*Professor ABM Nasir, please elaborate !*
*Professor ABM Nasir*
*Although their are some factual errors but the spirit of the news item*
*seems to be ok.*
*"They include the leaders of Bangladesh 's largest party, Jamaat-e-Islami -
which at the time opposed the break-up of Pakistan . "*
*As we all know, Jamaat-e--Islami is not the Bangladesh's largest party, but
it *
*did oppose **the breakup of Pakistan and sided with occupation. Do you
disagree? *
**
*The truths are:*
**
*(1) To this day, the leaders of the Jamaat deny the war of liberation took
place *
*(2) Jamaat collaborated with the Occupation regime and it's military's
attrocities.*
*(3) Jamaat's youth militia Al-Bodor/ Al-Shams carried out most of the
killings of*
* innocent civillians during our Liberation War.*
*Admittedly, the BBC article is very poorly written. The writer Mark Dummett
*
*does not seem to have done proper homework before writing the article.*
**
*But other than that what are your points?*
**
*Why are you* *demanding removal of the article from its website?*
*Can you elaborate and analyze you contentions. Are you angry that the
article has*
*singled out Jamaat as the main collaborator of Pakistani Occupation Regime*
*in 1971?*
*A. Rahim Azad*
**
*PS: You may find some complacence in the Daily Sangram new item on *
*the issue:*
http://www.dailysangram.com/newsdtls.asp?NID=13010&NDate=3/23/2008
On 3/22/08, ABM Nasir <nasnc@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> *BBC article containing misinformation.*
>
> *Send email to BBC demanding removal of the article from its website.*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7308525.stm*
>
> *Calls for Bangladesh war trials *
>
> By Mark Dummett
> BBC News, Dhaka
>
>
>
> *Veterans of Bangladesh 's 1971 war of independence have called for their
> countrymen who collaborated with Pakistan to face war crimes trials. *
>
> Hundreds of the veterans who took part in the victorious war against
> Pakistan travelled to Dhaka to issue the call at the request of their
> former commanders.
>
> They say Bangladeshis who collaborated with Pakistani forces caused the
> deaths of thousands of civilians.
>
> Many of those they want tried are politically influential figures.
>
> *They include the leaders of Bangladesh 's largest party, Jamaat-e-Islami- which at the time opposed the break-up of
> Pakistan . *
>
> To this day, the leaders of the party deny a war of liberation took place,
> rather calling it a civil war between Pakistanis.
>
> They also deny involvement in a youth militia which carried out many of
> the killings.
>
> One of the reasons why the veterans have launched their campaign now is
> that elections are being organised for December.
>
> They want Jamaat-e-Islami, which did well in the last elections, to be
> banned from taking part.
>
> *Lingering anger *
>
> The veterans won their country's freedom from Pakistan with the support of
> India in only a matter of months and are the nation's heroes.
>
> But many wounds from the conflict are yet to heal.
>
> Bangladesh's official records say some three million people, mostly
> civilians, lost their lives.
>
> Many of the perpetrators were not Pakistani soldiers but their supporters
> among the local population. None have ever been tried.
>
> Dr Mustafisa Rahman, a medic in the Bangladeshi forces, said of the
> collaborators: "They raped our mothers, they killed our brothers and
> sisters, they burned our houses, they have done everything."
>
> Earlier governments have ignored the calls for trials, saying they would
> damage national unity.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ABM Nasir, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor and Lead Faculty of Economics
> School of Business
> NCCU Campus NRC Director,
> North Carolina Center for South Asian Studies
> North Carolina Central Univeristy
> Durham, NC 27707.
> Phone: (919) 530-7372
> Fax: (919) 530-6163
> http://www.nccu.edu/business/anasir
>
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