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Sunday, September 23, 2007

[chottala.com] The ‘Prothom Alo’ editor’s action is indefensible - Dr Jaffor Ullah

 
The 'Prothom Alo' editor's action is indefensible - Dr Jaffor Ullah
 

The 'Prothom Alo' editor's action is indefensible, Mr. Rahman.  His reputation is like proverbial Humpty Dumpty of Lewis Carroll's character in his famous book "Through the Looking Glass."   Once his reputation is finished for selling his soul to the government and Ulemahs, then no one could repair the damage.  An honorable man hardly compromises with his principled stance.   Matiur Rahman of Prothom Alo has proved already that he has no principle.  I was shell-shocked hearing the arrest of Mr. Arif, a budding twenty-year old cartoonist from Bangladesh .  The government caved in to the threats of Islamists.  Even the western-educated advisor, Mainul, garbed himself in an Islamic dress (Sherwani-clad) to appease the Ulemahs!   What a shame.

 

I will respond to Mr. M. Rahman's inanities through which he backed the beleaguered editor's insane pleas to Islamists in Dhaka .

 

Mr. Rahman's remarks will be kept intact to reflect his pro-government and pro-editor viewpoint.

 

Mr. M. Rahman (MR) wrote:  

 

<<Matiur Rahman, the editor of the Prothom Alo, has come under heavy criticism from the liberal quarters for sitting with the Ulamahs, leaders of the Islamic community, seeking truce. Alternatively he could protest the agitation caused by the cartoon, take an unswerving stance and risk vandalization of the Prothom Alo office and life of the working journalists.   On Saturday, we saw on TV how a section of labourers threw the entire Tejgaon industrial area into deadly panic through violence, vandalism and rampage. The owners of the factories helplessly watched their valuable property being target of vicious attack for reasons notknown to anyone. Matiur Rahman pre-empted such a rowdy encounter.   Matiur Rahman did not bow down to religion, he neutralized the power of the people, although in this case religious people. What could the government do? Could government really protect the Prothom Alo and its journalists from the wrath of Islamic people if they went berserk and do whatever they could do ? History says, `NO'.   Before the military could be installed and the fire brigade could reach, the casualty would have been easily wrought. For the first time, government went beyond its normal line of re-action and mediated in order to avoid a destructive situation. Till date, the attempt seems to have been successful. Prevention is better than cure.>>

 

Jaffor Ullah (JU) replies as follows:

 

What is more important in life Mr. Rahman?  A principled stance or selling one's soul to critics to preserve material things?   If most human beings start to compromise their ideological stance to eke out material gains (money, tangible things, etc.), then human progress will cease – not a good prospect for humanity.  You took the stance of the government when you describe the protest strike by the readymade garments workers in Tejgaon.   The poor and toiled workers have legitimate demands but you wiped their demands in one sentence.  Go figure out what is their demands rather than parroting the government's line.  In your eyes the editor did not bow down to the demands of Islamists.  What an erudite opinion of yours!  Do you think that all these folks who are rebuking the editor for his reprehensible act to sit in a "Towba" session with the Islamists are all wrong?  The "Towba" session is the end of the intellectual life of Matiur Rahman.  Lest you've forgotten, the "Towba" session is performed as the last act when a person is about to die.   While the editor, Matiur Rahman, may physically exist in Dhaka but his intellectual life is all finished.   The head Maulana of Bangladesh had already performed the last "Towba" rite for the intellectual rite of the editor, which was printed in all leading newspapers in Bangladesh .  Mr. M. Rahman talks about prevention of "Mal" – goods, material things.   How about the prevention of the loss of intellectualism?  The editor has simply sold his soul to devil in a Faustian way!

 

MR wrote:     

<<Yes, evidently, the present administration as well as the Prothom Alo management were scared to death that anything could happen in this country. What are we? We lynch people, gouge out eyes, beat people to
death right on the street. We, not the police, nor the military. We, the general people. Those who know the people of Bangladesh dare not mess with people.>>

 

JU replies as follows:

 

I refuse to believe that the editor was scared stiff and feared for his life.  It is the compromise that he made with the bearded and corpulent Mullahs scared us all.   These days it is the RAB, military, joint forces, etc., which our folks in Bangladesh are scared of.   Mullahs could fuss and fret but their limit is the Mosque, in this case the National Mosque, Baitul Mukarram, which has a dirty old secret known only to people who lived in the 1950s in Dhaka .  I was a young boy but I saw how that mosque was built with the connivance of a few people in Segun Bagicha.  I will spill the beans soon.

 

MR wrote:

 

<<Reputation. It matters. In order to understand the social realities of Bangladesh , one better start with what `power' means. It is not only the capability to wreck [sic] havoc. Ordinary people are reputed for wrecking [sic] havoc and that has nothing to do with Islam's concepts of tolerance and compassion. It is seriously misleading to forget what people can do when they turn into a mob.>>

 

JU replies as follows:

 

Mr. M. Rahman, brush up your English before writing anymore of your comments in this forum.  The word is "wreak" and not wreck when the context is "havoc."   The mob is dangerous but not our ordinary people.  You are a confused soul, to say the least.  You seem to have problem differentiating between the mob guided by politicians or Mullahs and ordinary people.   But at the end you admitted the fact that it is the mob.  Who goads plebian to become a mob?  If the mob would have torched the Prothom Alo building, then who would have goaded the mob?   Would the police twiddle their thumbs as mob gathered near Kawran Bazaar?

 

MR wrote:       

<<There are many around us who endure the mob in the name of democratic right. When political programme kills people, burns property and takes breath out our life, they attribute it to `people', and not to politicians who design and launch aggressive political programme, fully knowing what could be entailed thereby.>>

 

JU replies:

 

You cannot say that there should not be any protest session since you fear that the protesters may become a mob.  The root cause of protestation should be known.   If one group oppresses the other group only then people assemble to protest.  Do not please throw the baby with the bath water.

 

MR wrote:

<<It is dualism to call upon Islamic leaders to protest Laden's activity while protesting a peace meeting of Matiur Rahman with `mullahs', apparently peddled by the government that is naturally anxious for maintain law and order. Order first. What is use of trying a killer? Better prevent a murder.>>

 

JU replies:

 

You've an audacity to label the meeting of the editor of Prothom Alo with the Khatib and his gangs of Maulanas – a Peace Meeting.   Did I hear it right?  In my eyes it was a Faustian meeting in which like Faust Mr. Matiur Rahman, the editor, sold his very soul to the Ulemas.  A person's lifetime belief, stance, etc. are like his or her soul.   The editor is a soulless and unprincipled person and please make no mistake about it.   

 

MR wrote:

<<I am not very sure who is damaging whom. If there is anything recognized as religious sentiment, then that must be respected. If society counts freedom of expression above all, then it is no longer necessary to call for respect for religious sentiment.   Bangladesh , after all, is a society that DOES NOT as yet seek unconditional freedom of expression. Prothom Alo's Matiur Rahman and people in today's government both appear to be well aware of the nature of the people in general and took the right steps to avert any untoward incident. They handled the situation pretty well. So far so good.>>

<<Matiur Rahman>>

 

JU replies as follows:

 

In the entire world only Muslims have "religious sentiments."  How about other religionists, Mr. M. Rahman?  When Bollywood movies poke fun at Hindu scriptures or western media make fun out of Christian fundamentalists by quoting the inanities of Bible or Jesus' encounter with Mary Magdalene (a repentant prostitute), then the "religious sentiments" of the entire Christendom is not disturbed.   I guess the Muslim folks are a special kind.  Bangladesh should be turned into a theocratic regime (if it has not already become so) and only the people could be round up for critiquing Islamic scriptures and the act of the prophet.   This nation has already become a parochial nation.  The recent example of government's representative visiting the Khatib's office to ask for forgiveness of a "respected" editor is a glaring one.   The Islamists of Bangladesh are far more powerful one in Bangladesh than Pakistan .  Iran has their "Guardian Council" and Bangladesh has their Khatib and his well-fed and corpulent Mullahs.   Please view the photograph and you will see that the Ulemas are well-fed and the editor looks like an emaciated goat.  Mainul Hosein in an Islamic garb looks more like a Mullah than a western educated person.   In my book the government mishandled the entire episode.  Not a single Mullah were arrested on Jumma Day when they violated the Emergency Rule by bringing a procession but when the University Students and their sympathizers took to the streets, an inordinate number of people were arrested right away.   Talk about the double standard of the military-backed government!  This government is very strict with the students and political parties but is in cahoots with the Jamaatis and Mullahs.  Again, make no mistake about it

 

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[chottala.com] Mr Moti is an institution & man of inspiration for creating peaceful society..there is nothing for calling Shame ! Shame ! Shame !!! Moti Bhai I say Shame Shame Shame Shame .......

Situation proof  that it needs to provide nation wide quality education for educating the people  with quality knowledge..
 
There is nothing for calling shame if any body asks apology for his faults.
By asking apology Mr Motiur Rahman has proved that he is a really great man  quality educated understanding consider minded person.
 
Mr Moti is really an institution  & the inspiration for  the media people of Bangladesh to realize  for controlling  the situation & for creating good atmosphere in the country.
 
Now country needs people like Mr Motiur Rahman who can try to understand their faults & try to rectify their faults like Mr Motiur Rahman  to create knowledge atmosphere  in the country to understand the real problems & can solve the real problems wisely..
Human being is the greatest creation of Al mighty Allah. Between human & other creation only difference is that human have the knowledge of understanding to understand which is wrong or right &  have the capability for being knowledged person can ask apology to rectify their  faults for  maintaing peaceful society & creating good atmosthere which can not be done by the other creatures.
Mr Moti has done it wisely. He is an wise editor of  prothom-alo  which is surely playing a role  to  enlighten the society.

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Moti Bhai
 
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[chottala.com] Menon alleges govt pushes 'secret agenda' through EC

Menon alleges govt pushes 'secret agenda' through EC

Mon, Sep 24th, 2007 12:48 am BdST

 
Dhaka, Sept 23 (bdnews24.com)—Worker's Party president Rashed Khan Menon Sunday came down heavily on the government and the Election Commission.
"The government is using the Election Commission to do the unpopular job of reining in political parties because the present interim government is not in a position to do so lawfully."

"Attempts are underway to push secret agenda through the Election Commission," Menon said in his address to a discussion on "Electoral Reforms" held in the party's Motijheel office.
Other senior members of the party also spoke at the discussion, chaired by convener Abul Hossain.

Menon further said, "The government speaks of graft and plunder but doesn't say anything against communalism and fundamentalists."

"If fair elections were held, Jamaat would not score more than 8 percent of votes," he asserted.

Menon said: "We want registration of political parties to strengthen democracy, but registration does not mean regulating the parties."

"The EC has no right to decide or impose conditions on the running of the political parties or their constitutions and manifestos. Our relationship with the EC is based on ballots."

"We should remember that demand for reforms to the election laws was not a gift from the Election Commission. It's the outcome of people's movement," he said.

Commenting on the recent events relating to the "rogue cartoon", he said: "People's faith in religion is not fragile to be shaken with one stroke. People are God-fearing, not communal."

Menon blamed former presidents Ziaur Rahman and HM Ershad for what he said was destroying the election system.

Fazle Hosain Badshah, a member of the party politburo, demanded a ban on politics in places of worship.

"The EC should deal with any speech, slogan or poster posing danger to collective harmony."

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[chottala.com] Neither with the US nor with the Islamic Republic - Maryam Namazye

 
 

You can be against both
Neither with the US nor with the Islamic Republic

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Interview with Hamid Taqvaee, leader of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran which aired on TV International English .

Maryam Namazie:
There is an escalating propaganda war between Iran and the USA reminiscent of the USA government's propaganda campaign before the war on Iraq as a way of preparing public opinion for an attack.

Hamid Taqvaee:
Yes, it seems as if the US government is following in the same footsteps. But there is a big difference when you compare today's conditions with conditions before the attack on Iraq and that is of course the experience of Iraq itself. We know that the US government is facing a quagmire in Iraq and does not know how to end it. Moreover, public opinion in the US and across the world is against any type of military attack on Iran and even the reinforcement of US troops in Iraq.

So there is a huge difference but on its own this does not mean that an attack is completely impossible. It is not. It is still possible as a last and desperate act of the Bush administration. The propaganda war is also a form of political pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran due to its influence in Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine. As I have always said in the past, the main reason behind the 'nuclear crisis' is the Islamic regime's interference in the region, which has been problematic for the USA. The US government wants the regime to abandon its influence and role in the region under this pressure.

Some will say that this is a role Iran has played for a while now. And there's always been some sort of confrontation between the US and Iran. They will ask, then, why is it coming to a head at this point?

It is coming to a head because of what is taking place in Iraq. Before the US government's attack on Iraq, the Islamic regime of Iran did not have the influence it sought; after Iraq, political Islam is on the rise. The very fact that a group like Hamas has managed to secure power in Palestine is a direct result of the situation in Iraq. As is the power of Hezbollah in Lebanon and the rise of many different Islamic groups in Iraq.

The current situation is very different from even a year ago. The US government is desperate in Iraq whilst the Islamic regime of Iran has secured influence it did not have several years ago. This is the reason why the Iraq Study Group has recommended dealing with Iran and Syria if the US government hopes to reach some form of solution in the Middle East.

Without a new balance of power in the region in favour of the US government vis-à-vis governments like the Islamic Republic of Iran and Syria, the US won't be able to find a solution acceptable to it for the Middle East. That is a real political fact. And the only way that the US can oppose Iran is by exerting pressure under the guise of a 'nuclear crisis'. From their perspective, the 'nuclear crisis' is an advantageous way of promoting an aggressive policy towards the Islamic Republic.

So under the guise of a 'nuclear crisis' they are actually addressing the other crisis they have in the region, which is the rising power of different Islamic groups everywhere. They have to do something. And they know that one of the main sources of the Islamic movements in the region is the Islamic Republic of Iran.

So, in a sense, it sounds that given the situation in the US, it might actually be beneficial for the US government to attack Iran. And there are commentators that are saying it's also beneficial for Ahmadinejad to have this confrontation given the fact that it would take away from the popular discontent against the Islamic regime of Iran.

The problem with the analyses that says both sides want war is that it does not take into consideration the power of people -- a third camp that is neither with the US nor with the Islamic Republic - and is in fact against both of them. That force - especially in Iran and western countries -- is a powerful player in the political scene. It plays a very important role.

Also, even if it might seem to be beneficial from the point of view of both governments, it will have adverse effects on both of them in the short and long term. It would not be a sound decision on the part of the US government to attack Iran. It might do so as a last resort and out of desperation but it will not solve anything for them. This is one factor. The other factor is that the people of Iran and the political situation in Iran are very different from the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iran, we have a huge secular movement against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Their slogan is 'Neither War nor Atomic Bomb'. They want neither. They are against both. That force is going to become more and more powerful.

Of course, in the short-term, in the event of an attack, the people of Iran will suffer immensely but in time the protest movement will become all the more powerful similar to those in Iraq. After the US attack on Iraq, groups opposed to the US became powerful and active. But of course they are all reactionary. In Iran we have an opposition force which is with the people, which is secular, which is civilized, and which is radical. And that force will gain power and become an ever more powerful factor in the political situation in Iran. So what they have to take into consideration is the presence of that movement in Iran which is against both of them; workers, youth and women in Iran are with that movement.

Some are saying that even though there was a mass movement against the attack on Iraq, it did not make any difference whatsoever. The attack went ahead despite the protests in the US and elsewhere. Will opposition to a war on Iran really make a difference?

As I have said, the situation is very different. At that time we did not have such widespread opposition to the war. I know we had an anti-war movement but still American public opinion was not so firmly against it and somehow the US government was able to use that to its advantage. Today, this is not possible anymore. The other issue is that you cannot compare things in this mechanical manner and say that because we had no success before, a protest movement cannot be successful at any time. That is not the way to reflect on the experiences of history.

For example, there was a huge movement against the Vietnam War and it was eventually successful in ending the Vietnam War. Also, even if a movement does not succeed, it does not make it worthless. It just means you have to do more, to organise more, mobilise more people with more radical demands on a greater scale against the war. So the very fact that we did not achieve our desired results three years ago does not at all mean that today will be more of the same.

Of course the US government, Bush, the present administration do not care about what the people are saying. But the entire ruling class, both parties in the US, have to come in terms with what to do in Iraq. Also, Russia and China have to come to some sort of agreement. And it does not seem that Russia, China and the other members of the Security Council will easily sign up to whatever the US says. They have not done so up to now and it seems very unlikely that they will do so now.

For any sort of attack, the US government will have to go it alone. This time, in the face of the opposition of even the Republicans, Congress, the Democrats, a part of the ruling class in the US itself. Three years ago when they attacked Iraq, most of those in Congress from both parties were in favour of the war. Today most of them are against the war. These are all political differences between the situation today and three years ago.

Is there also the possibility of an Israel-Iran proxy war, as we saw in Lebanon, with the US itself not getting directly involved but via Israel.

I do not think that they will do so because any form of Israeli direct action will mobilise all the Arab countries behind the Islamic Republic of Iran. That is obvious. Even the Arab countries that are traditionally US allies like Egypt, and Saudi Arabia will mobilise behind the regime if Israel attacks Iran. I think this is risky for them. It is political suicide for the Israeli government and US policies in the Middle East. I don't see it as being very likely. I don't think they are that desperate to do so.

A commentator in the Observer has stated that if there is an attack on Iran, the clash of civilizations that the neo-conservatives had predicted would come a step closer to dominating the 21st century.

The clash of civilizations theory is nonsense. There is no Islamic civilization. And if there was such a thing, how could the Islamic Republic of Iran be a representative of such a civilization, so to speak. It is not a clash of civilizations. This is an absurd post-modern theory. What is happening is that after the Cold War, the USA is striving to be the dominant power in the world and in the Middle East. And the US is confronted with Islamic forces that it created during the final years of the Cold War in Afghanistan, and in Iran itself by supporting Khomeini. Bush also does not represent any kind of civilization or Western so to speak civilization nor does the Islamic forces represent an Eastern civilization. That's absurd and meaningless and it is unhelpful in real politics to discuss it in these terms.

There are reports of differences in the regime itself on how to deal with the USA.

Of course there are different factions within the Islamic regime and one of the main differences between the factions is their policy towards the US and the so to speak 'nuclear crisis'. When Khatami was president, the approach was different but now the right-wing faction of the Islamic Republic is dominant and Ahmadinejad represents them. They are following the same line as the supreme leader Khamenei.

They are, however, faced with strong opposition inside the regime. Rafsanjani is one of those who is opposing the current policy. Of course they all want to continue with the nuclear project but they differ in the way it should done and on the region's foreign policy and policy towards the US. Ahmadinejad has been unable to achieve any of the goals he set forth at the start of his presidency and has become weaker and weaker. And as a result, the opposition is getting more powerful. That's the other aspect of the 'nuclear crisis' in Iran.

Rising prices, inflation, unemployment is worse than it ever was under Ahmadinejad. A Guardian reporter has said he may become known as the president who was brought down by the price of tomatoes.

It is obvious that with the economic sanctions, even in the restricted sense, prices will double and increase. This is already happening. It adds to the horrendous economic situation for people. On the other hand, the Islamic Republic can blame the situation on US policies and sanctions in order to excuse and defend its policies. Nonetheless, the people of Iran know this regime very well. Regionally, the Islamic regime may be a sort of hero for Islamic forces in Lebanon or in Palestine or even in Iraq, but in Iran, this is not the case.

In Iran most of the people, a huge majority of the people, are against this regime and despise it. And I do not think that any problem with the US will help the regime. So on the one hand you see heightened economic, political and social pressure on the people of Iran; on the other hand, it will, I believe, heighten, and radicalise opposition against the Islamic Republic.

The Stop the War Coalition has encouraged the political Islamic movement, to the extent that the Islamic regime of Iran's flag is raised at anti-war demonstrations. When activists oppose the regime's flag, they are accused of supporting US policies! This is an argument we have heard often from the pathetic grouping that considers itself left. What would you say to those who say that by opposing the Islamic regime you are promoting, helping and creating an environment which will make it easier for the US and Israel to attack Iran.

Actually I think one of the problems of the Iranian people and people everywhere is this so-called left. This type of political force thinks that when you are against the US, you must support any movement which is also against the US. We know that in today's political situation, Islamic forces are against the US. So according to their childish logic, you must support the Islamic Republic or other Islamic forces just because you are against the US.

This logic that any group that is opposed to the US is progressive and must be supported means more than anything else that the so-called leftist groups have nothing to offer themselves. It means that they are irrelevant. They have to support somebody, anybody as they cannot call upon the public to support them. That is the problem. It firstly, reveals the weakness and irrelevance of these sort of leftist groups in real politics.

For us, for worker-communism of Iran, for our party, this is not the situation. We are calling for everybody to support us against both reactionary forces - the US' militarism and the Islamic Republic. We don't believe that if you are against one of them, you have to support the other. You can be against both of them. Because what matters is workers, women, people, secularism, civilization, what people really want, what is the right of people to have... That is all that matters.

And if you are representing humanity, if you are representing equality, if you are representing secularism, if you are representing freedom, then you have to be against both of them. We call on everybody to a third camp against both of these reactionary forces; we call on everybody to support the Left. The Left, if it is the real Left, if it is the real radical Left, does not have to support any other group or movement. Anybody who is for freedom, who is for equality, who is for welfare of the people, has to follow the Left and support the Left. Comment

Maryam Namazie is the host of TV International English, is a Central Council Member of the Organisation of Women's Liberation and Director of the International Relations Committee of the Worker-communist Party of Iran.

 
 
 
 
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[chottala.com] Opinion of some scholars of Bangladesh

 
Dear Bangladeshi,
 
It seems  that Our Present CTG has taken some people from CPD  as their adviser.
But  there is no political scientists. CTG should have both economist and political scientists in the advisers  behind the scene. then it could run well.
 
 
 
See below, a panel of scholars from both left and right  suggesting  what  the CTG should  do.. 
 
 
 
 
 I think their opinion is based on history, fact and reality of bangladeshi politics.
 
CTG , particularly the EC should heed to their suggestions and concerns.
 
alochona


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[chottala.com] Motiur Rahman is a great capitulationist!

 
Dear All
 
Prothom Alo editor Motiur Rahman (AKA Mr. Maleka Begum)
has proved himself to be a great capitulationist! It is not surprising
that our Netzero Guy [Mr. Mohiuddin Anwar] now appreciates Matiur
Rahman's capitulationism.
 
Recently we have seen that on various points he is entirely one
with the capitulationist cliques.
 
There is no dearth of sycophants in Bangladeshi communities, home
and abroad. Not too long ago Mr. Mohiuddin Anwar was an ardent fan
of Tarek Zia and a devoted supporter of Mademoiselle Khaleda untill
so called one-eleven.
 
Quick recap:
 
Syed Aslam
 
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