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Jamaat men torch Hindu temple, houses in Noakhali

I doubt... It is not clear to me wheather Jamat did it or BAL or BNP or some other party.... very confusing
 
Islamic activists have attacked dozens of Hindu temples and hundreds of homes across Bangladesh since an Islamist leader was sentenced to death for war crimes last month, a Hindu group said on Wednesday.

Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad, a group which looks after Hindu temples, said 47 temples and at least 700 Hindu houses had either been torched or vandalised since the verdict against Delwar Hossain Sayedee.

Sayedee, vice-president of the country's largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, was sentenced to hang on February 28 for crimes including rape and murder committed during the 1971 independence conflict.

The sentencing of Sayedee and other Jamaat-e-Islami leaders has triggered the worst violence in impoverished Muslim-majority Bangladesh since independence, with 85 people so far killed in the unrest.

Kazal Debnath, a vice-president of Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad, blamed the attacks on Hindu temples and homes on Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir.

"It was the work of the Jamaat and Shibir, but we also accuse the government, the police and the local government representatives including (our) MPs for failing to protect the temples and our community," he told AFP.

He said the attackers were given free rein to "torch our temples, houses and properties".

Jamaat has denied any role in the attacks, blaming supporters of the ruling Awami League party for the violence.

But foreign minister Dipu Moni told diplomats last week that Jamaat and Shibir attacked Hindu temples and houses in a "pre-planned manner".

Hindus, who make up nearly 10% of Bangladesh's 153 million-strong population, are traditionally seen as supporters of the Awami League, which brands itself as a secular party.

They were the main targets during Bangladesh's 1971 independence war against Pakistan and during post-poll violence in 2001 when a centre-right party allied with Jamaat won a two-thirds majority.

Jamaat-e-Islami leaders have been on trial at the domestic International Crimes Tribunal, accused of colluding with Pakistan and pro-Pakistan militias during the war for independence.

But the party says the process is an attempt by the ruling party to settle scores and not about delivering justice.

47 temples, 700 Hindu houses torched, vandalised in Bangladesh - Hindustan Times
 
Islamic activists have attacked dozens of Hindu temples and hundreds of homes across Bangladesh since an Islamist leader was sentenced to death for war crimes last month, a Hindu group said on Wednesday.

Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad, a group which looks after Hindu temples, said 47 temples and at least 700 Hindu houses had either been torched or vandalised since the verdict against Delwar Hossain Sayedee.

Sayedee, vice-president of the country's largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, was sentenced to hang on February 28 for crimes including rape and murder committed during the 1971 independence conflict.

The sentencing of Sayedee and other Jamaat-e-Islami leaders has triggered the worst violence in impoverished Muslim-majority Bangladesh since independence, with 85 people so far killed in the unrest.

Kazal Debnath, a vice-president of Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad, blamed the attacks on Hindu temples and homes on Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir.

"It was the work of the Jamaat and Shibir, but we also accuse the government, the police and the local government representatives including (our) MPs for failing to protect the temples and our community," he told AFP.

He said the attackers were given free rein to "torch our temples, houses and properties".

Jamaat has denied any role in the attacks, blaming supporters of the ruling Awami League party for the violence.

But foreign minister Dipu Moni told diplomats last week that Jamaat and Shibir attacked Hindu temples and houses in a "pre-planned manner".

Hindus, who make up nearly 10% of Bangladesh's 153 million-strong population, are traditionally seen as supporters of the Awami League, which brands itself as a secular party.

They were the main targets during Bangladesh's 1971 independence war against Pakistan and during post-poll violence in 2001 when a centre-right party allied with Jamaat won a two-thirds majority.

Jamaat-e-Islami leaders have been on trial at the domestic International Crimes Tribunal, accused of colluding with Pakistan and pro-Pakistan militias during the war for independence.

But the party says the process is an attempt by the ruling party to settle scores and not about delivering justice.

47 temples, 700 Hindu houses torched, vandalised in Bangladesh - Hindustan Times

This is horrible by the jamatis and their senile apologists making weird ''false flag'' claims does not hide the fact that jamatis are religious nutjobs who use systematic violence against civilians, aprticularly hindus to achieve their political goals. Thats the textbook definition of terrorists.
 
This is horrible by the jamatis and their senile apologists making weird ''false flag'' claims does not hide the fact that jamatis are religious nutjobs who use systematic violence against civilians, aprticularly hindus to achieve their political goals. Thats the textbook definition of terrorists.

Another proof of my assertion.
 
Another proof of my assertion.

Ok so you love and worship jamatis. Good for you. That however does not mean you and jamatis can keep attacking hindus and their temples.

Jamatis are terrorists, as they are using systematic violence aginst civilians, which is the textbook definition of terrorism. Not sorry for your hurt feelings.
 
@Loki why should this kind of thread be allowed? These reports like many others are proven to be about false flag operation run by AL, and then Indian media in India and Indian agent media in Bangladesh, running with these stories to run their propaganda line that:

- Jamaat is a communal organization of "terrorists"
- hence Bangladesh is infested with "Islamist terrorists"

This is defamation about a legitimate and bona fide political party in Bangladesh and also defamation of Bangladesh itself. Please consider closing this thread down.

The bold part tells many thing.
Where u make conspiracy theories BD is india's vessel state.
BD is nothing more than raw creation.
Try to manipulate history or try to prove something intentionally.
That doesnt hurt bd's image.
Which terrorist's activity is widely proven,
talking against them is now ur problem.
There goes ur credibility :lol:
 
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@Loki why should this kind of thread be allowed? These reports like many others are proven to be about false flag operation run by AL, and then Indian media in India and Indian agent media in Bangladesh, running with these stories to run their propaganda line that:

- Jamaat is a communal organization of "terrorists"
- hence Bangladesh is infested with "Islamist terrorists"

This is defamation about a legitimate and bona fide political party in Bangladesh and also defamation of Bangladesh itself. Please consider closing this thread down.

I think the thread is not one of the finest, but its ok. It is still a medium for discussion.

You just have to live with the trolling Indians.

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doing a witch-hunt against the religious groups/opposition seems to have opened up a pandoras box

rather than go after civilian hindu homes, they should march to hasina's home instead :laugh:

I don't know what Hindu's have done against Jamaatiis. I hope the govt. takes strict action against the perpetrators as well as protects the minorities

probably some decades-old bad blood

And some shameless members here in PDF saying Hindus are not prosecuted. Shameless liars.

you know - you indians of all people shouldnt be reactive and start pointing fingers

has one arrest been made over Gujrat genocide or the destruction of Churches in Orissa?

What's the logic of attacking Hindus over the issue of war criminals ?

Lets deport illegal BD people and allow these Hindus in India.

are these bengali hindus mostly brahmin or dalits?

it matters, because it determines how they'll be met and treated in hindu india
 
Attacking Hindus would not serve Jaamat, it would be entirely counterproductive. BAL goons are doing it. It has happened before and it is happening now.

Close this retarded thread. These are entirely fabricated stories by BAL and their sponsors. All major established international news agencies have highlighted the state repression happening in BD. The FM protested the "unfairness" of it all and hey presto BS news broadcasted by BAL mouthpieces and Indian agencies today. This is the last throw of the dice of a morally bankrupt, fascist illigal government.

Close this retarted thread.
 
@<u><a href="http://www.defence.pk/forums/member.php?u=38840" target="_blank">Loki</a></u> why should this kind of thread be allowed? These reports like many others are proven to be about false flag operation run by AL, and then Indian media in India and Indian agent media in Bangladesh, running with these stories to run their propaganda line that:

- Jamaat is a communal organization of "terrorists"
- hence Bangladesh is infested with "Islamist terrorists"

This is defamation about a legitimate and bona fide political party in Bangladesh and also defamation of Bangladesh itself. Please consider closing this thread down.

Yes just a small part of destructive activity of this bona fide poitical party has been captured by close circuit camera.... Have a look...

 
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I have no doubt that this attack is not in hand of Jamat neither BNP . what the benefit Jamat will get by attacking Hindu family . it would just make their image more bleak . what i think the Govt agent or the miscreants took the chance at the time of out rage over killing of innocent protester . hindus are living happily and freely in bangladesh .
 
The Monster Breathes Air

Truth About Jamaat
&#8226;Labelled fundamentalist, the Jamaat (right, Jamaat leader Sayedee, who was sentenced to death after being held guilty for crimes in &#8217;71) isn&#8217;t guilty of sectarian violence against Hindus
&#8226;Hindus, often oppressed economically, have their lives secure
&#8226;The BJI has relinquished its goal of establishing the &#8216;rule of Allah&#8217;; also promised to reserve 33 per cent organisational posts for women

The best thing about Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (BJI) is that it doesn&#8217;t kill Hindus simply because of their faith. To be honest, the Jamaat pales into insignificance before monstrous Hindutva outfits that regularly target Muslims in India. This is the plain truth about the much-maligned Islamic party next door.

Of course, Indian and western media don&#8217;t allow facts to get in the way of a good story. In their coverage of the escalating unrest&#8212;the ongoing war crimes trials, the Shahbag Square protests, and the flaring up of tension after Jamaat leader Delwar Hossein Sayedee was sentenced to death over atrocities committed in 1971&#8212;the Jamaat is relentlessly dem*onised. The latest political turmoil has claimed 84 lives, mainly Jamaat cadres gunned down by security forces.

Outlook was on board the Boeing 747 President Pranab Mukherjee flew to Dhaka in even as Bangladesh literally bur*ned. Indian high commission offici*als sweating it out on the tarmac were relieved once &#8216;Big Brother&#8217; had arrived in a Jumbo Jet. &#8220;The size of the aircraft matters, yaar. It sends the right message to the host, it exudes power,&#8221; a first secretary remarked smugly. But the ground situation in the capital city was so scary that when artillery pieces boomed in a ceremonial welcome for the Indian president, some in the entourage mistook it for police firing and were visibly shaken.

Anti-Jamaat demonstrations at Dhaka&#8217;s Shahbag Square by secular-liberal forces and spiralling countrywide violence has turned the spotlight on the BJI, which went on the offensive after February 28, when Sayedee was handed the death sentence. It&#8217;s an electoral ally of former PM Begum Khaleda Zia&#8217;s Ban*gladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), lab*elled anti-India, unlike Sheikh Hasina&#8217;s ruling Awami League, widely perceived as pro-India. The two parties, backed by their coalition partners, are contenders for power in elections due next year, if they can agree upon the composition of a neutral interim administration&#8212;a con*stitutional requirement to ensure fair elections.

Even as the Awami League government takes on the Jamaat, does it constitute a clear and present threat to India? Jamaatis are con*spicuous even in predominantly Muslim Bangladesh, beca*use they sport a beard and a skull cap. But does wearing Islam on their sleeves turn them into sworn enemies of India, or Hindus, who comprise 10 per cent of Bangladesh&#8217;s population? Is the Jamaat anti-India, or anti-Hindu, or both?

Neither Indian diplomats in Dhaka nor Hindu community leaders can recall a murder of a Hindu for purely religious reasons in years. Hindus have been kil*led by BNP-Jamaat followers, but were essentially victims of political vendetta. They were targeted not as Hindus, but because they were perceived as adversa*ries owing allegiance to the Awami Lea*gue. It can be compared with political violence in West Bengal, where CPI(M)-Trinamool clashes reg*ularly claim lives of political workers&#8212;many of them Muslims, and from either party.

Indian diplomats in Dhaka or Hindu community leaders can&#8217;t recall a Hindu being killed for religious reasons.

A spokesman for the Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (HBCUC) told Outlook that an elderly priest of a Hindu temple in Banskhali near Chittagong was beaten to death hours after Sayedee was sentenced on February 28, but Ind*ian high commission officials insist that the death didn&#8217;t have religious overto*nes. Interestingly, in December 2012, a Hindu youth called Biswajit Das was killed in a union clash by members of the Awami League&#8217;s students&#8217; wing, Chhatra League, in broad daylight. The 24-year-old victim was captured on camera scr*eaming that he was an apolitical Hindu. Biswajit&#8217;s gruesome, cold-bloo*ded mur*der has blotted the Awami League&#8217;s copybook.

Bangladeshi Hindus may not live under the shadow of the sword, but life for them is not a bed of roses either. The vicious attacks they suffer are economic in nature, but wreak havoc nonetheless. Their homes, shops and cultivable land are targeted, forcing them to migrate to India so that their properties can be appropriated. Hindu temples and women are special targets. The temples are desecrated, the women abd*ucted and married after conversion at gunpoint. Even so, the HBCUC spok*esman said that pogroms like Gujarat or Kok*rajhar against the minority community are inconceivable.

The Jamaat is a key constituent of the BNP-led alliance because its support is crucial in around 80 seats of the 345-strong Bangladesh parliament. And the Jamaat, despite its fundamentalist image, is hardly averse to change. At the election commission&#8217;s prodding, it amended its charter, bidding farewell to its goal of establishing the &#8216;rule of Allah&#8217;. And Hindutva poster girls like Sushma Swaraj, Shaina Chudasama, Nirmala Seetharaman, Smriti Irani and Meenakshi Lekhi would be delighted to know that the Jamaat has promised to reserve 33 per cent of organisational posts for women.

In September 2011, Manmohan Singh famously said that &#8220;25 per cent of Ban*gladeshis swear by the Jamaat, are very anti-Indian and are in the clutches of the isi&#8221;. However, a pertinent question: what has South Block done to win them over since? New Delhi refuses to have any truck with the Jamaat, and calls it a terrorist outfit in cahoots with Pakistan, Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Indian diplomats have established formal contacts with all political parties in Bangladesh except the BJI. It&#8217;s doubtful if they even speak informally. The Jamaat remains a dark mystery for India which has no idea of what&#8217;s going on inside it.

It&#8217;s high time India plays ball with the Jamaat. America&#8217;s concern for the Jam*aat is pretty evident: it has even shrugged off gratuitous Indian advice to engage only with democratic and secular forces in New Delhi&#8217;s backyard. Wash*ington has questioned irregularities in the war crimes trials and told Dhaka that human rights violations won&#8217;t be tolerated. The US obviously sees the BJI as a key player in its plans to coronate Kha*leda Zia, even as India finalises its stra*tegy to ensure another term for Sheikh Hasina.

The Monster Breathes Air | S.N.M. Abdi
 
Bangladesh: Jamaat leader held for inciting anti-Hindus attacks

Dhaka: Bangladesh police on Thursday arrested a sub-district chairman and local leader of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami for inciting attacks on Hindus and temples in southeastern Chittagong as minorities appeared to be targets of past two weeks of violence over 1971 war crimes trial. "Police and (elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion) RAB teams jointly arrested Banshkhali upazila chairman Alamgir Kabir Chowdhury on charges of inciting violence against Hindu community and attack on their temples and property," a police official said.

Chowdhury's arrest came two weeks after suspected activists of Jamaat and its student affiliate Islami Chatra Shibir went on rampage at their southeastern stronghold attacking and vandalising several houses and temples of Hindu community alongside the local government establishments. They launched a violent protest against the death penalty awarded to one of their stalwarts Delwar Hossain Sayedee by a special tribunal for 1971 war crimes charges.

Banskhali was one of the areas where the followers of the Hindu faith came under attacks during the recent violence which saw deaths of over 70 people, including six policemen, while several dozen Hindu temples were vandalised. Analysts said JI activists attacked Hindu villages and places of worship largely to spark reaction in India as the extreme rightwing party felt attacking minorities could divert public attention from the war crimes trial.

Analysts said activists attacked Hindu villages to spark reaction in India as the extreme right-wing party felt attacking minorities could divert public attention from the war crimes trial.


The law enforcement agencies enforced a strict vigil against violence against Hindus while the High Court issued several directives for the protection of the minorities. "A sense of fear is still there among the Hindu community although no fresh violence was reported in the past two days.. we are disappointed that the lawmakers of the (ruling) Awami League and main opposition BNP and peoples representatives at local levels are not taking initiatives for social and political resistance. This apathy (of the MPs and local representatives) gave them (attackers) a walkover but unless they intervene immediately the minority community could be exposed to more violence," Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad vice president Kazal Debnath said.

Bangladesh: Jamaat leader held for inciting anti-Hindus attacks
 
thats good but now rawami DALAAL league will get fire in their AAAAzZZ and new threads will start of pour into PDF
 
Already predicted RAWAMI line of action. No surprise there.

If this Jamati did what is alleged then he should get proper punishment and should be expelled from the party by Jamat.

If Jamat do not expel proven communal instigators, then all Bangladeshi's should support banning of Jamat as a political party. Unlike India and its Hindutva Bajrang Dal infested BJP, there is no place for communalism in Bangladesh.
 

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