermore,
it adopted, ‘absolute trust and faith in the Almighty Allah’ as the fundamental
principle
of the state policy. This tainted Constitution has played a definitive role in
the rise
of
political Islam and Islamic militancy as well as violation of human rights in
Bangladesh.
The
secular democratic forces of Bangladesh first need to be united with regard to
the
Constitution
of ’72. Since Jamat-e Islami has already setup a global ‘Jehadi’ network there
should
a network of secular democratic forces of Muslim majority countries in order to
fight
back
fundamentalism.
November
2006
Appendix-1
Compensation
for the victims of Islamic Militancy and for those arrested on false charges
Text
of the speech by Shahriar Kabir presented at the press conference held at Dhaka
Reporter's Unity
Club
auditorium on 16 March 2006, organized by Nirmul Committee (Forum for Secular
Bangladesh)
Under
the growing consensus and rage among the people as well as pressurefrom the
development
partners
from the west against the Islamic militancy, the incumbent 4 party alliance
Government was
forced
to apprehend Shayakh Abdur Rahman, Bangla Bhai and few other leading members of
'Jamiatul
Mujahidin', 'Harkatul Jihad' and 'Jagroto Muslim Jonota' and to ban the
activities of four
militant
organization. The apprehension of Abdur Rahman-Bangla Bhai-Mufti Hannan et al
evidences
the
falsification of theclaims by the Government,especially by the Amir of
Jamat-e-Islami and minister
of
commerce & industry Motiur Rahman Nizami about the existence of the
afore-said Islamic militant
network
as imaginary, fictitious and creation of media.
The
country acknowledged for the first time about the existence of a big Islamic
militant network
in
1999 when few members of 'Harkatul Zihad' were apprehended in an attempt to
murder the eminent
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poet
Shamsur Rahman. It was published in a leading news paper that 'Harkatul Zihad'
recruited around
25000
militants all over the country. The involvement of Jamaat-e-Islami and some
members of the
incumbent
Government in a series of actions i.e. installing explosive in the then prime
minister Sheikh
Hasina's
meeting, bomb attack in Udichi congregation, Chhayanot gathering, Baniarchar
Church, CPB
meeting,
Cinema Halls, Fairs and later grenade attack at Sheikh Hasina's meeting in
August 21st,
grenade
attack and killing of Ex finance minister and Awami League leader Dr. Kibria,
attack and
killing
of Prof. Humayun Azad, Prof.Mohammod Yunus and so on and so forth was claimed
and was
endeavored
to bring into Government's notice. Instead Government always put the blame onto
the
Awami
League, India and the secularist, progressive intellectuals.
Abdur
Rahman has admitted the responsibility of attacks on poet Shamsur Rahman,
Professor
Humayun
Azad and Professor Mohammad Younus. He also admitted the responsibility of the
other
attacks
on Cinema, Theatre, Mazar (Shrine) and other places. He admitted that on
approval of Jamaate-
Islami
they started the explosive attack all over the country. Abdur Rahman mentioned
the name of
three
cabinet members of BNP, the mayor of the Rajshahi city corporation, members of
the parliament
and
few other Government officials who have cooperated with them. He also mentioned
about their
alliance
with other India, Pakistan and Afghanistan based militant organizations.
During
the interrogation Abdur Rahman also informed about the involvement of Islamic
Bank in
their
monetary transaction. Evidences have been found in support of Rahman's
statement after the
investigation
in different branches of Islamic Bank taken place. In 14th march Islamic Bank,
which is
conducted
by Jamat-e-Islami has been show caused by the Bangladesh Bank for their alleged
involvement
in monetary transaction with Islamic militancy.
Though
the apprehended leading members of JBM along with Abdur Rahman admitted the
responsibility
of all the explosives attack in the past time and revealed the information
about their
domestic
and international network, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is still accusing Awami
League and
India
in her speeches in public meetings for the militancy. We believe such
dissemination of lies
stemming
from the Prime Minister herself may hinder the overall investigation process.
We also
suspect
that if the patrons (names that came out from the apprehended JMB leaders) of
the Islamic
militancy
within the Government are not arrested, they might try to destroy the
evidences/proofs of
their
involvement and thereby impede the normal investigation process. We were
informed from
different
news papers and several other sources that the remnant of the JMB cadres are
still
dominating
and intimidating the general people in different parts in North Bengal. The
victims of JBM
cadres
are still at their mercy and are greatly susceptible to their future potential
attack.
Dears
Friends, Information that we have received about the statements of Abdur Rahman
and
other
leading JMB members in the interrogation through news media this is quite
evident that,
(A)
The investigation process would not be uninterrupted and transparent unless the
chief patrons
of
JBM are not arrested
(B)
As long as the financial sponsor of the Militant organizations such as Islamic
Bank and other
Islamic
NGOs are operational the militant situation will remain as it is.
(C)
If the militant organizations from the neighboring countries continue to pour
money, arms and
ammunitions
into Bangladesh, the strength of Islamic militancy in Bangladesh will keep
rising.
The
victims of the Islamic militancy and their family members are present at
today's press
conference.
The journalists, politicians, professors, those of whom were deliberately
blamed and were
falsely
implicated in several incidents and tortured by the Government out of their
vengeance are also
present
here.On behalf of the conscious citizens of this country we would like to
demand to the
Government
the followings:
(1)
The patrons and collaborators of the militants; ministers, members of the
parliament, district
level
leaders of the BNP-Jamaat alliance, those who are yet not arrested need to be
arrested soon.
(2)
The Government has banned only four militant organizations. We have got to know
from the
reports
of the leading news papers that at least 98 of different sizes militant
organizations are active in
Bangladesh.
Among all these Hizbut Tahrir is the biggest one. They claim that the circumference
of
their
net work permeate in around hundred countries. Though their activities are
banned in Middle
East,
Central Asia and even in Pakistan, they are well organized in Bangladesh and
running their
activities
without any hindrances. The arrested militant leaders also admitted the
involvement of Ahle -
Hadith
with them. We demand the ban of all the activities of Hizbut Tahrir and Ahle
-Hadith and other
militant
organization. At the same time we demand the ban of communal politics of
Jamaat-Shibir, the
originator
of militancy in Bangladesh.
(3)
We demand the ban of all the banks including sharia based Islamic bank run by
Islamic
fundamentalists
and militant organizations. The offic ials of those banks who were involved in
monetary
transactions with the militant group will have to be brought into justice. At
the same time the
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activities
of all the Islamic NGOs who extend financial support to the militant groups for
terrorist
activitie
s will have to shut down.
(4)
The Madrassas that were used as recruiting and training camp of the militants,
the teachers and
the
directors of those Madrassas should also be brought into justice. The Madrassa
education system
needs
reform in its structure and needs to be rearranged in such a way so that they
are not used as
factories
to produce militants any more.
(5)
Those who were the victim of the explosive attack and those who were tortured
and assaulted
by
the Government putting into jails under false implication will have to be
compensated financially
and
the Government should seek apology for denying the existence of the militants
intentionally.
(6)
If the Government is truly eager to investigate the militant issue and to
ensure the transparency
then
the interrogation of the apprehended militant leaders should be dealt under the
supervision of the
United
Nation's International Investigation Team.
To
uproot the regional net work of the militant organizations we believe a
regional consortium
should
be created by Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Myanmar.
We
hope that the Government through meeting our demands will prove that they are
not the patron
of
the militant and are sincere to eradicate terrorist activities of Islamic
militants in Bangladesh.*
Shahriar
Kabir
Acting
President
Forum
for Secular Bangladesh
General
Secretary
South
Asian People's Union Against Fundamentalism & Communalism
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*
The press conference was presided over by Prof. Kabir Chowdhury, while
addressed by the victims
of
the four party alliance govt. include poet Shamsur Rahman, Prof. Muntassir
Mamoon, journalist
Enamul
Haque Chowdhury, Latifa Kohinur (wife of slain writer Prof. Humayun Azad of
Dhaka
University),
Rehana Khatun (wife of slain Prof. Muhammad Younus of Rajshahi Uninersity),
Principal
Motiur Rahman Chowdhury, Abu Abbas (student leader) and Advocate Mahbube Alam,
(president
of Supreme Court Bar Association). More than 60 victims from different parts of
Bangladesh
attended the press conference.
Appendix-2
List
of the Islamic Militant groups of Bangladesh
Following
names appeared in daily new papers on different occasion from 20 January 1999
to
May
2007. In 2003 we found only fifteen names of Islamic militant organizations.
Every year the
number
is increasing. Most of these organizations are underground or semi-underground.
This
list does not include main stream Islamic political parties like
Jamat-e-Islami, Islami Oikyo
Jote,
Isla mic Shashantantrik Andolan, Zaker Party etc. that take part in electerol
process. Students and
other
front organizations, which are officially linked with these parties like
‘Islami Chhatra Shibir’
also
excluded from this list. Some of these organizations are not active anymore.
Some are not
directly
linked with militancy but in favor of introducing Sharia law.
1.
Jamayatul Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB)
2.
Harkatul Jihad al Islami Bangladesh (HUJI B)
3.
Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB)
4.
Al Qaida
5.
Hijbut Thahrir
6.
Hijbut Taohid
7.
Hifajate Khatame Nabuwat
8.
Al Jajira
9.
International Khatme Nabuwat Movement
10.
Amra Dhakabashi
11.
Ahle Hadis Andolan Bangladesh
12.
Jayshe Mostofa
13.
Al Jihad Bangladesh
14.
World Islamic Front for Jihad
15.
Jayshe Mohammed
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16.
Warat Islamic Front
17.
Jamat-as-Sadat
18.
Al Khidmat
19.
Shahadat-e-al Hikma
20.
Al Harat al Islamia
21.
Al Markajul al Islami
22.
Jamayatul Falaiya
23.
Taohidi Janata
24.
Bishwa Islami Front
25.
Jummatul al Sadat
26.
Shahadat-e-Nabuat
27.
Hijbullah Islami Somaj
28.
Muslim Millat Saria Council
29.
Hijbul Mahadi
30.
Bangladesh Santrasbirodhi Dal (Basbid)
31.
Al Islam martyrs’ Brigade
32.
Araakan Rohinga Force
33.
Islamic Solidarity Front
34.
Araakan Peoples Army
35.
Liberation Mayanmar Force
36.
Araakan Mujahid Party
37.
Rohinga Independents Force
38.
Rohinga Independents Army
39.
Rohinga Patriotic Front
40.
Rohinga Solidarity Organaigetion
41.
Rohinga Islamic Front
42.
Jamiatul Ehhia -ut-Turaj
43.
Hayatul Igasa
44.
Satyabad
45.
Ahle Hadis Jubo Sangha
46.
Anjumane Talamije Islamia
47.
Tahfije Harmine Parishad
48.
Aiammah Parished
49.
Al Harmaine
50.
Khedmate Islam
51.
Young Muslim
52.
Islami Jihad Group
53.
Islami Soinnya
54.
Ahale Hadis Tablige Islam
55.
Islahul Muslemin Parishad
56.
Kalemar Jamaat
57.
Far East Islami Sangathan
58.
Al Tanjib
59.
Bangladesh Islam Raksha Parishad
60.
Tanjim Bangladesh
61.
Iktadul Tulah Al Muslemin (ITM)
62.
Amanatul Forkan Al Khayriya
63.
Ibtedatul Al Muslemin (ITM)
64.
United students Association of Arakan Movement (USM)
65.
Lujna Mecca Al Khayeriya
66.
Al Sayeed Mujahid Bahini
67.
Taamir Ud-Deen
68.
Allahr Dal
a)
Allah’r Dal Brigade
b)
Ahsab Bahini (Suicide squad)
c)
Shahid Nasrullah Al Arafat Brigade (Suicide squad)
69.
Al Islami Sanghati Parishad Bangladesh
70.
Arakan Liberation Front (ALF)
71.
Arakan Rohinga National Organization (ARNO)
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72.
Arakan Rohinga Islamic Front (ARIF)
73.
Arakan Liberation Party (ALP)
74.
National United Party of Arakan (NUPA)
75.
Arakan Army (AA)
76.
Democratic Party of Arakan (DPA)
77.
Jamate Mudarressin Bangladesh (JMB)
78.
Islami Prochar Media
79.
Muslim Mujahidin Bangladesh (MMB)
80.
Amirate Din
81.
Islami Liberation Tiger of Bangladesh
82.
Sahaba Sainik Parishad
83.
Islami Biplab Parishad
84.
Al-Islah
85.
Kolemar Daoat
86.
Hikmatul Jihad
87.
Mujahidi Taiab
88.
Mujahedin
89.
Chhatra Jamiyat
90.
Al Harkat Al Islamia
91.
Muslim Raksha Mujahidin Oikya Parishad
92.
Al Hikma
93.
Jamiyatul Islam Mujahid
94.
Jagrata Janata
95.
Jagrata Muslim Bangla
96.
Hijbul Mujahidin
97.
Jamiate Tulaba
98.
Afghani Parishad
99.
Hikmatul Jihad
100.
Mujahidi Tayab
101.
Majlishe Tahaffuze Khatme Nabuwat
102.
Ansarul Moslemin
103.
Lashkar-e Tayaba
104.
Harkat-e-Islam al Jihad
105.
Islami Sacheton Nagarik Andolan
106.
Islami Gana Jagaran Andolan
107.
Islami Khelafat Movement
108.
Islami Gana Sacheton Andolan
109.
Jadid Al Qaida
Appendix-3
Leaflet
of Jamatul Mujahideen issued on 17 August 2005, distributed just after 500 bomb
blast in
Bangladesh
In
the name of Allah the most magnificent and the most kind
On
behalf of the Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh
A
CALL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ISLAMIC LAWS
All
praises be to Allah and all salutations and prayers be for Muhammad (Sm). I
bear witness that
there
is no Allah but Him and Muhammed (Sm) is his apostle. In the holy Quran Allah
has revealed:
No
one but Allah can make laws. (Sura Yusuf- 40)
Hear
ye! It is for Him to create and give orders. (Sura A’araf-54)
To
execute the laws of Allah a group of My creatures will always carry out armed
struggle
(jehad).
They will be harsh on their enemies, who will oppose them but fail to cause
them any harm.
They
will continue to wage the war till the day of resurrection. (Sahi Muslim hadis)
Call
to People
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Assalamu
Alaikum, dear Muslim brothers and sisters of the country, Allah has created us
as his
representative
on earth only so that we serve and worship Him solely. He sent to us His last
messenger
Muhammad (Sm) so that we may learn to avoid Tagut in our belief and action
Allah says,
“I
despatch apostles to all people with the responsibility to ensure devotion to
Allah alone and
rejection
of Tagut.” (Sura Nahl – 36)
If a
human being worships someone other than Allah, serves or owes allegiance to him
or makes
Allah
his partner then such a partner lord is called Tagut. A powerful Tagut is an
oppressive ruler who
alters
Allah’s laws, that is he makes laws approving impiety. For example, he approves
of rape,
interest,
drinking of alcohol and obscenity; or he puts up hindrance to jehad. Similarly
if a ruler
forsaking
Allah’s laws follows laws made by him or other non-believers he is also a
powerful Tagut.
In a
Muslim country there can be no laws other than the laws of Allah. But it is a
matter of great
regret
that in a land inhabited by 90 percent Muslims the laws of Allah are not
enforced in
Bangladesh.
On top of it from the districts to the capital city in the courts of law
justice is dispensed
according
to laws based on a man-made constitution. This constitution has been framed by
some
sinful
learned men. Whereas men should serve Allah and follow His laws they have
instead put
forward
a challenge by framing a constitution of their own.
The
state powers in the country are wielded by a junta inimical to Allah. Because
the process
under
which the head of the state or other rulers are elected is totally
anti-Islamic. The Quran or Hadis
do
not recognize any democratic or socialist system that is enacted by infidels
and non-believers.
These
systems are in direct contravention of Allah’s laws. The laws of the land are
the brain-children
of
infidels, non-believers and Jews precisely to destroy Muslim mores and faith.
It is time for the
Muslims
to stand up and react.
Jamatul
Mujahideen discards the existing judicial system of the country and they stand
for the
demand
for upholding Allah’s laws and faith in Allah. At the same time it rejects the
constitution that
conflicts
with Allah’s laws and calls upon all to abandon the so-called election process
and run the
affairs
of state according to the laws of Allah and the traditions of the prophet. JM
is firmly
committed
to establishing Allah’s Din in this land of Allah. As long as the laws of Allah
are not
enforced,
please cease invoking the courts of Tagut laws. Instead seek solutions to your
legal issues
according
to Allah’s laws from Khatibs (sermomonizers) of mosques, Muhaddeses ( hadis
experts) of
Madrassas
or experienced Alems (learned men). Neglecting the Tagut laws seek justice from
Allah’s
laws.
Allah
has revealed:
“Do
they seek judgment on the basis of laws of Jahiliya (Ignorance)? Is there
anybody other than
Allah
who can resolve issues better? (Sura Maidah – 50).
“Shall
I look for another judge other than Allah?” (Sura Aanam -114)
“Have
not you seen those who claim that they brought faith that was given to them
before? They
want
to establish Tagut although they have been asked to defy Tagut. (Sura Nisa -60)
Call
to Bangladesh Government
Salute
to those who are willing to listen! Once you have been admonished you cannot
turn back to sin
and
darkness. Allah sent his apostle with true faith as a messenger of good news
and warning to
people.
Those who responded to his call, Allah has guided them well. But those who
turned away, the
prophet
fought them. Thereafter they followed Islam willingly or otherwise. Therefore,
Bangladesh
government
is called upon to enforce the laws of Allah. We shall cooperate with you. We
are not after
power.
We want the rule of Allah’s laws and not of Tagut.
The
workers of Jamatul Mujahideen in Bangladesh are soldiers of Allah and they have
taken up
arms
to enforce Allah’s laws as did our prophet, his companions and all fighters of
Islam from time to
time.
Jamatul Mujahideen wants to put an end to irreligious activities and anti
Islamic beliefs and
customs
and secure Allah’s pleasure by firmly establishing Tawhid or faith in one
Allah. This they
believe
will bring in happiness for you in both this life and afterlife.
JM
has asked Bangladesh government twice before through leaflets and publicity
materials to
establish
Islamic rule. Each time the government has arrested their workers but JM did
not retaliate.
This
is the third call of JM for Islamic rule in Bangladesh. This time if the
government does not
establish
Islamic rule and instead arrest Muslims for seeking Allah’s laws and suppresses
ulemas
(learned
in religion) the JM will go into action against concerned people and
authorities.
Call
to the treasury and opposition benches
The
democratic system under the dispensation of infidels divides the nation into
various parties by
creating
treasury and opposition benches. They cause harm to people by hartals and
blockades simply
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for
gaining power. It is within constitutional right to hold people hostage simply
to protest the
misdeeds
of some person or some coterie.
Those
who want to strengthen institutional democracy must give up partisan politics
and
government
as well as opposition parties must join hands to seek relief from Islamic rule.
Abandoning
Tagut
laws they must enforce Islamic laws to get rid of irreligious activities, anti
Islamic beliefs and
customs
and obscenities and allow people to follow Islam properly. If you are afraid of
Bush-Blair
coalition
and do not want to set up Islamic rule you better leave Tagut politics
altogether. Insha Allah
under
coordinated efforts of learned religious scholars and Islamic thinkers and
leaders, the people
will
establish Islamic rule in the country.
Call
to bureaucrats and judicial officers of the government
If
the government does not establish Isla mic rule please desist from
administering Tagut laws and
justice.
By cooperating with establishing the laws of Allah glorify your life with
Allah’s pleasure.
Members
of all law enforcing agencies –Army, BDR, Police, RAB –should be up and doing
in
protecting
Allah’s laws rather than Tagut laws. Do not obey Tagut laws but follow Allah’s
laws. Do
not
fight Allah’s soldiers for Tagut laws. Give up serving Tagut laws and turn into
Allah’s soldiers.
Those
who will not leave Tagut service, Insha Allah action will be taken against them
under Allah’s
laws.
Allah says, “ The believers carry on armed jehad for Allah’s glory while the
infidels fight for
Tagut.
You are bound to fight against the followers of Satan. Verily Satan’s circle is
very weak”
(Sura
Nisa -76)
Call
to Muslim world
In
the world of today George W Bush is the greatest terrorist. He is carrying out
terrorist attack on
Muslims
and trying to take away their faith by imposing infidel’s constitution on
Muslim land. He
wants
to establish the infidel system of democracy all over the world and in the name
of the new
world
order seeks to bring the world under his zone of influence. It is like the wish
of new Ferauun.
But
Allah’s soldiers will not allow this wish to be fulfilled, nor will they allow
the success of the
infidel
concept of democracy. Democracy is a Tagut invention and the most important
weapon for
establishing
Tagut rule. Those who seek to establish Tagut rule are terrorists and
militants. But Allah
says,
“Ye believers, pick up your arms and spread out in separate or joint
formations.
“
(Sura Nisa -71)
We
call upon the world Muslims to compel all your governments to enforce Islamic
rule. In all
Muslim
countries establish Islamic rule through armed jehad and banish Tagut rule.
Leave the United
Nations
of the infidels. Set up a Muslim United Nations and strengthen the followers of
Islam all over.
Warning
to the infidels and non-believers
All
rulers including Bush Blair administrations are hereby warned to give up their
occupation of
Muslim
countries. Do not try any further to patronize Muslim countries. Muslims all
over the world
have
woken up. Please stop persecuting the Muslims or else you will not be safe
anywhere in the
world.
The anti-Islamic NGOs are also being warned to stop their action programmes
directed against
the Muslims
or else Insha Allah they will be completely uprooted.
