
Govt hatches plot to crackdown on Islamic forces: Nizami
Friday, 12 March 2010
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami Thursday said the government moves since the tragic killing at Rajshahi University proved that it was a well-thought out plan to create ground for crackdown on the Islamic forces, reports UNB.
"Rajshahi University incident was a pre-planned move of the government to create ground for launching crackdown on the Islamic forces," he told the news agency at his office.
Nizami sharply reacted to what he said squeeing a confessional statement from a Shibir worker under police custody in the face of repression implicating him and other senior Jamaat leaders in the Rajshahi incident.
"This is a sheer violation of the constitution, law and humanity. I consider it as a heinous act and a signal of a deep-rooted conspiracy," he said.
The Jamaat Ameer said the Prime Minister must not have forgotten that two top leaders of her own party were forced to make statements against her under police remand during the past military-backed caretaker government.
Asked about the trial of war criminals of 1971, Nizami said it is an issue that has been settled by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. To reopen the issue after the lapse of 38 years only reflects the government's 'vile attempt' to hurt its political opponents.
He said the post-independence Awami League government during 1972-75 could not file a single GD against those persons the government is now trying to implicate in the war crimes charges.
Nizami said any trial based on false story, false complainant and false evidence would be the worst falsehoods of history. If any people committed crimes against humanity, what laws debarred the then Awami League government from trying those people?
"It would be a complete political vendetta, and vendetta breeds vendetta," he said.
Referring to a threat from a 14-party rally to eliminate the Jamaat-Shibir after holding the trial of war criminals, Nizami said Jamaat and Shibir have no politics other than the ideology of Quran and Sunnah. "Elimination of Jamaat-Shibir means elimination of politics based on the Quran and the Sunnah."
Asked if he apprehends repercussions in political arena if the government moves ahead with the war crimes trial, he said repercussion is quite obvious when innocent people are harassed in false and fabricated cases. "We've not disturbed the situation, we've not gone for any hartal but the government itself is creating unstable situation."
Asked if the holding of war crimes trial would affect bilateral ties between Bangladesh and the Muslim world, the Jamaat chief declined to comment. However, he said that any trial based on false case and false evidence after 38 years would not only be acceptable to the Muslim world but also to those who believe in the rule of law and of humanity.
"Rajshahi University incident was a pre-planned move of the government to create ground for launching crackdown on the Islamic forces," he told the news agency at his office.
Nizami sharply reacted to what he said squeeing a confessional statement from a Shibir worker under police custody in the face of repression implicating him and other senior Jamaat leaders in the Rajshahi incident.
"This is a sheer violation of the constitution, law and humanity. I consider it as a heinous act and a signal of a deep-rooted conspiracy," he said.
The Jamaat Ameer said the Prime Minister must not have forgotten that two top leaders of her own party were forced to make statements against her under police remand during the past military-backed caretaker government.
Asked about the trial of war criminals of 1971, Nizami said it is an issue that has been settled by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. To reopen the issue after the lapse of 38 years only reflects the government's 'vile attempt' to hurt its political opponents.
He said the post-independence Awami League government during 1972-75 could not file a single GD against those persons the government is now trying to implicate in the war crimes charges.
Nizami said any trial based on false story, false complainant and false evidence would be the worst falsehoods of history. If any people committed crimes against humanity, what laws debarred the then Awami League government from trying those people?
"It would be a complete political vendetta, and vendetta breeds vendetta," he said.
Referring to a threat from a 14-party rally to eliminate the Jamaat-Shibir after holding the trial of war criminals, Nizami said Jamaat and Shibir have no politics other than the ideology of Quran and Sunnah. "Elimination of Jamaat-Shibir means elimination of politics based on the Quran and the Sunnah."
Asked if he apprehends repercussions in political arena if the government moves ahead with the war crimes trial, he said repercussion is quite obvious when innocent people are harassed in false and fabricated cases. "We've not disturbed the situation, we've not gone for any hartal but the government itself is creating unstable situation."
Asked if the holding of war crimes trial would affect bilateral ties between Bangladesh and the Muslim world, the Jamaat chief declined to comment. However, he said that any trial based on false case and false evidence after 38 years would not only be acceptable to the Muslim world but also to those who believe in the rule of law and of humanity.