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The new dispensation in Bangladesh under Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League, which enjoys for the first time steamroller two-thirds majority in parliament, has chosen the dangerous path of subversion of rule of law and uprooting of Islam. It should learn a lesson or two from country’s not too distant history when immediately after its founding, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman suppressed democracy, banned political parties and set out on the road to dictatorship. The conscience of fledgling nation could not tolerate this disgrace which resulted in his overthrow.
Sheikh Hasina, on the behest of certain big powers, has been treading the same dangerous path. Opposition is being suppressed brazenly and all democratic and Islamic norms have been thrown to the wind. The most popular Islamic party, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its students wing Islami Chatra Shibir have been made the target of all sorts of atrocities and tortures. The last few months witnessed countless illegal detentions, arrests, attacks by Awami League workers and police atrocities on Jamaat and Shibir workers. The Home Minister shamelessly threatened that the Jamaat and Shibir would be exterminated. It is not clear whether these atrocities are being committed to weaken the Jamaat and BNP or because of inherent hatred of Islam and things Islamic in certain sections of the ruling party. The common Bangladeshi feels that Awami League wants to first target the Jamaat as a prelude to demoralise all Islamic elements and then gradually demolish Islamic foundations of the country.
The Jamaat has been the most disciplined and peaceful party of the country with very strong roots in society. Thousands of its cadres have been thrown behind bars where they are being regularly humiliated and tortured in the worst possible way. A false case of war crimes has been foisted against the Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, his colleagues and the country’s most popular Islamic orator Dilawar Hussain Saiedi. The case has been handed over to a tribunal consisting of handpicked judges. The editor of Amar Bangladesh was arrested; TV Channel No. 1 has been banned. Bangla Vision TV Channel has been ordered not to telecast anything against the official view, and Diganta TV is continuously under threat. Restrictions on freedom of expression have been imposed in a massive way. The old Dhaka English daily Bangladesh Observer has been forced to cease publication.
The government has intensified its efforts to root out Islam and de-Islamise Bangladesh by resorting to repressive policies. The books of the world renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Maudoodi have been ordered out of 24,000 mosques, madrasas and libraries of the country.
Bangladesh is a Muslim country. Its people love Islam and want to live as Muslims and will not take lying down the anti-Islam policies of the government. If the government persists with the policies of imposition of undemocratic laws, places restrictions on freedom of expression and puts hurdles in the way of Islamic parties, sooner or later it is bound to pay a heavy price. Those who do not learn from their past mistakes and insist on repeating them, history repeats itself in their case.
http://www.radianceweekly.com/218/5...ail/bangladesh-democracy-or-dictatorship.html
Sheikh Hasina, on the behest of certain big powers, has been treading the same dangerous path. Opposition is being suppressed brazenly and all democratic and Islamic norms have been thrown to the wind. The most popular Islamic party, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its students wing Islami Chatra Shibir have been made the target of all sorts of atrocities and tortures. The last few months witnessed countless illegal detentions, arrests, attacks by Awami League workers and police atrocities on Jamaat and Shibir workers. The Home Minister shamelessly threatened that the Jamaat and Shibir would be exterminated. It is not clear whether these atrocities are being committed to weaken the Jamaat and BNP or because of inherent hatred of Islam and things Islamic in certain sections of the ruling party. The common Bangladeshi feels that Awami League wants to first target the Jamaat as a prelude to demoralise all Islamic elements and then gradually demolish Islamic foundations of the country.
The Jamaat has been the most disciplined and peaceful party of the country with very strong roots in society. Thousands of its cadres have been thrown behind bars where they are being regularly humiliated and tortured in the worst possible way. A false case of war crimes has been foisted against the Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, his colleagues and the country’s most popular Islamic orator Dilawar Hussain Saiedi. The case has been handed over to a tribunal consisting of handpicked judges. The editor of Amar Bangladesh was arrested; TV Channel No. 1 has been banned. Bangla Vision TV Channel has been ordered not to telecast anything against the official view, and Diganta TV is continuously under threat. Restrictions on freedom of expression have been imposed in a massive way. The old Dhaka English daily Bangladesh Observer has been forced to cease publication.
The government has intensified its efforts to root out Islam and de-Islamise Bangladesh by resorting to repressive policies. The books of the world renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Maudoodi have been ordered out of 24,000 mosques, madrasas and libraries of the country.
Bangladesh is a Muslim country. Its people love Islam and want to live as Muslims and will not take lying down the anti-Islam policies of the government. If the government persists with the policies of imposition of undemocratic laws, places restrictions on freedom of expression and puts hurdles in the way of Islamic parties, sooner or later it is bound to pay a heavy price. Those who do not learn from their past mistakes and insist on repeating them, history repeats itself in their case.
http://www.radianceweekly.com/218/5...ail/bangladesh-democracy-or-dictatorship.html