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Dear All
You don't have to be a supporter of Awami League to express your hatred for the Al-Badars and Razakars and all other collaborators of murderous Pakistan Army occupation in 1971. Razakar , Al-badar and Al-Shams were paramilitary forces formed at occupation Army's initiative to assist it and to resist the freedom fighters during the war of liberation in 1971. The Al-Shams was a paramilitary wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan), that with the Pakistan Army and the Al-Badr is held responsible for conducting a mass killing campaign against Bengali nationalists, civilians, religious and ethnic minorities in the Bangladesh Liberation War . These killing operation was conducted by Al Badr, another paramilitary wing of Jamaat-i-Islami and was headed by the then All Pakistan Islami Chhatra Shangha president Motiur Rahman Nizami . During 1971 rank-and-file Jamaat-i-Islami collaborated with the occupation. It was the leading collaborator of the occupation. Please read the article below by Parvez Alam that explains the Reasons to preserve our hatred against 1971 war collaborators of Pakistan army .
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Parvez Alam
Why should we preserve hatred against the war collaborators (Razakar, Al Badar, Al shams e.t.c) of 1971 liberation war? It shouldn't be a question at all, but it is. It should be in our blood, the rush of blood in our vain originating extreme hatred against them and glorious feelings recalling the heroic sacrifice of our freedom fighters, but it isn't. The old generation lost it and the new generation doesn't know it. We, who had the minimal chance to read a minimal proper history of our great liberation war, know enough about the treacherous villain role played by Razakars and Al Badars in the war and thus its almost needless for us to describe here how these war criminals brought havoc alongside with the oppressive Pakistani military. But for the unfortunate new generation growing up without knowing the proper history of our liberation war and the role played by the war criminals I am finding myself responsible to mention that militias called Razakar, Al Badar, Al Shams were the creation of party like Jamate Islami and Muslim League who had a sectarian religion based political ideology of keeping Bangladesh as a part of Pakistan opposing the fervor of the mass population wanting a free Bangladesh. They killed and helped Pakistani armies to kill our countrymen, raped and kidnapped our girls to the Pakistani camps, helped Pakistani armies to find out freedom fighters houses, burned down villages, killed Hindus and robbed their possessions. Al Badars did a mass genocide of our writers, teachers and intellectuals just a few days before 16th December .What they did can easily fade away the brutality of any treacherous movement of modern time. They were not only the enemy of our freedom but the enemy of humanity.
Ironically these war criminals are now decorating the chairs of our MPs and Ministers, and that's why the question is rising. How did they come so far? It's all started with the General amnesty of war criminals by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the nation, due to political pressures from both home (Maulana Bhasani) and abroad (USA, all the Middle Eastern countries led by Saudi Arabia). I understand the reason but what I don't understand is, can this general amnesty be justified as a law when it comes to forgiving killers and rapists? Though under the General amnesty they got the right to live in this country but among mass people the term " Razakar" was a swear and they were considered as hateful people and major razakars, master minds and leaders weren't forgiven and most of them were facing trial(exp: Nizami) or living in Pakistan(exp: Golam Azam). Everything changed after the massive change and political turmoil of 1975 that originated when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed. Jia Ur Rahman came to the power defeating and executing all his opponents. He started to seek political support wherever he can and thus he legalized Jamate Islami as a political party and gave them permission to do political activities by changing our national constitution and he also gave permission to Golam Azam to return to Bangladesh and all major razakars were out of trial. Every one knows about the rise of Jamate Islami after that. They started to strengthen their base at the time of Ershad regime. They came to the political importance when they got the chance to be with Awamileage and BNP in the 1992 movement against Ershad government. They again had the chance to make their base much stronger when sluttish awami politcs allowed them to be a companion of Awamileage at the movement against BNP government. And now they are the part of Bangladesh government after participating and winning the 2000 election as a part of the BNP fronted coalition and now we can see an Al Badar commander as a minister of our country, what a shame and dishonor.
Now, I should explain the reason I am writing all this. We used to hate Razakars when we were kids and that's what they deserved. But, look at the kids these days. They born and see war criminals in the parliament .They only gets the history of our freedom fight when they are in class eight and in the history they learn from their text book doesn't include a single mention of war criminals. Why is that? Because they are in parliament now? because they got the power and that's why the history needs to be changed? It's a pity that very few of us actually focusing in this grave matter and failing to realize the serious effects it's holding for the future of our country. As the title of the article says" The reason to preserve the hatred against 1971 war collaborators of Pakistan army" you can understand that there is a question "Why should we hate 1971 war collaborators of Pakistan army?" The answer should be simple like" That's what they deserve", but it isn't. It isn't because these days there are many to believe that "We should move on and shouldn't dig out this old ghost again which will not do any good for us ", there are others to say "Supporting Pakistan doesn't make them war criminals, they had their political views" and the most frequently asked question is "Who are we to hate them and justify their activities when the father of the nation himself forgave them "? None of these questions which are meant to defend the war criminals some how are originated from some kind of political or ideological favor or ignorance doesn't contain any sort of rational material and can be positively answered which will lead any people with common sense to understand that its very important to preserve our hatred against the war criminals".
Let's mention some of the reasons to preserve hatred against 1971 war criminals and having the desire to put these criminals in verdict for their crime no mater we can or not.
- Everyone have their own political and ideological views and have the right to preserve that, but this can't be a defense for the 1971 war criminals as they are called war criminals not for their political views but their crime while participating in the war. Even the killing of opponent soldier can be justified in some kind of philosophy but in no means and no where in the world killing of innocent civilian is justified in which these war criminals are guilty. They participated in mass genocide, raped Bangladeshi girls and kidnapped them to the Pakistani camp, killed our intellectuals and professionals. For all these heinous crimes they shouldn't be forgiven and forgotten from our list of hateful people.
- Even their political and ideological view was a crime as they were not Pakistani but born Bengalis and by opposing the freedom of our nation they identify themselves as traitor and treason is considered as one of the most severe crime in anytime and any part of the world. We preserved the word "Mir Jafar" as a curse for 250 years and we will preserve the word "Razakar" as a curse too and there shouldn't be any question against that.
- The people who says that we should move on and shouldn't dig out old matter just fails to realize that by saying so they are actually challenging the validity of our freedom fight and dishonoring all those martyr who gave their life for our freedom. If you don't want to recall the crime of those war criminals then why recall our freedom fight, what is the validity of our freedom fight when the most heinous enemy of the freedom is forgotten? This kind of question actually challenges the validity of preserving history. Preserving history as much accurate as possible is one of the most important things for a nation as we learn from the past and it's the past, it's the legend that encourages us to create a better future. A country can't develop without preserving its history and having a glorious one it's our duty to preserve it for our future generation. Just think about the damage that has been done to the generation growing up and damage that that will do to the upcoming generation. They are seeing enemies of our freedom as our government and no one is telling them how wrong it is and by learning it as a very normal thing what is the value of our freedom to them. Our freedom fight will be always questionable to them and we can't expect them to be patriotic and responsible for our nation.
- Being a citizen of a people's republic we have every right to justify what's right or wrong going on our country. So, asking our right to justify razakars deeds while father of the nation forgave them is quite stupid, especially when this razakars are still harmful for the sovereignty of our people's republic. Most importantly considering the reasons, facts and truths I have already mentioned about the general amnesty and the rise of Jamat-E-Islami I believe everyone will agree that the existence of Jamat-E-Islami is nothing but a disgraceful chapter of our history. Again, considering truths, facts, reasons and problems, it doesn't matter what Sheikh Muzib or Zia did, what matters is what should be done and I believe everyone will agree that it wont be forgetting or forgiving war collaborators and Jamat-E-Islami.
I also believe that we should move on and by saying move on I mean development and for that not only we should focus on the process of "moving on" but also sorting out our enemies and obstacles that stands against our "moving on". This is 21st century and for the sake of the development of our country and for the sake of its sovereign existence, old sectarian ideologies and institutions that once stood against humanity and our free existence and still trying and planning to pull back our process of "moving on" needs to be sorted out and then destroyed if needed. We should preserve the true history and value of our freedom fight and should participate in another fight for freedom against the old known enemy if needed to insure a better future for the upcoming generation. Let's take the same vow that once the great poet "Shukanto Vottacharjo" took by saying-
A newborn has come to the earth, and we have to leave our place for him.
In this worn-out world, with burdens of failure, death and ruin in our back,
We all have to leave.
We will leave, but as long as we live-
With all our strength. we will clean up filths from this world.
Before I leave, I will make this world habitable for him,
And that's my resolute promise to the newborn.
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