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Jamaat has no right to do politics
in Bangladesh: Son of Jamaat
founder
Julfikar Ali Manik,
Muktasree Chakma Sathi
Politics
Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh and
Pakistan are just the left and right
hands of the same person there
is only one head controlling the
both
Syed
Haider Farooq Maudoodi, son of
Jamaat-e-Islami founder Syed
Abul Ala Maudoodi
Photo- Syed Zakir Hossain
A son of Jamaat-e-Islami founder
Syed Abul Ala Maudoodi believes
that the religion-based party should
not be allowed to continue politics
in Bangladesh since it opposed the
countrys birth.
In an exclusive interview with the
Dhaka Tribune last night, Syed
Haider Farooq Maudoodi, one of
Maudoodis nine children, said
parties that opposed a nations
birth should not have the right to
do politics in that country.
Rightfully, Jamaat does not have
the right to do politics in
Bangladesh since it opposed the
birth of this country, said Haider
Farooq, who along with all his
siblings has never been involved
with Jamaats politics in Pakistan
although their father founded the
Islam-based communal political
party in 1941.
Haider, who was a civil pilot and is
now a columnist in Lahore, Pakistan,
arrived in Dhaka on Thursday for the
first time after Bangladeshs
independence to attend an
international conference on religion
and politics that began on Friday.
He insisted on giving the interview
in Urdu, saying: I hate English.
Haider said their father had always
kept them away from politics for
some reasons but never explained
them. He, however, talked about
many issues, including politics, use
of religion in politics, radicalism, war
crimes of 1971 and the ongoing trial
of war criminals in Bangladesh.
As locals you also had a duty to not
let them [those who were against
the birth of Bangladesh] do politics
here. But when Sheikh Shaheb
[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman] was gone, the party in
power used them and they are
backing them even today, he said.
One of the independent Bangladesh
governments first decisions was to
ban five political parties, including
Jamaat-e-Islami, which not only
opposed the nations independence
but also actively helped Pakistani
occupation forces commit genocide
and other war crimes.
The four other political parties were
the Muslim League and all its
factions, the Pakistan Democratic
Party, Nezam-e-Islam, and Pakistan
Peoples Party.
Soon after the assassination of
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman in 1975, military ruler Ziaur
Rahman opened politics for all in
the name of introducing multi-party
democracy, which gave Jamaat the
opportunity to enter Bangladeshs
political arena again.
Asked if Jamaat in Bangladesh and
Pakistan had any relation between
them even after 42 years of
Bangladeshs liberation, Haider
Farooq said the two parties in the
two countries were just the left and
right hands of the same person
there is only one head controlling
the both.
He vehemently opposes the idea of
having a state religion and using of
religion in politics.
It is very dangerous when there is
a state religion. The state is a roof
under which every sort of people
from different religions can stay, he
said.
If a country wants to practise
democracy, it cannot have a state
religion. If a state has a state
religion, then it is practising
something else, not democracy.
Haider said: Whenever religion was
interpreted politically, it killed
humans, and it ruined humanity.
The son of the religious preacher
said: Religion helps a person
become a better one. Every religion
Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam
they teach individuals to be better.
Religion also teaches us to
understand that all of our
forefathers were one and we should
not hate one another. The Holy
Quran talks for humankind so that
one can be better.
The only aim of using religion in
politics is to exploit peoples
emotion. All they [politicians who
use religion] want to achieve is their
own goals by using peoples
religious sentiments.
About the ongoing trial of 1971 war
criminals at the Dhaka tribunals,
Haider Farooq said: No one should
go unpunished, particularly when
they committed crimes against
humanity.
If it is proved that they did
atrocities in Bangladesh, they should
be punished. It is needed to
establish the rule of law.
Asked if he thought Jamaat in
Bangladesh and Pakistan had
contribution to Islamic radicalism,
terrorism and militancy, Haider said:
The two parties have only
contributed to making Islam
controversial and all these people
have the same goal.
When asked about his views about
Islamist parties claim that Islam is
all about politics, Syed Haider
Farooq Maudoodi posed a counter
question: If Islam is politics, then
those who are not casting votes for
Islamist parties are they kafirs?
source. dhakatribune.com
in Bangladesh: Son of Jamaat
founder
Julfikar Ali Manik,
Muktasree Chakma Sathi
Politics
Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh and
Pakistan are just the left and right
hands of the same person there
is only one head controlling the
both
Syed
Haider Farooq Maudoodi, son of
Jamaat-e-Islami founder Syed
Abul Ala Maudoodi
Photo- Syed Zakir Hossain
A son of Jamaat-e-Islami founder
Syed Abul Ala Maudoodi believes
that the religion-based party should
not be allowed to continue politics
in Bangladesh since it opposed the
countrys birth.
In an exclusive interview with the
Dhaka Tribune last night, Syed
Haider Farooq Maudoodi, one of
Maudoodis nine children, said
parties that opposed a nations
birth should not have the right to
do politics in that country.
Rightfully, Jamaat does not have
the right to do politics in
Bangladesh since it opposed the
birth of this country, said Haider
Farooq, who along with all his
siblings has never been involved
with Jamaats politics in Pakistan
although their father founded the
Islam-based communal political
party in 1941.
Haider, who was a civil pilot and is
now a columnist in Lahore, Pakistan,
arrived in Dhaka on Thursday for the
first time after Bangladeshs
independence to attend an
international conference on religion
and politics that began on Friday.
He insisted on giving the interview
in Urdu, saying: I hate English.
Haider said their father had always
kept them away from politics for
some reasons but never explained
them. He, however, talked about
many issues, including politics, use
of religion in politics, radicalism, war
crimes of 1971 and the ongoing trial
of war criminals in Bangladesh.
As locals you also had a duty to not
let them [those who were against
the birth of Bangladesh] do politics
here. But when Sheikh Shaheb
[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman] was gone, the party in
power used them and they are
backing them even today, he said.
One of the independent Bangladesh
governments first decisions was to
ban five political parties, including
Jamaat-e-Islami, which not only
opposed the nations independence
but also actively helped Pakistani
occupation forces commit genocide
and other war crimes.
The four other political parties were
the Muslim League and all its
factions, the Pakistan Democratic
Party, Nezam-e-Islam, and Pakistan
Peoples Party.
Soon after the assassination of
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman in 1975, military ruler Ziaur
Rahman opened politics for all in
the name of introducing multi-party
democracy, which gave Jamaat the
opportunity to enter Bangladeshs
political arena again.
Asked if Jamaat in Bangladesh and
Pakistan had any relation between
them even after 42 years of
Bangladeshs liberation, Haider
Farooq said the two parties in the
two countries were just the left and
right hands of the same person
there is only one head controlling
the both.
He vehemently opposes the idea of
having a state religion and using of
religion in politics.
It is very dangerous when there is
a state religion. The state is a roof
under which every sort of people
from different religions can stay, he
said.
If a country wants to practise
democracy, it cannot have a state
religion. If a state has a state
religion, then it is practising
something else, not democracy.
Haider said: Whenever religion was
interpreted politically, it killed
humans, and it ruined humanity.
The son of the religious preacher
said: Religion helps a person
become a better one. Every religion
Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam
they teach individuals to be better.
Religion also teaches us to
understand that all of our
forefathers were one and we should
not hate one another. The Holy
Quran talks for humankind so that
one can be better.
The only aim of using religion in
politics is to exploit peoples
emotion. All they [politicians who
use religion] want to achieve is their
own goals by using peoples
religious sentiments.
About the ongoing trial of 1971 war
criminals at the Dhaka tribunals,
Haider Farooq said: No one should
go unpunished, particularly when
they committed crimes against
humanity.
If it is proved that they did
atrocities in Bangladesh, they should
be punished. It is needed to
establish the rule of law.
Asked if he thought Jamaat in
Bangladesh and Pakistan had
contribution to Islamic radicalism,
terrorism and militancy, Haider said:
The two parties have only
contributed to making Islam
controversial and all these people
have the same goal.
When asked about his views about
Islamist parties claim that Islam is
all about politics, Syed Haider
Farooq Maudoodi posed a counter
question: If Islam is politics, then
those who are not casting votes for
Islamist parties are they kafirs?
source. dhakatribune.com
