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[chottala.com] HC grants Khaleda Zia bail in GATCO case

HC grants Khaleda Zia bail in GATCO case
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[chottala.com] Good News for AL supporter

 Dear  Bangladeshi,
 
 just few days before our  champion of corruption minister Mannan bhuyan was dreaming to go to power.
 
 But no he is silent.
 
 
 becuase those who  patronized him to betray with Khaleda zia has shifted their patronization  from him.
 
 Now they are patronizing  AL, for that reason 14 party allience is becoming united again.
 
 
Moreover, our  big Dada want to see bangladesh as a secularist country.
 
 
 So what can the care takers  do without patronizing the secularist?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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[chottala.com] Dr. Jaffor Ullah:Bangladesh was made a paradox with the able hands of military, mullahs, and oligarchs

 

Bangladesh was made a paradox with the able hands of military, mullahs, and oligarchs

 

A.H. Jaffor Ullah

 

The chief of the military-backed government of Bangladesh , Fakhruddin Ahmed, spoke before a gathering at the campus of Columbia University on September 28, 2007.  The chief advisor came to New York City a few days earlier to attend the general assembly of the U.N. in which he gave a 15-miniute address before the dignitaries and the permanent representatives of the comity of nations that make this organization one of a kind world body.

 

Fakhruddin's address to Columbia University's "World Leader's Forum" caught the attention of many people because this is the first time that the chief advisor came to the West after being thrust into power by cantonment intrigue in Bangladesh.  Also, the chief advisor never did take any question from journalists in Bangladesh despite the fact that he attended various state functions in many of which he delivered only speech. 

 

The silent force that is the purveyor of Fakhruddin Administration does not allow the chief advisor to address the press in an open forum.   That is precisely why quite a few eager beaver attended the lecture with the hope that they could ask him some pertinent questions about the way Bangladesh is being run since January 12, 2007.  Many civil rights activists also attended the lecture to get the impression as to why about a quarter million people or so are rotting in the jail without any charge, tens and thousands of poor people were made homeless by the government's forces alone in Dhaka, half a dozen senior professors from three universities – Dhaka, Rajshahi, and Chittagong were arrested and placed in jail as of this writing, and why the government had arrested a twenty-year old cartoonists at the behest of Islamists in Bangladesh.  The other pressing questions that need explanation are – the exit map for this temporary government whose 90-days tenure as per the constitution had all but expired and how long the emergency rule will continue in this "paradoxical" nation that is mired in hyper inflation, and quasi military rule.   Not to mention the military-backed government had supported a faction of political leaders to engage in open politics when it has squashed the political activities of the leading parties and whose leaders are in jail pending litigation.   Also important to many attendees of the lecture is the issue of the up coming general election and the reform process that should make a level playing field for all political parties.

 

I could not attend the lecture because I live about 1,300-1,400 miles away from New York City; however, Mr. Jahed Ahmed, who is one of the moderators of Mukto-mona forum, had attended the meeting and I read his eye account report of the speech.  Mr. Ahmed did a superlative job in reporting the performance of Mr. Fakhruddin Ahmed while he took notes.   I request the readers to peruse his report to know what Mr. Fakhruddin had emphasized in his carefully prepared speech.

 

What I would like to do in this write-up is to bring up the issue of one segment of his speech in which he said, "Bangladesh is, in many ways, a paradox that has baffled many a pundit."   This needs elaboration a bit.  I have no idea in which context the chief advisor categorized Bangladesh as a paradoxical land.  Is it the polity, its political leadership, or is it the people?

 

As I have alluded to earlier that Mr. Fakhruddin Ahmed was thrust into the forefront of governance by a powerful coterie of power.   His purveyor – the military in my view is accountable for making Bangladesh a paradoxical land.  In August 15, 1975 the military executed a plan that it hatched in Kurmitola cantonment.   Since then the military came to power not once but three times.  All along the way, it courted the mullahs (read Islamists) to consolidate its power.  Lest we forget, this tiny nation was formed in 1971 through a mass participation under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Tajuddin Ahmed, Nazrul Islam, and many more like them.   An estimated 3 million people were butchered and a quarter million women raped by the brute and occupation army of Pakistani government.  The masses wanted a secular polity and they got one only to see that only three and half-year later the military reverted the course of the journey to transform this one-time vibrant society into a quasi religious state.  

 

In mid-September 2007 a vernacular newspaper published an innocuous cartoon in which the twenty-year old cartoonist by the name Arifur Rahman poked a fun at the naming of Muslim boys.   The Islamists twisted the meaning of the punch line and asked the government to arrest the cartoonist and the editor, publisher and the whole shebang of Bangla newspaper Prothom Alo.  The Fakhruddin Administration could have appointed a body of scholars to look into the content of the carton before arresting the cartoonist.   But to appease the religious fanatics the government did nothing of that sort and it simply arrested the young man who created the cartoon.  The activist government then went further and arranged a " Taoba" (forgiveness or pardon) ceremony with the mullahs asking the law minister to be the middle man to carry out the fiasco in public.  The picture of the hapless editor seated among corpulent mullahs graced the page of most newspaper.   The secular segment of the society simply cringed in feat thinking what lies ahead for this "paradoxical" land.  In my opinion the military-led government is making this country a nation of paradox.

 

The army appointed 10 or so technocrats, ex-military men, and businessman to run the country of 150 million people after January 11, 2007 over through of a caretaker government, which was ordained in late October 2006.   The country is essentially being run by a group of oligarchs who have no connection to masses.  Bangladesh is still a village-based polity.  These men are all city-bred and have a serious disconnection to the people of the land.  The Fakhruddin Administration' s main agenda was to break the tradition of two-family driven politics but to do execute its policy it appointed three oligarchs from the same family.   Is not it paradoxical?  The military-led government said it will arrest all the corrupt politicians but in reality it turned a blind eye to quite a few politicians who are corrupt.  The only reason these corrupt politicians are roaming freely in the nation is that they are extending their helping hands to tighten the noose around the neck of two supreme political leaders.  The government is also dictating these corrupt but free politicians to wreak havoc in their respective parties.   Initially the government thought they could help catapult Dr. Yunus into the political arena.  The Peace Nobel laureate thought he could facilely form a political party using the Internet and media but that was proven so wrong.   The idea of forming the party just withered in the vine and the oligarchs could do nothing but twiddle their thumbs.  Indeed, Bangladesh is seemingly a nation of contradiction.

 

If I understand correctly by reading Jahed Ahmed's write-up on day's event at Columbia University , Mr. Fakhruddin Ahmed talked about the success of poverty alleviation program, food production situation in Bangladesh and the need for good governance; however, he avoided those touchy issues as the arrest of university professors and the young cartoonist.  These questions were asked but the chief advisor dodged the questions while he gave his glib answers.   I was saddened to hear that Mr. Fakhruddin Ahmed did not even say word on the arrest of Arifur Rahman, the jailed cartoonist.  By remaining reticent on this hot issue, the chief advisor had proved one more time that Bangladesh is riddled with contradiction in terms of the governance.  The same Mr. Fakhruddin had given a fiery speech on February 21, 2007 in which he urged everyone to join in to make Bangladesh a knowledge-based society but that ephemeral plea just vanished in the thin air.  The hard reality is that the nation is now under the influence of obscurantists who are dictating the government to efface the vestiges of secularism.   Isn't that a glaring example of the paradoxical nature of Bangladesh ?  If I may say so, Mr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, it is through your action our motherland is becoming not only a hapless but an utter paradoxical land.   Instead of lecturing on it, please do something about it so that in future this epithet could be kept "rest in peace."

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Re: [chottala.com] CTG - tottaly failed ,even in anti-corruption drive .

Dear All

I would like to draw your kind attention on the
opinion of an e-mail by Mohatir of bd dated 27th
September Thursday on

[chottala.com] CTG - tottaly failed ,even in
anti-corruption drive .

CTG, once popular and supported by majority of
Bangladeshi, has totally failed.

My opinion is

The present Care taker Government is in power for
about 9 (nine ) months. The writer of this e-mail :

Mahathir of bd" wouldbemahathirofbd@yahoo.com

Should realize the progress made by CTG for the past
nine months is much more than the corruption made by
the previous governments for the past 34 years. There
was none killed by the rival political parties in the
street for the past 9 (nine ) months. Nobody even
danced on the dead body. This is one of the most
measuring achievement (rather than zero) by the
previous governments. He (Mahathir of bd) seems to be
a supporter of Mr. Ershad who is the killer of
democracy in Bangladesh . He could make Bangladesh a
very prosperous country. The CTG made a big favor
not to try him to kill democracy in Bangladesh.
Somebody blames him to be the killer of Gen. Zia.
even. The CTG achievement is much higher than the
mahator of bd thinks. He must compare the 34 years
with present 9 months progress in his scale of
calculation.

H.M.Ershad could remain in the heart of all
Bangladeshi as the great man in our history. He could
at least invest some of his corruption & ill-gotten
money to improve Bangladesh communication rather he
was after many women.

We should support the present CTG and advise them
positively as they have little experience in running a
government. Finally our hope to win this war against
all corruption. Please be positive and make
constructive suggestions to improve our country for
our future generation.


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Dear all

CTG, once popular and supported by majority of
bangladeshi, has totally failed.

Do you accept the above comments ?

It is not wise to say total failure just even less
than a year of CTG. How can one judge to clear mess of
35 years within 6 months. Time will tell failure or
success for CTG. We should be constructive with our
suggesstions. The previous politicians did all mess
and some of the citizens (Less than 1 % ) support
them. It must not be termed as failure rather success.
Majority people like the corruption clean up project
of CTG.

The minus two formula will pay off eventually in
future as they are the root of all evils. The law of
the land must decide their destiny. No body is above
law which is the acceptable truth for all of us.

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We must try to help our present Care Taker Government
with positive and constructive suggestions.

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I have earlier suggested and would like your
impartial opinion.
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22nd September 2007

Sub: "When we pull our ear head automatically comes"

Ref: Communication throughout Bangladesh should be
number (1) one Priority.

Dear All

Assalamo alikum.

I would like to see Bangladesh a prosperous Country
like Canada. It will be possible if we can get rid of
politics from educational institutions, Government and
private offices. There is no need of BNP or Awami
League - Canada, North America or USA. If anyone from
outside Bangladesh would like to join politics he or
she must be in Bangladesh to practice politics.

We must put emphasis on all communication (Road, Air,
Sea or Telecommunication. All sorts of communication
are vital to the development of Bangladesh.
Electricity is one of the main obstacles to our
improvement. The present Government (99% support from
us all and less than 1% opposes) should encourage to
generate electricity and also to subsidies so as to
encourage establishment of electricity generation.
Government should also allow tax brake who will
produce electricity and other developmental
industries. Alternate source of power generation such
as Solar, Wind, Bio, Wave, Tidal, Hydrogen etc must
get priority and tax brake. We should also consider
Nuclear power generation.

We know that the US and Canada built Roads and
Highways on emergency basis immediately after the
second World in 1945. They are maintaining that roads
now. Our success depends on our better communication
throughout Bangladesh in all respects.

All educational institutions must get free or
subsidized internet connection for educational purpose
only.

Time will tell when to hold election and hand over
power to the lawmakers again. We suffered 35 years and
no more sufferings. Enough is enough. The caretaker
government should continue with their remarkable
cleanup and various developmental works.

The Punishment for the corrupt people within law &
justice is also equally important. We must remember
the government for their positive action regardless of
top or small leaders of Awami league, BNP or other
million parties.

We will remember the present government and ALLAH
SUBHANU TAALA WILL REWARD THEM INSHALLAH IF THEY ARE
IMPARTIAL for their jobs well-done.

We believe that the present caretaker government has
dedicated people for the development of Bangladesh.
Corruption and law less ness are the main obstacles.
They have our whole hearted support. They should do
their best to reach the goal but definitely not 35
years. Allah helps those who help themselves.

I will be glad to get any positive comments please.

mohammadsobhanster@ Gmail.com

Best regards.

Mohammed Sobhan
Former Chairman
The American society of Mechanical Engineers
Saudi Arabia.

214 -25 Bergamot Ave
Etobicoke, Ontario ON M9W 1W4
Canada


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[chottala.com] Dr. Jaffor Ullah nullifies the Islamist propaganda article in Nayadigonta

News is read in the news paper (shamokal) that some political leaders are thinking there is no wrong for uniting opposite minded & different ideologist political parsons to do movement against the present CTG in the name of common people interest. It seems that our great politicians are really very great. They can do any thing what they like to do & they can say any word what they think & want to say for going in power to earn money & to save money?  They can do street fighting to go in power & to stay in power for making money by destroying people's property & human life by saying that everything is done for the interest of the common people.
So it is better for present CTG to make a common constitutional rule for all political party to execute all political activities for guiding them in proper direction for the interest of the common people.
Present CTG may think for executing Mujib's Ideology by introducing BAKSAL System democracy.


Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
 
Dr. Jaffor Ullah nullifies the Islamist propaganda article in Nayadigonta
 
The curious case of Abu Samara and his jihad against freethinkers 
 Why conspiracy theorists are vocal now against Mukto-mona writers?
A.H. Jaffor Ullah
Bright and early on Jumma Day (Muslim Sabbath Day), September 28, 2007 I learned via an e-mail that one Abu Samara wrote an article in Bengali, which is needless to say – a diatribe-ridden from Alif to Yaa, and published in a vernacular newspaper on September 24, 2007 by the name Naya Diganta (New Horizon).  In this article, he poured his venom to freethinker writers who originated from Bangladesh.  Conspicuously absent in the article was the name of heavy hitters such as Ibn Warraq or Ali Sina who had been writing exposé to reveal all kinds of inanities in the religion of "peace" dating back from 7 th century.
 
You see, neither Ibn Warraq nor Ali Sina is from Bangladesh.  Therefore, a Bangalee taking a nom de plume (fake name) Abu Samara, which means "father of Samara", decided to lambaste the freethinkers originated from Bangladesh with the hope that the present military-backed government could do something to harass the family members of these writers who were left behind Bangladesh.  And for that purpose he mentioned in his magnum opus that this group of writers is trying to tarnish the "image' of Bangladesh to outsiders.  Lest Mr. Samara forgot, Bangladesh had topped the list of most corrupt nation on earth prepared by Transparency International (TI) consecutively for few years during the reign of Khaleda Zia and Jamaat who took control of Bangladesh in October 2001.  What more the writers of Mukto-mona, NFB, or Vinnomot could do to tarnish the "pristine image" of Bangladesh that had been going downhill since August 1975 to abyss (read hell) and thanks to the alliance between the military and Islamic parties such as Jamaat for this retrogressive journey.   I have called these people who are the likes of Abu Samara – Bangladesh Über Allis (Above All in German language) folks.  To these self-proclaimed patriot and defender of Islam anyone who critiques Islam and Bangladesh in public is nothing more than the enemy of Islam and the motherland.  Therefore, they wrongly think these folks should be identified, vilified, and censured.
 
The conspiracy theory of these Bangladesh Über Allis folks is loaded with falsity.  A case in point is the alleged role the Zionists playing to propagate "falsities" against Islam.   Mr. Samara conveniently found the connection between Mukto-mona and Zionist organization.  Did he mention one name from Zionist camp that is supporting Mukto-mona financially or intellectually?   No, he won't find even one.  But how conveniently did he spread the proverbial horse manure in the Internet.
 
The timing of slandering the freethinkers of Bangladesh origin at this time needs some probing.  Most cyber writers took up their pen in late 1990s because the established publishers of newspapers and periodicals in Bangladesh won't touch their probing articles because of the fear these may unleash.  In the last ten years a tremendous amount of articles critiquing the Mullahs way interpretations of Islam was published in 'News from Bangladesh' (NFB), Mukto-mona, Vinnomot, and a few intrepid websites in the Net.  Writers whose name was "unearthed" by Abu Samara are already well-known' many of them had published books in Bangladesh.   In short, these writers are already known to many booklovers allover Bangladesh.  Mukto-Mona has been awarded prestigious Jahanara Imam Memorial Medal recently for making significant contribution in the movement for establishing humanism, rationalism and scientific mindset among the people. Why then Abu Samara took this onerous duty on himself to propagate hate among Bangalee readers?   I think I know the answer.
 
On January 11, 2007 a new administration was placed in Dhaka with the help of Bangladesh military.  Gen. Moeen, the chief of military is the main backer of this government.   In February or March of 2007 Gen. Moeen gave a public lecture in Dhaka when he mentioned that religion would play a very important role along with a homegrown version of democracy in the future polity of this nation of 150 million.   This statement gave incentive to religious parties and their followers.  These obscurantists found their epiphany from the tall talks of Gen. Moeen.  They started allover again to think about a Green Bangladesh.   Move forward to September 2007 and you will find some truth to what I am propounding here.  Just the other day the government arrested a twenty year old budding cartoonist by the name Arif.   The kid is languishing in jail for a piece that he wrote and drew.  It was an innocuous cartoon poking fun at the very people like Abu Samara who takes the hadiths (example set by Prophet Muhammad) literally.   These people because of their reverence to Prophet Muhammad opined that the cartoon had offended the "feelings" of many Muslims.  No opinion poll was taken in Bangladesh that I know but the Mullahs were quick to assert that Arif's carton was blasphemous and not fit for public consumption in Bangladesh.  The government who through their action had proved that they are friendly to Mullahs' cause had quickly acted and arrested the kid.  And that is not the end of it.  The editor of vernacular newspaper Prothom Alo, which published the piece in their magazine by the name "Al-Pin" (Arabesque way of putting it), not only apologized in public but also went to the national mosque asking the forgiveness of Ulemas (learned mullahs) in a highly publicized Tauba Ceremony.  Many a reader thought the editor asked the forgiveness on behalf of secular writers.  The mullahs had sardonic laugh allover their face and many of them may have interpreted the ceremony as the capitulation of secular ideals from Bangladesh at least for the time being.
 
Inspired by the highly publicized Tauba Ceremony of Dhaka the petite Islamists of garden variety allover Internet had been roused from their hibernation.   They are active again.  Thus, spoketh Abu Samara.  He is a coward one who took a sobriquet to lambaste many intrepid writers including me.  Am I perturbed by all this?   Not at all.  The likes of Abu Samara think that the time is right to daub black tar on secularist writers.  However, their jihad won't bring any fruition. 
 
Come to think of it, there once was a website by the name Shodalap whose main task was to critique the writings of Bangalee freethinkers.   Perhaps the website had changed its stance and had become an inclusive forum.  However, there still exists virulently anti-secularist websites from which the likes of Abu Samara draw inspiration to lambaste Mukto-mona writers.   Without an ounce of sapience Abu Samara, the toothless tiger, wrote his ad hominem article.  I strongly denounce his malevolence that he showed out of hatred that he harbors against Avijit Roy, Fatemolla, Taj Hashmi, Mehul Kamdar, and of course myself.   Mr. Samara thinks that our effort to link the incidences of bombings in Bangladesh for the last 7-8 years with radical Islamists will be an exercise in futility.  How preposterous is Mr. Samara's claim.   Yes, Mukto-mona writers always wrote that there is a connection between the radical Islamists in Bangladesh and the spate of bombings over there.  The arrest of Bangla Bhai, Shaikh Abdur Rahman, and many of his followers and their subsequent trials that led to the walking of the Islamists to gallows all point to the fact that we were right in our assertion.   One could easily draw the conclusion that the real face behind Abu Samara is born loser Bangalee belonging to Rajakar party – Jamaat.  The reason he hates the secularists is because we are like thorns in his path to Islamism.
 
The wannabe Abu Samaras will do justice if they could bring concrete evidence of foul play by the secularist writers.  By the way, Google is a search engine that relies strictly on strings of words.  Therefore, if anyone wrote "Salahuddin Shoyeb Chowdhury" and "Friends of Israel" in the same article, then of course one will see the article in which these two phrases appear.   What is the big deal hear.  One however needs to see an authoritative article or reference to draw any conclusion.  The puny-brained Islamists such as Abu Samara will never understand how a search engine works.   It is mentioned that "Little learning could be dangerous."  Caveat emptor, readers!  Watch out of articles that come out in parochially inclined newspapers such as Naya Diganta .  That is all I can assert here.
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A.H. Jaffor Ullah, a writer and columnist, writes from New Orleans, USA
Courtesy: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mukto-mona/message/44115

On 9/29/07, hasan md <hasan_eu@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi All
I got an interesting article on so-called islam bashers published in Naya Diganta on 24 sept 2007.
pls follow the link
or attachment file
 
Thanks
Hasan UK

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Bangladesh : Veiled Threat ??????

 

 
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[chottala.com] Re: [khabor.com] Dr. Jaffor Ullah nullifies the Islamist propaganda article in Nayadigonta

 

Dr. Jaffor Ullah nullifies the Islamist propaganda article in Nayadigonta

 
The curious case of Abu Samara and his jihad against freethinkers 
 Why conspiracy theorists are vocal now against Mukto-mona writers?

A.H. Jaffor Ullah

Bright and early on Jumma Day (Muslim Sabbath Day), September 28, 2007 I learned via an e-mail that one Abu Samara wrote an article in Bengali, which is needless to say – a diatribe-ridden from Alif to Yaa, and published in a vernacular newspaper on September 24, 2007 by the name Naya Diganta (New Horizon).  In this article, he poured his venom to freethinker writers who originated from Bangladesh.  Conspicuously absent in the article was the name of heavy hitters such as Ibn Warraq or Ali Sina who had been writing exposé to reveal all kinds of inanities in the religion of "peace" dating back from 7 th century.

 

You see, neither Ibn Warraq nor Ali Sina is from Bangladesh.  Therefore, a Bangalee taking a nom de plume (fake name) Abu Samara, which means "father of Samara", decided to lambaste the freethinkers originated from Bangladesh with the hope that the present military-backed government could do something to harass the family members of these writers who were left behind Bangladesh.  And for that purpose he mentioned in his magnum opus that this group of writers is trying to tarnish the "image' of Bangladesh to outsiders.  Lest Mr. Samara forgot, Bangladesh had topped the list of most corrupt nation on earth prepared by Transparency International (TI) consecutively for few years during the reign of Khaleda Zia and Jamaat who took control of Bangladesh in October 2001.  What more the writers of Mukto-mona, NFB, or Vinnomot could do to tarnish the "pristine image" of Bangladesh that had been going downhill since August 1975 to abyss (read hell) and thanks to the alliance between the military and Islamic parties such as Jamaat for this retrogressive journey.   I have called these people who are the likes of Abu Samara – Bangladesh Über Allis (Above All in German language) folks.  To these self-proclaimed patriot and defender of Islam anyone who critiques Islam and Bangladesh in public is nothing more than the enemy of Islam and the motherland.  Therefore, they wrongly think these folks should be identified, vilified, and censured.

 

The conspiracy theory of these Bangladesh Über Allis folks is loaded with falsity.  A case in point is the alleged role the Zionists playing to propagate "falsities" against Islam.   Mr. Samara conveniently found the connection between Mukto-mona and Zionist organization.  Did he mention one name from Zionist camp that is supporting Mukto-mona financially or intellectually?   No, he won't find even one.  But how conveniently did he spread the proverbial horse manure in the Internet.

 

The timing of slandering the freethinkers of Bangladesh origin at this time needs some probing.  Most cyber writers took up their pen in late 1990s because the established publishers of newspapers and periodicals in Bangladesh won't touch their probing articles because of the fear these may unleash.  In the last ten years a tremendous amount of articles critiquing the Mullahs way interpretations of Islam was published in 'News from Bangladesh' (NFB), Mukto-mona, Vinnomot, and a few intrepid websites in the Net.  Writers whose name was "unearthed" by Abu Samara are already well-known' many of them had published books in Bangladesh.   In short, these writers are already known to many booklovers allover Bangladesh.  Mukto-Mona has been awarded prestigious Jahanara Imam Memorial Medal recently for making significant contribution in the movement for establishing humanism, rationalism and scientific mindset among the people. Why then Abu Samara took this onerous duty on himself to propagate hate among Bangalee readers?   I think I know the answer.

 

On January 11, 2007 a new administration was placed in Dhaka with the help of Bangladesh military.  Gen. Moeen, the chief of military is the main backer of this government.   In February or March of 2007 Gen. Moeen gave a public lecture in Dhaka when he mentioned that religion would play a very important role along with a homegrown version of democracy in the future polity of this nation of 150 million.   This statement gave incentive to religious parties and their followers.  These obscurantists found their epiphany from the tall talks of Gen. Moeen.  They started allover again to think about a Green Bangladesh.   Move forward to September 2007 and you will find some truth to what I am propounding here.  Just the other day the government arrested a twenty year old budding cartoonist by the name Arif.   The kid is languishing in jail for a piece that he wrote and drew.  It was an innocuous cartoon poking fun at the very people like Abu Samara who takes the hadiths (example set by Prophet Muhammad) literally.   These people because of their reverence to Prophet Muhammad opined that the cartoon had offended the "feelings" of many Muslims.  No opinion poll was taken in Bangladesh that I know but the Mullahs were quick to assert that Arif's carton was blasphemous and not fit for public consumption in Bangladesh.  The government who through their action had proved that they are friendly to Mullahs' cause had quickly acted and arrested the kid.  And that is not the end of it.  The editor of vernacular newspaper Prothom Alo, which published the piece in their magazine by the name "Al-Pin" (Arabesque way of putting it), not only apologized in public but also went to the national mosque asking the forgiveness of Ulemas (learned mullahs) in a highly publicized Tauba Ceremony.  Many a reader thought the editor asked the forgiveness on behalf of secular writers.  The mullahs had sardonic laugh allover their face and many of them may have interpreted the ceremony as the capitulation of secular ideals from Bangladesh at least for the time being.

 

Inspired by the highly publicized Tauba Ceremony of Dhaka the petite Islamists of garden variety allover Internet had been roused from their hibernation.   They are active again.  Thus, spoketh Abu Samara.  He is a coward one who took a sobriquet to lambaste many intrepid writers including me.  Am I perturbed by all this?   Not at all.  The likes of Abu Samara think that the time is right to daub black tar on secularist writers.  However, their jihad won't bring any fruition. 

 

Come to think of it, there once was a website by the name Shodalap whose main task was to critique the writings of Bangalee freethinkers.   Perhaps the website had changed its stance and had become an inclusive forum.  However, there still exists virulently anti-secularist websites from which the likes of Abu Samara draw inspiration to lambaste Mukto-mona writers.   Without an ounce of sapience Abu Samara, the toothless tiger, wrote his ad hominem article.  I strongly denounce his malevolence that he showed out of hatred that he harbors against Avijit Roy, Fatemolla, Taj Hashmi, Mehul Kamdar, and of course myself.   Mr. Samara thinks that our effort to link the incidences of bombings in Bangladesh for the last 7-8 years with radical Islamists will be an exercise in futility.  How preposterous is Mr. Samara's claim.   Yes, Mukto-mona writers always wrote that there is a connection between the radical Islamists in Bangladesh and the spate of bombings over there.  The arrest of Bangla Bhai, Shaikh Abdur Rahman, and many of his followers and their subsequent trials that led to the walking of the Islamists to gallows all point to the fact that we were right in our assertion.   One could easily draw the conclusion that the real face behind Abu Samara is born loser Bangalee belonging to Rajakar party – Jamaat.  The reason he hates the secularists is because we are like thorns in his path to Islamism.

 

The wannabe Abu Samaras will do justice if they could bring concrete evidence of foul play by the secularist writers.  By the way, Google is a search engine that relies strictly on strings of words.  Therefore, if anyone wrote "Salahuddin Shoyeb Chowdhury" and "Friends of Israel" in the same article, then of course one will see the article in which these two phrases appear.   What is the big deal hear.  One however needs to see an authoritative article or reference to draw any conclusion.  The puny-brained Islamists such as Abu Samara will never understand how a search engine works.   It is mentioned that "Little learning could be dangerous."  Caveat emptor, readers!  Watch out of articles that come out in parochially inclined newspapers such as Naya Diganta .  That is all I can assert here.

http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/jaffor/abu_samara.htm

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A.H. Jaffor Ullah, a writer and columnist, writes from New Orleans, USA

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On 9/29/07, hasan md <hasan_eu@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi All
I got an interesting article on so-called islam bashers published in Naya Diganta on 24 sept 2007.
pls follow the link
or attachment file
 
Thanks
Hasan UK


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[chottala.com] an article to unmask anti-Bangladeshi's and Islam bashers

Hi All
I got an interesting article on so-called islam bashers published in Naya Diganta on 24 sept 2007.
pls follow the link
or attachment file
 
Thanks
Hasan UK


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Re: [chottala.com] CTG - tottaly failed ,even in anti-corruption drive .

There is a Chatgaya saying
"USTADAR MAAR FUITTAYA"
let us wait and see
 
 
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Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [chottala.com] CTG - tottaly failed ,even in anti-corruption drive .

Morning shows the day.  If there was any sign of positive turn, then we could  give them some more time.
 
However, all people can not see the  whole day from the morning. they need some more time.
 
 
 


Mohammad Sobhan <sobhanma_asme@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear all

CTG, once popular and supported by majority of
bangladeshi, has totally failed.

Do you accept the above comments ?

It is not wise to say total failure just even less
than a year of CTG. How can one judge to clear mess of
35 years within 6 months. Time will tell failure or
success for CTG. We should be constructive with our
suggesstions. The previous politicians did all mess
and some of the citizens (Less than 1 % ) support
them. It must not be termed as failure rather success.
Majority people like the corruption clean up project
of CTG.

The minus two formula will pay off eventually in
future as they are the root of all evils. The law of
the land must decide their destiny. No body is above
law which is the acceptable truth for all of us.

======================================================

We must try to help our present Care Taker Government
with positive and constructive suggestions.

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I have earlier suggested and would like your
impartial opinion.
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22nd September 2007

Sub: “When we pull our ear head automatically comes”

Ref: Communication throughout Bangladesh should be
number (1) one Priority.

Dear All

Assalamo alikum.

I would like to see Bangladesh a prosperous Country
like Canada. It will be possible if we can get rid of
politics from educational institutions, Government and
private offices. There is no need of BNP or Awami
League - Canada, North America or USA. If anyone from
outside Bangladesh would like to join politics he or
she must be in Bangladesh to practice politics.

We must put emphasis on all communication (Road, Air,
Sea or Telecommunication. All sorts of communication
are vital to the development of Bangladesh.
Electricity is one of the main obstacles to our
improvement. The present Government (99% support from
us all and less than 1% opposes) should encourage to
generate electricity and also to subsidies so as to
encourage establishment of electricity generation.
Government should also allow tax brake who will
produce electricity and other developmental
industries. Alternate source of power generation such
as Solar, Wind, Bio, Wave, Tidal, Hydrogen etc must
get priority and tax brake. We should also consider
Nuclear power generation.

We know that the US and Canada built Roads and
Highways on emergency basis immediately after the
second World in 1945. They are maintaining that roads
now. Our success depends on our better communication
throughout Bangladesh in all respects.

All educational institutions must get free or
subsidized internet connection for educational purpose
only.

Time will tell when to hold election and hand over
power to the lawmakers again. We suffered 35 years and
no more sufferings. Enough is enough. The caretaker
government should continue with their remarkable
cleanup and various developmental works.

The Punishment for the corrupt people within law &
justice is also equally important. We must remember
the government for their positive action regardless of
top or small leaders of Awami league, BNP or other
million parties.

We will remember the present government and ALLAH
SUBHANU TAALA WILL REWARD THEM INSHALLAH IF THEY ARE
IMPARTIAL for their jobs well-done.

We believe that the present caretaker government has
dedicated people for the development of Bangladesh.
Corruption and law less ness are the main obstacles.
They have our whole hearted support. They should do
their best to reach the goal but definitely not 35
years. Allah helps those who help themselves.

I will be glad to get any positive comments please.

mohammadsobhanster@Gmail.com

Best regards.

Mohammed Sobhan
Former Chairman
The American society of Mechanical Engineers
Saudi Arabia.

214 -25 Bergamot Ave
Etobicoke, Ontario ON M9W 1W4
Canada

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