----- Original Message ----- From: "Mujibul Alam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:40 PMSubject: JIB Statement
> Jamaat Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed > condemns sector commanders' speeches > > Dhaka: 23 March, 2008 > > Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and former minister > Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed has issued a statement on Sunday, > protesting at the objectionable speeches and derogatory remarks > targeting Jamaat. > > He said, "Bangladesh is an independent country. We feel proud because > we are Bangladeshi. We express gratitude to Allah as we are born in > the country. With genuine honour we venerate the valiant freedom > fighters who fought against occupation forces and won the coveted > independence for us. These proud sons of the soil will be remembered > for ever for their contribution to the country. > > The speeches delivered by leaders of Sector Commanders' Forum and the > tirades launched against Jamaat-e-Islami leaders are nothing new to > the party. For a long time such a speech has often been delivered > either by a section of reformist Awami League leaders or by a section > of leftist leaders like Hasanul Haque Inu and Rashed Khan Menon. > > The sector commanders' national convention on March 21 has unmasked > their real faces. With their demand, banning Jamaat-e-Islami along > with other pro-Islamist parties, the sector commanders have unveiled > their plan and cleared their position. It has become evident that > their main goal is to ban the parties working with Islamic ideals, > particularly Jamaat as it is the biggest Islamic party. It is because > if they succeed to weaken the most popular one (Jamaat), their mission > will be very easy. It has also become clear that they have floated an > organisation after 37 years of independence of the country, aiming at > implementing some agenda of some vested quarters. > > He also said, "We have been observing for a couple of years that some > 'activists' of a certain political party under the banner of Sector > Commanders' Forum have been conspiring to distablise the political > situation of the country by giving objectionable and instigating > speeches. We condemn and protest at their ill-bred remarks. > Historically it is true that architect of our independence and former > president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with family was killed when > Sector Commanders' Forum leaders Major General (Retd) Shafiullah and > Air Vice Marshal (Retd) AK Khandakar were chief of army staff and air > force chief respectively and subsequently they expressed their > allegiance to president Khandakar Mushtaq only to justify Mujib's > killing and also to corroborate their links with the killing. But to > save their skin they become turncoats and got nomination from Awami > League to contest in election earlier and remain still involved with > AL politics. > > Another leader of the Sector Commanders' Forum and also former chief > of army staff Major General (Retd) M Harun-or-Rashid took part in a > procession brought out by Awami Leaguers, flouting the existing laws > of the land. Their another leader, as the president of a communal > organisation, Major General CR Dutt (ousted from army), very often > launches tirade against JIB by making offensive and instigating > speeches and threaten to distablise the country. Another leader of the > forum AK Khandakar, who was a minister of former dictator HM Ershad, > did not file any objection or raise question when he was in the > cabinet. > > Using the banner of sector commanders' forum they are launching > attack, thanks to information terrorism and yellow journalism. Their > speeches and statements are instigating, indecent and above all they > are made out of jealousy. Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh is a legal and > constitutional political party which firmly believes and responsibly > practises democracy in every tiers of its organisation. Those, who are > hatching plots, issuing statements against the party stigmatizing its' > democratic image, are out to destroy democracy and constitutional > process of the country. Had their intention been good, they would not > have created chaos about a matter settled long before by both the > architect of independence and founder President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman > and proclaimer of independence Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman. > > The valiant freedom fighters are respected by all. Following the > independence of the country many of them have floated their > organisation or forum. As the freedom fighters work for every > political party, so Jamaat has also several thousand activists who > really actively participated in the War of Independence. A real > freedom fighter cannot split and divide the nation. So what the sector > commanders are conspiring to do goes completely against the ethics of > the patriotic freedom fighters and regrettably their statements go in > favour of those who beat several people to death in broad daylight on > October 28 in 2006. Their demands, which are objectionable, amount to > disregard of the constitution and rules of law. > > War criminals are the ones who on battleground kill woman, child and > helpless elderly persons, and rape woman, set fire to households after > looting. As Jamaat leaders never participated in any war, so there is > no chance to misrepresent the party leaders as war criminals. None of > its leaders were involved in criminal activities―killing, rape, > looting and arson. Some 37,471 persons, who were sued as collaborators > of Pakistan army under the Bangladesh Collaborators (Special > Tribunals) Order, 1972, do not include any of the present leaders of > Jamaat-e-Islami. > > And even none of 752 persons, who were convicted as collaborators, was > activist of JIB. Not only that during the regime of Sheikh Mujibur > Rahman 195 prisoners of war (POWs) of Pakistan army were repatriated > to their land as per the tripartite agreement among India, Pakistan > and Bangladesh. The then foreign minister Dr Kamal Hossain on behalf > of Bangladesh government signed the agreement. > > The sector commanders at that time did not object to the treaty and > remained tight-lipped because one of them was at the helm of the army > while the other was the chief of the Bangladesh Air Force, resultantly > involved in signing of the agreement. So today they are making a > non-issue into an issue only to attain some political gains and divide > the nation. > I want to articulate saying that the war criminal issue is a > brainchild of Indian intellectuals― Bhaskar Roy, Sandwip Dixit and > Hironmoy Karlokar. They not only wrote on the issue but also delivered > speech at some gatherings in the country, aiming at proving that > Bangladesh is a failed and dysfunctional state. Besides, Shahriar > Kabir, a leader of Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee is now visiting > different countries of the world with a mission to try the war > criminals and a propaganda that if religion-based politics go in > Bangladesh then what's use of its' existence as an independent nation. > Thus it makes very clear that Jamaat is made a target only because it > is an Islamic movement. So we want to inform you that we do Islamic > movement in response to the demand of our faith or Iman. It is our > constitutional right to practise Islam and no threat or intimidation > can stop us from exercising the religious tenets. > > The country is plunged into unfathomable crisis. The prices of > essentials, including rice, flour, edible oil, are skyrocketing, > heralding the risk of famine. So everyone in the country is often and > again asking one question―when will the country come out of this > economic slump? The future of democracy is also threatened and none > can say when national parliamentary election will be held. Everyone is > in tension. As the Bangladeshi expatriates are experiencing one of the > hardest times, their relatives in the country in prayers are shading > tears, fearing of loss of job or repatriation of Bangladeshi > expatriates. The conspiracies to loot gas and coal resources and to > allow a Big Brother neighbouring country to use Chittagong port with > transit facilities through the country are being hatched. Moreover, > the policy dictations of the development partners go beyond their code > of conduct. > > In this situation when Bangladeshi nationals irrespective of cast, > creed and society should come forward and forge firm unity, then why > are the sector commanders trying to divide the nation? Why are they > engaged in suicidal activities? Whose purpose are they serving for? We > are surprised, concerned and offended. > > Hope the persons concerned, working in the name of Sector Commanders' > Forum, will come round to good sense and devote all their efforts to > the welfare of the country, putting an immediate end to their > self-destroying activities. In fine, we urge the nation to remain > alert against their conspiracies. > > > > Prof. Md. Tasneem Alam > Secretary, Central Publicity Department > Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. 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