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Saturday, July 4, 2009

Re: [chottala.com] Re: [khabor.com] Moeen was no De Gaulle, but . . . by Syed Badrul Ahsan



Just for your information, Sir, General Moeen is the worst possible corrupted army officer who rose to power floating on the wave of the current global trend of satan's supremacy. He can't be compared with the sacred names of historically proven great generals. We musn't be myopic. Thanks


--- On Thu, 7/2/09, Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>
Subject: [chottala.com] Re: [khabor.com] Moeen was no De Gaulle, but . . . by Syed Badrul Ahsan
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com, chottala@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 11:51 AM

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -George Bernard Shaw
 Man and Superman (1903)

 
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:36 AM, <mrahman246@yahoo. com> wrote:

AL will never be a sane party. Those who advocate and says AL is a sane party he is insane too. A sane conscious party man can,t come out on the street with logi boita and can,t set fire on a bus loaded with live human being!!
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From: Syed Aslam
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:49:18 -0400
Subject: [khabor.com] Moeen was no De Gaulle, but . . . by Syed Badrul Ahsan

Moeen was no De Gaulle, but . . .

Syed Badrul Ahsan
THERE are hordes of people baying for Moeen U. Ahmed's blood these days. They would like him to be taken into custody. They would love to see him tried for the way he "violated" the constitution. Their happiness will know no bounds if he is hauled up to answer the question of why he had kept the country captive to an "illegitimate" government for two years. They would applaud uproariously if the guillotine came down on his neck. All of that is a matter of opinion. It is a free country, which means every citizen is free to speak his mind on men and matters in a way he sees fit.
But beyond that matter of freedom of speech comes the truth, at once unavoidable and palpable: General Moeen U. Ahmed, for all his follies and foibles, will be remembered as the man who engineered a return to political sanity for the people of Bangladesh. Expand the idea and what you have is something fundamental and historically necessary that Moeen accomplished in January 2007. He simply stepped in and helped the country send the dishonest, venal caretaker government led by Iajuddin Ahmed packing.
Whether you like it or not (and you will not like it if before January 2007 you had looked forward to rigged elections), the general did a job that should have been done by the political classes in the first place: he made it possible for us to hope once more. Sit back and reflect on the slippery road to disaster the country would have taken if the state of emergency, the better to give legal cover to the installation of a new caretaker regime, had not been imposed on January 11, 2007.
And this is what would have happened: even with the Awami League and its allies opting out of the general elections scheduled for January 22, the Iajuddin cabal would have gone ahead with the voting and the discredited Bangladesh Nationalist Party-Jamaat alliance would have cheerfully marched back to power. Of course, people would have stayed home and the voting centres would have stayed bleak and empty, but the votes would be counted anyway.
A hollow victory would have been announced over state-controlled media and public opinion would have been given short shrift. Anarchy would have been loosed upon our world and the very real prospect of a civil war, for all our pretence about it not coming to pass, would be at our doorsteps. But none of that happened. The emergency put paid to all that. Because it did, we are a little better off today than we were in the days and weeks immediately prior to the ouster of the Iajuddin government.
Of course, a goodly number of wrong moves were made on General Moeen's watch. The unseemly manner in which Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia were carted off to imprisonment will remain a sad thought for the nation. The alacrity with which politicians of the stature of Abdul Jalil were put through the humiliation of remand shamed us as a society. Our embarrassment over the action against the students and teachers of Dhaka and Rajshahi universities, specifically the clear attempt at undermining the reputation of respected academics, is a story we are not likely to forget any time soon.
General Moeen should have avoided being selective where dealing with some men of questionable reputation is concerned. He could have stayed away from association with those responsible for the scandal of fifty-two first class results at Dhaka University. His prestige took a hit when some individuals, despite the emergency, happily went ahead with forming political parties destined to be ridiculed and laughed out of existence.
Like every other individual who finds himself at the crossroads of life, Moeen U. Ahmed has demonstrated his shortcomings. But weigh those flaws against the positive good that came of his being at the centre of things. He was no Charles de Gaulle. Neither did he allow himself to be tempted into staging a coup d'etat, and thereby taking us all back down a potholed road we have known so well.
With him effectively buttressing the Fakhruddin caretaker government, it was possible to run a corrupt Election Commission out of town and replace it with men who truly meant business. A toothless, partisan Anti-Corruption Commission was swiftly swatted down and men of integrity (you think here of Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury) were able to take charge of that comatose body and breathe it back to life.
A corrupt Public Service Commission made way for a decent, well-meaning one. And do not forget that when General Moeen spoke up in defence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, it was the first time in more than three decades that an army chief in Bangladesh had publicly acknowledged the Father of the Nation's place in our history.
The just departed army chief could have reinforced the dark tradition set and cemented by Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, Ziaul Haq, Pervez Musharraf, Ziaur Rahman and Hussein Muhammad Ershad. He did not. That in itself is a tribute to General Moeen U. Ahmed.
Syed Badrul Ahsan is Editor, Current Affairs, The Daily Star. E-mail: bahsantareq@ yahoo.co. uk.
 
 




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[chottala.com] Restoration of Asian Silk Route won’t help Bangladesh




Restoration of Asian Silk Route
won't help Bangladesh

It is a matter of serious concern that a multilateral lending agency, involved in substantial infrastructure development, especially roads and highways, appears to be advocating a certain position regarding the Asian Highway Network, which would not suit the national interests of Bangladesh. According to a report published in New Age on Saturday, a paper of the Asian Development Bank, titled, 'Restoring the Asian Silk Route: Toward an Integrated Asia', points out that Bangladesh stands to gain substantially by reopening the ancient and fabled trade route that accounted for a considerable trade volume in the 13th century.


   Although the study, practically conducted by a couple of Indians, fails to project the potential volume of trade that might be generated by restoring this old route, it posits that restoring the route would eventually benefit Bangladesh. A critical look at the study shows that restoration of the Silk Route—which existed over 700 years ago and the dynamics of the region where it existed have changed significantly since— promotes and strengthens the Indian position of linking Bangladesh to the Asian Highway Network through India both on the east and the west. While we have no problem with India to gain certain advantages, we are concerned about the disadvantages that Bangladesh would be exposed to in case of restoration of the Silk route.
   Substantial economic gains are among the most compelling reasons for increased connectivity. Increased connectivity expedites and facilitates the potentials for increased trade and thereby increased interaction among the peoples of different regions. We have stated a number of times before in these leaders that increased connectivity among the countries of the subcontinent is imperative for an integrated South Asia. But such integration should come on the back of enhanced trade, increased interaction among the peoples and comprehensive mutual benefits from such interaction and cooperation.
   The Asian Highway Network provides such an opportunity for not just South Asia but also the emerging countries of South East Asia with their lucrative markets. Bangladesh should by all means join this highway network and there should not be an iota of doubt that it would be beneficial for Bangladesh. But Bangladesh needs to choose the best option for itself to get connected with the network when three alternative routes are there. Two of the three routes are through India on the east, the Silk Route being one and the third is through Myanmar—which has so far been favoured by Bangladesh, and quite rightly so—in the east connecting both Bhutan and Nepal in Bangladesh's north-west through India. This route has a far greater potential to increase trade volume since these countries are virtually untapped markets for Bangladesh. We believe the only benchmark to decide on a certain route must be on the basis of comparative economic gains, as well as strategic advantages for Bangladesh. The choice of route must be such that it offers Bangladesh substantially better terms of trade through economic advantages and at the same time help preserve its strategic interest. Of the available routes, the one linking the Asian highway through Myanmar on the east ensures both, and therefore Bangladesh should go for that, in case it cannot wrestle out something better.

 

 

http://www.newagebd.com/2009/jul/05/edit.html

Is there any army in the world that can win over 150 Millions people? Should we be afraid of any country?          
                               
                              



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[chottala.com] Boycott Indian Goods Week (August 16-23, Bharotio Ponnoborjon Shopta)



 
My Dear  hypocrete brother
 
Salahuddin Ayubi had his surgery done on his left eye  in Chennai, India
last 2007...:
please see:
 
sent by:
Syed Aslam
 
 
On 7/3/09, Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo.com> wrote:



My hypocrete brother, Who are you referring to when you point your accusing finger at you go to KOlkat and Mumbai for shopping or treatment. You should know it better that health are facilities are growing in Dhaka and most people who can afford goes to Bangkok or singapore for treatment.
-AYUBI

--- On Thu, 7/2/09, eastside_peds@bellsouth.net <eastside_peds@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: eastside_peds@bellsouth.net <eastside_peds@bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [notun_bangladesh] Boycotting of Indian Goods Week (August 16-23, Bharotio Ponnoborjon Shopta)
> To: notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com, sahannan@yahoogroups.com', inquisitive_sisters@yahoogroups.com, "islamcity@yahoogroups" <islamcity@yahoogroups.com>, khabor@yahoogroups.com, bd_journalists@yahoogroups.com, bdmailer@gmail.com, "BD Expatriate Middle east" <BDexpatriates-MiddleEast@yahoogroups.com>, "strategic studies" <bd_sdf@yahoo.ca>, notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com
> Cc: "abid bahar" <abidbahar@Yahoo.com>
> Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 7:43 PM


>
>
>
>
>
>
> MR.
> UNDERACHIEVER ( Ph.D)
>  
> If you get
> HEART ATTACK, would you boycott Indian Cardiologist?? You
> guys always watch Indian movies and do shopping in Kolkata
> and Mumbai!! So, come to the reality, don't be
> HIPOCRAT!!
>  
> M. Ali,
> M.D.
> Atlanta
> -------------- Original message from abid bahar
> <abidbahar@Yahoo.com>: --------------
>
>
>
>
> Indian Water Aggression and the Boycotting of Indian Goods
> August 16 -23 Week (Bharotio Ponnoborjon Shopta)
>  
> Abid Bahar Ph. D.
>  
> Indian government's continued arrogance to share the
> international River Gange's water causes great loss and
> desertification in the North West of Bangladesh. Now India
> is building Tipaimuk dam to block the North East of
> Bangladesh. Bangladesh is helpless. It needs your help.
>            
>      o      
> Save Bangladesh!! !!! 
> (1) Let's go for a boycott movement of Indian goods.
> Lets  observe it from August 16-23, lets
> observe Indian Water aggression and boycott of Indian
> goods week (Bharotio Ponnoborjon shopta).
> (2) This should be observed every year and we
> will demand August 16 as a national holiday. This week
> will be to mourn the man-made disaster in the making.
>  (3) The peaceful observation is our cold war response
> to India. It is our call for freedom from Indian aggression.
> The first war was fought against Pakistan now this is
> against the arrogant Indian government. This is because only
> the boycott of multi-million dollar Indian goods in
> Bangladesh remains Bangladesh's only option to stop
> India's criminal activities against Bangladesh
> aimed at turning it into a desert/ dependent/ a failed
> state. 
>  
> (4)This should be a grssroot movement. Political parties
> can join in the movement but it should continue to remain a
> pro-people movement and definitely a nonviolent movement.
> The date I propose is to coincide the Farakka Day that
> Bhasani launched in 1976. The difference is
> that this will be a week long activity which
> should have cultural groups and cuttural activities, the
> recitation of poems about desertification and the arsonic
> poison due to man-made evils. It should also include
> drama activities and seminars to inform and attract the
> mainstream youth. It can include the symbolic game playing
> with imported Indian rotten eggs. The game will be
> hitting egg by the egg marble game. The seminars will
> demand the government to strengthen the border from
> smuggling of Indian goods by rebuilding our BDR force and
> the army. In all this, Indian people should know that
> Bangladeshis are not against them but its
> governmen's destructive and arrogant policy against
> Bangladeshi people's future.
> (5) I recommend that the Poinoo Borjon
> Shopta should be observed from Tatulia to Taknaf. This
> seems to be the time to act before Bangladesh becomes South
> Asia's "Desert Ethopia" and India's banana
> republic.
> (6) We the patriotic  Bangladeshis have to keep the
> pressure up on India and India's friendly foreign
> governments against India's actualization
> of the barbaric "India Doctrine"
> and against the desertification of Bangladesh.
> Volunteers from local to national level should continue to
> lobby internationally. We know Bangladesh already has
> many sons and daughters working hard on this.
>  
>  
> (7) The point is India can not do anything it wants. The
> mighty America couldn't do anything against the
> patriotic and conscious Cubans, despite the fact that they
> also have many Moin U (puppet) Mir Jaffors who receive
> horses. It is also because in our time we live in a global
> village. Only pressure from average Bangladeshi
> people at home and abroad will demonstrate to the
> pro-Indian governments including the last caretakers that
> Bangladesh has the backbone to survive.
> In this, Bangladesh will not lose anything but will gain
> everything. We are going to call it "Water Aggression and
> Boycotting Indian Goods week."
> We are asking people to spontaneously join in the movement.
> I propose non political people and professors from Dhaka
> University and BUET should form a group to fight and
> lead this annual event and fight the cold war. If
> it slowly turns into a spontaneous movement like our
> great annual language day, we wouldn't be needing any
> leadership from above.
> (8) I suggest that Bangladeshis should also erect a central
> monument in Dhaka and a national museum depicting the
> desertification, arsenic poisoning, border killing, water
> aggression and its systematic anti-Bangladesh policy. I
> expect this will also attract International
> attention from the environmental groups as well.
>  
>   Let's do it now or never!
>  
> Let's hear from various Bangladeshi people, including
> the pro-Indians/ opportunist Bangladeshis  what else
> they think about it. If peace-loving and patriotic
> Bangladeshis  agree, form your own committee in your
> city for the upcoming "Water Aggression and Boycotting
> of Indian Goods week" from August 16-23.  For
> this you wouldn't need anything except your love for
> your mother and Bangladesh, your motherland!
>  
> In the article below see how Palestinians through their
> grass roots movement doing the unthinkable
>  
> ____________ _________ _________ __
>
> Pro-Israel Lobby Alarmed by
> Growth of Boycott, Divestment Movement
>
> The   B u l l e t  Socialist Project •
> E-Bulletin No. 230
> June 29, 2009
> http://www.socialis
> tproject. ca/bullet/ bullet230. html

>
> Art Young
>
> The movement to call Israel to account for its crimes
> against the Palestinian people is growing. It is "invading
> the mainstream discourse, becoming part of the constant and
> unrelenting drumbeat against Israel." It could eventually
> threaten the existence of the Jewish state by undermining
> the support it receives from its strongest backer, the U. S.
> government. That was the message of alarm delivered by the
> Executive Director of the American Israel Public Affairs
> Committee, Howard Kohr, to the AIPAC Policy Conference on
> May 3.[1]
>
> AIPAC is one of the principal organizations that lobby
> publicly on behalf of Israel in the United States, where it
> is an important influence on foreign policy. Among the 6,000
> dignitaries who attended its policy conference were more
> than half of the members of the Senate and a third of the
> members of the House of Representatives. Featured speakers
> included Vice President Joe Biden, Senator John Kerry,
> former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Israeli Prime
> Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Shimon
> Peres.
>
> AIPAC and its allies are often alleged to act as a kind of
> shadow government in Washington, distorting policy in
> Israel's interest rather than that of the United States.
> This stands reality on its head. The pro-Israel lobby
> carries real weight in the halls of power, but only because
> the U.S. and Israel share the same fundamental interests.
> The U.S. relies on Israel to keep the Arab states of the
> Middle East divided, weak, and under constant threat of
> attack, thus ensuring that they remain subservient to
> Washington. For its part, Israel could not continue to exist
> in its present form without the strong political and
> material support it receives from the USA. It received more
> than $2.5-billion in military aid from the U.S. in 2009.[2]
> Israel and the United States may be partners with shared
> objectives, but the relationship is a highly unequal one.
>
> Kohr's address focused on the growing power of the
> international movement against Israel's criminal behavior,
> identifying support for boycott, divestment and sanctions as
> a particularly worrisome development.
>
> Kohr pointed to a variety of statements and actions against
> Israel's onslaught on Palestinians in Gaza, including
> demonstrations in Spain and Germany. He noted that 400
> British academics had demanded that Britain's Science
> Museum cancel an event highlighting the work of Israeli
> scientists and that an Italian trade union calls for a
> boycott of Israeli products.
>
> "Incredibly, there now is even an Israel Apartheid Week
> conducted in cities across the globe," he added.
>
> Kohr noted the strength of opposition to Israel in the
> Middle East, Europe, and in international forums. But he
> voiced particular concern over the movement's progress in
> the United States "where Israel stands accused of
> apartheid and genocide, where Zionism equals racism, where a
> former president of the United States can publicly accuse
> Israel of apartheid."
>
> Significantly, the AIPAC leader also insisted on the
> profound nature of the issues that divide supporters and
> critics of Israeli policy.
>
> What we are witnessing is the attempted delegitimization of
> Israel; the systematic sowing of doubt that Israel is a
> nation that has forfeited the world's concern; a nation
> whose actions are, in the strict meaning of the term,
> indefensible. This is more than the simple spewing of
> hatred. This is a conscious campaign to shift policy, to
> transform the way Israel is treated by its friends to a
> state that deserves not our support, but our contempt; not
> our protection, but pressured to change its essential
> nature...
>
> I'm not saying that these allegations have become
> accepted. But they have become acceptable. More and more
> they are invading the mainstream discourse, becoming part of
> the constant and unrelenting drumbeat against Israel. These
> voices are laying the predicate for an abandonment.
> They're making the case for Israel's unworthiness to be
> allowed what is for any nation the first and most
> fundamental of rights: the right to self-defense. .. They
> are preparing us for a world in which Israel stands alone,
> isolated, and at risk...
>
> Now, there's little we can do to stop the boycotts of
> Israeli goods launched in London or Lisbon or Rome.
> There's little we can do to stop Israel Apartheid Week.
> But there is much we can do to stop this campaign from
> taking hold here. Here where it matters the most, in
> Washington, where United States policy is forged, we must
> stop the delegitimization of Israel. We must not let it
> penetrate the halls of Congress and the counsels of our
> president.
>
> To win support for Israel from the U.S. ruling class, Kohr
> argued, friends of Israel must address "the absolute
> foundation, the base on which all else rests." That is,
> the fact that Israel is
>
> a Western outpost in the Middle East. To those who make
> that accusation, I say you are right. Israel is the only
> democratic country in the region that looks West, that looks
> to the values and the vision we share of what our society,
> our country should aim at and aspire to. If that foundation
> of shared values is shaken, the rationale for the policies
> we pursue today will be stripped away. The reasons the
> United States would continue to invest nearly $3-billion in
> Israel's security; the willingness to stand with Israel,
> even alone if need be; the readiness to defend Israel's
> very existence, all are undermined and undone if Israel is
> seen to be unjust and unworthy.
>
> Kohr's argument that Israel is a garrison state, "a
> Western outpost in the Middle East," the front line of the
> defense of imperialist interests in the region, is not often
> stated in such forthright terms. But it is quite accurate,
> and speaks to the source of the conflict in the region.
> Palestine Appeals for Solidarity
>
> In his speech, Kohr voiced great alarm at the growth in
> solidarity with the Palestinian people in recent months. The
> unprecedented growth of the international solidarity
> movement is a grass-roots response to the crimes committed
> by Israel during its murderous 22-day assault on Gaza, and
> the tight siege of the territory that it maintains to this
> day.
>
> Solidarity with Palestine is being expressed in many
> different ways. One of these is the international campaign
> for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel.
> Support for BDS has grown considerably in recent months,
> which is why the AIPAC leader highlighted it as a cause for
> particular concern.
>
> The BDS movement responds to an appeal for solidarity that
> was issued by Palestinian civil society in July 2005. More
> than 170 organizations, including trade unions, political
> and social organizations, and women's and youth groups,
> issued the appeal. The signatories represent all three
> components of the divided Palestinian nation, namely,
> refugees, Palestinians living under Israeli occupation, and
> Palestinian citizens of Israel.
>
> The appeal from Palestine said, in part:
>
> We, representatives of Palestinian civil society, call upon
> international civil society organizations and people of
> conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and
> implement divestment initiatives against Israel similar to
> those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era. We
> appeal to you to pressure your respective states to impose
> embargoes and sanctions against Israel. We also invite
> conscientious Israelis to support this call, for the sake of
> justice and genuine peace.
>
> These non-violent punitive measures should be maintained
> until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the
> Palestinian people's inalienable right to
> self-determination and fully complies with the precepts of
> international law by:
>
> 1. Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands
> and dismantling the Wall;
>
> 2. Recognizing the fundamental rights of the
> Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality; and
>
> 3. Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of
> Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties
> as stipulated in U.N. resolution 194.[3]
> Students Mobilize for Palestine
>
> Students have been in the forefront of the solidarity
> movement with Palestine. The attack on Gaza spurred student
> solidarity to new heights.
>
> In what one newspaper described as "the biggest student
> revolt for 20 years," students in the U.K. organized
> occupations at 34 universities. They used the facilities to
> hold meetings and show films promoting awareness of the
> oppression of the Palestinians. Many occupations demanded
> that their university provide practical aid to Palestinian
> universities and students. Another common theme of the
> movement was a call to end all ties to arms manufacturers
> – the university-military connection being particularly
> strong in the U.K. The universities promote research that
> benefits the merchants of death; they also invest in those
> companies.
>
> The student movement achieved some notable gains. Glasgow
> Strathclyde University agreed to end its purchases from Eden
> Springs, an Israeli company that produces bottled water from
> land in the Golan Heights that Israel refuses to return to
> Syria. Several universities agreed to provide scholarships
> to Palestinian students. Others organized fundraising for
> Palestine; many of these efforts are ongoing. The Oxford and
> Manchester universities agreed to donate surplus books,
> journals and other educational material to universities in
> Palestine.
>
> At the University of Manchester, an emergency meeting of
> the student union attended by more than 850 people adopted a
> motion committing the union to campaign for BDS.
>
> One of the most important results of the wave of
> occupations was to raise consciousness of the Palestine
> issue among thousands of students and beyond. It also
> provided activists with valuable experience in organizing on
> this issue and forged links between them. Following on the
> occupations, many of the campus Palestine committees have
> increased their activity in support of BDS. Efforts are also
> being made to build a more sustained student Palestine
> solidarity movement.[4]
>
> In early February, new ground was conquered in the U.S.
> when Hampshire College agreed to implement a policy of
> divestment, the first college or university in the country
> to do so. Bowing to a two-year campaign by Students for
> Justice in Palestine (SJP), the Board of Trustees agreed to
> withdraw its investments from six companies targeted by SJP
> because they profit from the Israeli occupation of
> Palestine. SJP noted that "this groundbreaking decision
> follows in Hampshire's history of being the first college
> in the country to divest from apartheid South Africa 32
> years ago, a decision based on similar human rights
> concerns."[5]
>
> Archbishop Desmond Tutu hailed the decision: "This is a
> monumental and historic step in the struggle for Palestinian
> equality, self-determination and peace in the Holy Land by
> non-violent means. I see what these students have
> accomplished as a replica of the support of their college of
> our struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Hampshire
> College's decision to divest should be a guiding example
> to all institutions of higher learning."[6]
> Israeli Apartheid Week
>
> In his speech to the conference, AIPAC leader Hauk twice
> referred to Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), an annual series
> of presentations and film showings that focus on the Israeli
> apartheid system and the need for boycott, divestment and
> sanctions against Israel. Initiated at the University of
> Toronto in 2005, IAW events took place this year on five
> continents in more than 40 cities and towns, 11 of them in
> Israeli-occupied Palestine, during the first week of
> March.[7]
>
> Organizers of IAW in Canada, one of the centers of the
> movement, had to contend with a sustained barrage of attacks
> and threats from Zionist organizations backed up by the
> federal government. In February Jason Kenney, Canada's
> Minister of Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism,
> decried the "anti-Zionist version of anti-Semitism"
> which maintains that "the Jews alone have no right to a
> homeland." A few weeks later Kenny took aim directly at
> IAW. Speaking to the House of Commons, he proclaimed that
> "Israel Apartheid Week is not about [freedom of opinion]
> ... We condemn these efforts to single out and attack the
> Jewish people and their homeland." He thus suggested,
> without the slightest basis in fact, that IAW organizers
> were violating Canada's criminal code, which bans "hate
> propaganda."
>
> University administrators on a number of campuses followed
> the government's lead, attempting to disrupt Israeli
> Apartheid Week. But IAW organizers were successful in
> beating back these attacks. The daily events unfolded as
> planned, with audiences of up to 500 in Toronto and Ottawa
> and 400 in Montreal.[8]
> Boycott Motorola, Caterpillar, Israeli Produce
>
> Campus-based activities in solidarity with Palestine are
> one facet of a broader international campaign, which
> includes targeted boycotts of companies that profit from
> Israel's oppression of the Palestinians.
>
> Motorola is one such company. The U.S. Campaign to End the
> Israeli Occupation is urging consumers to "Hang Up On
> Motorola" until it stops selling communications and
> surveillance equipment to the Israeli military and to
> Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. The group
> organized a protest outside Motorola's annual shareholders
> meeting in Chicago on May 4. Inside the meeting,
> representatives of the Presbyterian, United Methodist and
> other churches pressed shareholders to adopt a resolution
> that would instruct Motorola to follow corporate standards
> consistent with international law.
>
> The pressure on Motorola has already forced it to give up
> some ground. After Human Rights Watch announced that its
> teams had found shrapnel carrying Motorola serial numbers at
> some of the civilian sites bombed by Israel in its recent
> assault on Gaza, the company sold the department that makes
> the fuses for the bombs.[9]
>
> Caterpillar is another target. Israel makes extensive use
> of its bulldozers to demolish Palestinian homes and to build
> the apartheid wall. In early February the Church of England
> announced that it had withdrawn investments of more than
> £2.2-million ($3.5-million) from Caterpillar, following a
> policy that it adopted in 2005 of not investing in companies
> that support the occupation. Other churches and faith-based
> organizations have joined the divestment movement against
> the company.[10]
>
> In Canada, the Committee Against Israeli Apartheid and
> other solidarity activists have organized a boycott of
> Indigo Books and Music. They demand that the majority
> shareholders of the bookstore chain, Heather Reisman and
> Gerry Schwartz, publicly end their support of Heseg, the
> Foundation for Lone Soldiers. Reisman and Schwartz created
> the foundation in 2005 to reward "lone soldiers,"
> volunteers who travel to Israel to serve in the Israeli
> military. Every year, Heseg grants scholarships to a hundred
> or more of these zealots to help them remain in Israel after
> they complete their military service.[11]
>
> For the last two years, solidarity activists have picketed
> and distributed leaflets periodically outside some of the
> company's main bookstores. They have also spoken out at
> some of its high-profile promotional events and at its
> annual shareholder meetings. The Indigo campaign has been a
> useful way to reach out and educate the general public about
> Palestine. It has also helped to maintain the visibility of
> the issue during periods when the mainstream media chooses
> to ignore it.
>
> In Europe, consumer boycotts of Israeli products,
> particularly agricultural produce, are gaining momentum. The
> U.K.-based daily The Guardian reported in its April 3
> edition that "Israeli companies are feeling the impact of
> boycott moves in Europe ... amid growing concern within the
> Israeli business sector over organized campaigns following
> the recent attack on Gaza. Last week, the Israel
> Manufacturers Association reported that 21% of 90 local
> exporters who were questioned had felt a drop in demand due
> to boycotts, mostly from the U.K. and Scandinavian
> countries. Last month, a report from the Israel Export
> Institute reported that 10% of 400 polled exporters received
> order cancellation notices this year, because of Israel's
> assault on Gaza."
>
> The article also cited the Israeli financial daily, The
> Marker, which said that "the horrific images on TV and the
> statements of politicians in Europe and Turkey are changing
> the behavior of consumers, businessmen and potential
> investors. Many European consumers boycott Israeli products
> in practice."[12]
> Veolia: A Major Victory for
> the Corporate Boycott Campaign
>
> European solidarity activists have waged a particularly
> effective campaign against the French multinationals Veolia
> and Alstom. These companies are part of a consortium that is
> building a light railway connecting occupied Jerusalem to
> Israeli settlements in the West Bank, reinforcing Israel's
> hold on Palestinian land.
>
> In the U.K., the Palestine Solidarity Campaign conducted an
> active petition campaign against Veolia's attempt to win a
> 25-year waste collection and recycling contract worth
> £1-billion ($1.6-billion) with the Sandwell Metropolitan
> Borough Council. On March 16 the council announced that
> Veolia had failed to qualify for the shortlist of three
> companies that would be invited to bid on the contract.
>
> Also in March, the Swedish national pension fund AP7
> announced that it was removing Alstom from its investment
> portfolio. Activists in Sweden had organized a public
> education campaign for divestment. The pension fund
> specifically cited the Jerusalem rail project as the reason
> it had blacklisted the company.[13]
>
> The following month the Urban Community of Bordeaux
> cancelled its contract, worth 750 million euros ($1-billion)
> , with Veolia. Although the French municipality cited
> commercial factors, the cancellation came in the wake of a
> major controversy over Veolia's involvement in the
> Jerusalem project. The Galway City Council in Ireland and
> the Stockholm Community Council in Sweden both recently
> decided not to renew their contracts with Veolia.[14]
>
> Finally, the pressure became too much for Veolia. On June 9
> the Israeli daily Haaretz reported that the company was
> abandoning the Jerusalem project. The paper described the
> company's decision as a "body blow" to the project,
> noting that "the French firm had been losing major
> projects in Europe because of its involvement in the
> Jerusalem job. Observers claim that's the real reason
> Veolia opted out."[15]
>
> This marks the first major victory of the corporate boycott
> campaign. Veolia was forced to divest from the Jerusalem
> project as a result of a targeted and sustained campaign in
> various countries, coordinated internationally with the help
> of the Palestinian BDS National Committee. The victory
> demonstrates how such campaigns can produce tangible
> victories. It is likely to spur supporters of Palestine to
> increase their efforts to force corporations to sever their
> ties with Israel.
> Labour Solidarity
>
> Israel's bloody assault on Gaza earlier this year has
> also led to new initiatives by organized labour in
> solidarity with Palestine.
>
> Not surprisingly, support for Palestine and the boycott
> movement is particularly strong in South Africa. Many South
> Africans see Israel's oppression of Palestinians through
> the prism of their own experience under apartheid.
>
> In early February dock workers in South Africa, members of
> the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU),
> announced that they would refuse to offload a ship from
> Israel that was scheduled to dock in Durban on February 8.
> COSATU and the Palestine Solidarity Committee of South
> Africa explained the significance of the dock workers'
> action in this way:
>
> The pledge by the South African Transport and Allied
> Workers Union (SATAWU) members in Durban reflects the
> commitment by South African workers to refuse to support
> oppression and exploitation across the globe.
>
> Last year, Durban dock workers had refused to offload a
> shipment of arms that had arrived from China and was
> destined for Zimbabwe to prop up the Mugabe regime and to
> intensify the repression against the Zimbabwean people. Now,
> says SATAWU's General Secretary Randall Howard, the
> union's members are committing themselves to not handling
> Israeli goods.
>
> SATAWU's action on Sunday will be part of a proud history
> of worker resistance against apartheid. In 1963, just four
> years after the Anti-Apartheid Movement was formed, Danish
> dock workers refused to offload a ship with South African
> goods. When the ship docked in Sweden, Swedish workers
> followed suit. Dock workers in Liverpool and, later, in the
> San Francisco Bay Area also refused to offload South African
> goods. South Africans, and the South African working class
> in particular, will remain forever grateful to those workers
> who determinedly opposed apartheid and decided that they
> would support the anti-apartheid struggle with their
> actions.
>
> Last week, Western Australian members of the Maritime Union
> of Australia resolved to support the campaign for boycotts,
> divestment and sanctions against Israel, and have called for
> a boycott of all Israeli vessels and all vessels bearing
> goods arriving from or going to Israel.
>
> This is the legacy and the tradition that South African
> dock workers have inherited, and it is a legacy they are
> determined to honor, by ensuring that South African ports of
> entry will not be used as transit points for goods bound for
> or emanating from certain dictatorial and oppressive states
> such as Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Israel.
>
> COSATU and the Palestine Solidarity Committee reaffirmed
> their commitment to campaigning for boycotts, divestment and
> sanctions against Israel. They called on the South African
> government to sever diplomatic and trade relations with
> Israel and announced a week of activities under the theme:
> "Free Palestine! Isolate Apartheid Israel!"[16]
>
> COSATU was the first major national labour federation to
> call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel.
> Several other national labour federations have followed
> suit, including those of New Zealand and Ireland. On April
> 24 the convention of the Trade Union Congress of Scotland
> voted overwhelmingly in favour of BDS after an extensive
> debate.[17] A few weeks later the Norwegian Confederation of
> Trade Unions, which represents more than a third of the
> country's work force, urged its government to lead an
> international boycott of Israel if it continued to violate
> Palestinian rights.[18]
>
> Individual unions and labour organisations in many
> countries have also taken a stand.[19] In June 2007 the
> national conference of UNISON, the largest union of public
> workers in the U.K., with more than 1.3 million members,
> called for "concerted and sustained pressure upon Israel
> including an economic, cultural, academic and sporting
> boycott."[20] More recently, in the wake of the assault on
> Gaza, the leadership of the largest teachers' union in
> France, the Fédération syndicale unitaire, endorsed the
> BDS campaign and called on the European Union to impose
> sanctions on Israel.[21]
>
> On the other side of the Atlantic, in April 2008 the
> Canadian Union of Postal Workers became the first
> country-wide union in North America to adopt a BDS policy.
> Denis Lemelin, the national president of CUPW, has spoken at
> a number of meetings and demonstrations in defence of
> Palestinian rights over the last year. On January 7 he wrote
> to Prime Minister Stephen Harper on behalf of the union to
> ask the Canadian government to apply a policy of boycott,
> divestment and sanctions against Israel to force it to
> comply with international law, including the right of
> Palestinian refugees to return to their homes.[22]
>
> In recent years CUPW has waged a series of battles against
> the government's moves to downsize and privatize postal
> services. The union also has a history of supporting
> international freedom struggles. It was the first union in
> Canada to call for a boycott of apartheid South Africa. In a
> joint statement, several solidarity organizations noted that
> the union "played a lead role in labour solidarity with
> South African workers, engaging in concrete actions such as
> the refusal to handle mail from South Africa."[23]
>
> The Ontario division of the Canadian Union of Public
> Employees, which represents more than 220,000 workers in the
> public sector, has played a key role in blazing the trail
> for labour solidarity in Canada. The decision of CUPE
> Ontario's May 2006 convention to endorse boycott,
> divestment and sanctions sparked massive controversy,
> thereby drawing international attention to the Palestinian
> appeal for BDS. Supporters of Israel in various quarters
> including government officials, editorialists, and even
> leaders of other unions, directed a torrent of abuse against
> the union, alleging that the decision was anti-Semitic,
> undemocratic, and outside the union's jurisdiction. Sid
> Ryan, the president of CUPE Ontario, received numerous death
> threats; his family was also threatened. Ryan and the chair
> of the union's international solidarity committee were
> inundated with hostile telephone and email messages.
>
> Ryan and the union have stood firm against the pressure.
> Union activists organised an extensive grass-roots education
> campaign, using an attractive 16-page pamphlet "Towards
> peace and justice in the Middle East" produced by the CUPE
> Ontario international solidarity committee. Ryan continued
> to speak out for Palestine on every possible occasion. As a
> result, the Zionists were unable to find a base of support
> in the union; they chose not to contest the BDS policy at
> the 2008 convention. But the public campaign of vilification
> of Sid Ryan and CUPE Ontario continues, boosted by a
> personal attack on Ryan by the Canadian government.
> Quebec Teachers, Students Support Boycott
>
> A year after the CUPE Ontario convention, a major union in
> Quebec joined the boycott, divestment, and sanctions
> movement.
>
> The Fédération nationale des enseignantes et enseignants
> du Québec (FNEEQ) (National Teachers Federation of Quebec)
> is the largest union of teachers in higher education in
> Quebec. Its 23,500 members work at community colleges,
> universities, and private schools. At its May 31 - June 1,
> 2007 meeting, the federal council of the union reiterated
> its long-standing solidarity with the Palestinian people and
> its right to self-determination. The council also endorsed
> the BDS campaign.[24]
>
> In November 2007 the FNEEQ published a special edition of
> its magazine, Carnets, with the title, "Do more for
> Palestine." The attractive, 32-page magazine contains
> articles that explain what life is like under Israeli
> occupation, Israel's "separation" wall, why Canada is
> not a friend of Palestine, and the situation of women under
> the occupation. Five pages present the need to boycott,
> divest from, and sanction Israel; the views of two Israeli
> citizens who support BDS, Ilan Pappé and Michel
> Warschawski, are featured. The lead editorial, written by
> the president of the FNEEQ, Ronald Cameron, explains that
> the union is educating its members so that they will
> understand why taking concrete action to support the
> Palestinian people is an urgent issue of labour solidarity.[
> 25]
>
> Compared to the abuse showered on CUPE Ontario, criticism
> of the FNEEQ's decision to join the boycott-Israel
> movement has been relatively mild. Quebec is the area of the
> country where popular sentiment is most favourable to the
> Palestinian cause. Various unions in Quebec have been active
> on this issue over the years, and the union leadership in
> higher education supports the Palestinian cause. (CUPW,
> discussed earlier, is one of a small number of major
> Canada-wide unions that have a sizable membership in
> Quebec.)
>
> The FNEEQ's record of support for Palestine is
> particularly strong. In October 2004 it sponsored a
> delegation of 20 Quebec teachers who attended an
> international conference on Education, Globalization and
> Social Change in Ramallah, Palestine. Willie Madisha, then
> President of COSATU, also participated in the conference.
> The FNEEQ has participated in several other Quebec-based
> solidarity delegations to Palestine since then. In late May
> a 17-person delegation from Quebec that included members of
> the FNEEQ, CUPE and the CUPW spent a week investigating the
> situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. Israeli
> authorities turned them back when they attempted to enter
> Gaza.
>
> The FNEEQ is also helping to educate students about
> Palestine. It organized workshops on the issue on community
> college and university campuses across Quebec during the
> 2007 - 2008 school year, in collaboration with the Quebec
> Public Interest Research Group and the Association pour une
> Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante. The ASSÉ represents
> approximately 42,000 Quebec students. In May 2008 it became
> the first major student union in Canada to join the
> international BDS campaign.[26]
>
> The FNEEQ and the ASSÉ joined forces again this May when
> they jointly published Israël Ne Peut Pas Rester Impuni!
> (Israel Cannot Remain Unpunished!) a 14-page dossier that
> explains how Israeli military rule undermines the right to
> education in Palestine. Much of the content consists of
> translations of material produced in Palestine, notably by
> the Right to Education Campaign at Birzeit University. The
> two unions have made copies of the dossier available to the
> public on their web sites.[27]
>
> At its May 30-31 congress, the FNEEQ unanimously reaffirmed
> its support for BDS. It also decided to participate in the
> World Education Forum, part of the World Social Forum
> movement, that will be held in Palestine in October
> 2010.[28]
> Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia:
> No Ties with Israel
>
> One of the aims of the international boycott-Israel
> movement is to induce governments to break all economic and
> diplomatic relations with Israel, treating the Zionist state
> as an international pariah. This is starting to become a
> reality in Latin America.
>
> Cuba broke relations with Israel in September 1973, on the
> eve of the Yom Kippur war.[29] Time and again in
> international forums the revolutionary government has spoken
> out in support of the struggle of the Palestinian and Arab
> peoples and against Israeli aggression. It has translated
> those words into action whenever it could.
>
> However, for decades Cuba has stood alone in the region in
> its support for Palestine. In the rest of Latin America and
> the Caribbean, domination by Washington was the rule, and
> with it, support for U.S. foreign policy. Israel became
> notorious for the support it gave – through arm shipments,
> special "advisors" and the like – to bloody
> dictatorships from Guatemala to Chile.
>
> But now a process of radical transformation is unfolding
> across the region. Radical, popular movements have emerged
> in many countries as large numbers of working people begin
> to act to improve their circumstances. These movements are
> putting their stamp on society and government. One important
> result of this process has been the creation of the
> Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), an alliance
> of seven countries that promotes fair trade and mutual aid
> based on principles of solidarity rather than profit. ALBA
> also champions respect for national sovereignty and unity of
> the region against U.S. domination.[ 30]
>
> The rising tide of struggles in Latin America has been
> accompanied by a rise in support for the Palestinian people,
> including by the governments of the region. ALBA has led the
> way on this.
>
> In September 2008 the ALBA countries were instrumental in
> securing the election of Father Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann
> as president of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
> D'Escoto is a well-known supporter of Palestine. As
> foreign minister of the Sandinista government of Nicaragua
> during the 1980s, he played a prominent role in exposing
> Israel's role in the "dirty war" that Washington
> organized against his country.
>
> On November 24 d'Escoto told a meeting at the U.N. that
> 60 years after partition, "the failure to create a
> Palestinian state as promised is the single greatest failure
> in the history of the United Nations." He went on to say
> that "although different, what is being done against the
> Palestinian people seems to me to be a version of the
> hideous policy of apartheid."[31] Addressing the General
> Assembly later the same day, he repeated the apartheid
> characterization, adding that "I believe it is very
> important that we in the United Nations use this term. We
> must not be afraid to call something what it is."
>
> D'Escoto also urged the member states to consider
> implementing sanctions against Israel. "More than twenty
> years ago we in the United Nations took the lead from civil
> society when we agreed that sanctions were required to
> provide a non-violent means of pressuring South Africa to
> end its violations. Today, perhaps we in the United Nations
> should consider following the lead of a new generation of
> civil society, who are calling for a similar non-violent
> campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions to pressure
> Israel to end its violations."[32]
>
> ALBA was founded by Venezuela and Cuba, and the Venezuelan
> government has been especially forthright in speaking and
> acting for justice in the Middle East. This is an expression
> of the profound anti-imperialist character of the struggle
> that has been unfolding in Venezuela since President Hugo
> Chavez was elected in 1999.
>
> In July 2006 Chavez forcefully denounced the war that
> Israel had unleashed on Lebanon, and Venezuela matched its
> words with deeds. It withdrew its ambassador from Israel,
> sent 20,000 tons of emergency aid to Lebanon, and began a
> drive to raise funds for Lebanese reconstruction. [33]
>
> Soon after Israel began its attack on Gaza, Venezuelans
> took to the streets in protest. Speaking to a rally in
> Caracas on January 9, 2009, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro
> announced that his country would send 80 tons of medicine,
> water, and food aid to Gaza, as well as 30 doctors and a
> humanitarian work brigade.
>
> On January 14, both Venezuela and Bolivia broke off
> diplomatic relations with Israel. When Israel retaliated by
> expelling Venezuelan diplomats, Chavez responded that "it
> is an honour for this socialist government and this
> revolutionary people to have our representatives expelled by
> a genocidal government such as Israel."[34] Bolivia's
> president, Evo Morales, announced that his country would
> formally indict Israel's leaders for war crimes in the
> International Criminal Court. "They've made the world
> move backwards with crimes against humanity that we
> haven't seen since Rwanda and Yugoslavia," he said.[35]
> Bolivia is also a member of ALBA.
>
> On April 27 Venezuela and the Palestinian Authority
> established formal diplomatic relations and opened a
> Palestinian embassy in Caracas. Palestinian foreign minister
> Riyad al-Maliki said that the embassy would coordinate
> solidarity with Palestine across Latin America.[36] A
> Palestinian embassy has functioned in Havana, Cuba for
> decades.
> A Growing Movement, Larger Struggles Ahead
>
> The BDS movement now includes its first national Jewish
> organization. At its first annual general meeting on June
> 14, Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) overwhelmingly
> endorsed boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel.
> "Independent Jewish Voices has voted to join the
> international boycott campaign because we stand in
> solidarity with the Palestinian people and support their
> right to self-determination, " said Diana Ralph,
> co-chair of the organization. "We are calling on the
> Canadian government and all Members of Parliament to push
> for immediate sanctions on Israel." IJV has chapters in
> seven Canadian cities.[37]
>
> Israel's prestige and moral standing in the world has
> suffered a serious setback as a result of its barbaric
> attack on the besieged population of Gaza. Growing numbers
> of people are coming to understand Israel's crimes, the
> apartheid nature of the Israeli state, and the need to
> express solidarity with the Palestinian people through
> concrete action. The protests against Israel's actions in
> many countries were unprecedented in their size and
> duration. New forces are joining the international movement
> in solidarity with Palestine. As part of this process, the
> international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions
> against Israel is emerging as one of the most important ways
> to demonstrate this solidarity.
>
> This survey of recent developments provides only a partial
> picture of the scale and diversity that the BDS movement is
> acquiring as it grows. (The movement is actively promoting
> an academic and cultural boycott of Israel, for example. For
> more information on this boycott, see the website of the
> Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott,
> and the article "Palestine and the Cultural Boycott" by
> Rafeef Ziadah.)
>
> But even this partial account is sufficient to demonstrate
> that the international campaign to boycott Israel is making
> headway on a number of fronts. Although still relatively
> new, the movement has achieved some notable successes. It
> shows the promise of developing into a powerful and
> sustained international force that can help attain justice
> for the Palestinian people.
>
> AIPAC's call to arms is a grudging recognition of these
> initial successes of the movement and, above all, of its
> potential. It is evident that supporters of the Jewish-only
> Israeli state – be they official lobbyists, powerful
> government figures, or others – intend to redouble their
> efforts to smear the BDS movement as anti-Semitic and to
> suppress public debate of Israel's crimes. Supporters of
> the rights of Palestinians are responding by uniting with
> others to defend the right to free speech on these issues
> and by reaching out to win new support for the
> boycott-Israel campaign. •
>
> Art Young is a member of the Coalition Against Israeli
> Apartheid in Toronto.
>
> Notes
>
> 1. www.aipac.org/ Publications/ SpeechesByAIPACL eadership/
> HowardKohr. pdf.
>
> 2. Israel received $2.55-billion in "security" aid from
> the U.S. during fiscal year 2009, the first year of a new
> ten-year program. U.S. aid will increase annually, then
> level off at $3.1-billion for the last six years of the
> program. (All amounts in this article are in U.S. dollars
> unless otherwise noted.)
>
> 3. "Palestinian Civil Society Calls for Boycott,
> Divestment and Sanctions against Israel," www.stopthewall.
> org/downloads/ pdf/BDSEnglish. pdf.
>
> 4. "Students demand justice for Palestine,"
> www.palestinecampai gn.org/files/ NUS_Conference_

> PSC_Newsletter. pdf and information from Katan Alder, a
> participant in the movement.
>
> 5. Under heavy fire from supporters of Israel, the
> administration subsequently denied that it had acted because
> of the Palestine issue. But the minutes of the meeting of
> the Board of Trustees at which the decision was taken
> explicitly acknowledge "the good work of SJP that brought
> this issue to the attention of the [investment]
> committee." Furthermore, the college has not rescinded its
> decision to divest. See www.hsjp.org/ archive/2009/
> 02/page/4 and "Divestment: What Really Happened."
>
> 6. www.hsjp.org/ endorsements.
>
> 7. "About Israeli Apartheid Week."
>
> 8. For more information about attempts to repress Israeli
> Apartheid Week, pro-Palestine advocacy, and free speech more
> generally, see: John Riddell, "Israeli Apartheid Week
> Beats Back Attacks on Free Speech"; Justin Podur, "For
> Free Expression on Palestine"; and Rafeef Ziadah,
> "Freedom of Expression and Palestine Advocacy."
>
> 9. Nadia Hijab, "The Israel Boycott is Biting."
>
> 10. "Church of England divests over £2.2-million from
> Caterpillar."
>
> 11. "HESEG Foundation."
>
> 12. "Israeli exports hit by European boycotts after
> attacks on Gaza."
>
> 13. "Adri Nieuwhof, Divestment campaign gains momentum in
> Europe."
>
> 14. "Veolia loses contracts in France and Ireland, faces
> court proceedings."
>
> 15. Haaretz, June 9, 2009.
>
> 16. "Free Palestine! Isolate Apartheid Israel!"
>
> 17. "Scottish Trade Union Congress Joins BDS
> Campaign!!!"
>
> 18. Haaretz, May 17, 2009.
>
> 19. For more information about labour support of the
> boycott campaign, see www.bdsmovement. net. For a list of
> unions supporting BDS, current to July 2007, see
> www.stopthewall. org.
>
> 20. "UNISON supports boycott of Israel."
>
> 21. www.fsu.fr/spip. php?article1426.
>
> 22. JAFA 2009, #2.
>
> 23. "Support the Canadian Union of Postal Workers'
> campaign against Israeli apartheid."
>
> 24. www.fneeq.qc. ca/fr/comites/ action_internati
> onale/palestine/ resolutioncf. html.
>
> 25. "Faire plus pour la Palestine."
>
> 26. "Étudiants et étudiantes contre l'apartheid
> israélien."
>
> 27. "Une publication conjointe de l'ASSÉ et de la
> FNEEQ sur l'éducation en Palestine."
>
> 28. Information provided by Ronald Cameron.
>
> 29. www.cuba.cu/ gobierno/ discursos/ 2001/ing/ f060501i.
> html.
>
> 30. Member countries of ALBA are Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica,
> Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
>
> 31. www.un.org/ga/ president/ 63/statements/ ids241108.
> shtml.
>
> 32. www.un.org/ga/ president/ 63/statements/
> agendaitem162411 08.shtml.

>
> 33. John Riddell, "Support for Palestine Builds in Latin
> America"
>
> 34. "Chávez Welcomes Expulsion of Venezuelan Diplomats
> from Israel."
>
> 35. "Venezuelans Protest Israel's Attack and Send Aid
> to Gaza," and "Venezuela and Bolivia Cut Diplomatic Ties
> with Israel."
>
> 36. "Venezuela and the Palestinian Authority Establish
> Diplomatic Relations."
>
> 37. Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) media release, June
> 16, 2009
>
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> From: Isha Khan <bd_mailer@yahoo.
> com>
> To: Dhaka Mails <dhakamails@yahoogro
> ups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:04:26 AM
> Subject: 1,184 killed in police custody in India since
> 2001
>
> 1,184 killed in police custody in India since 2001
>
> As many as 1,184 people were killed in police custody in
> India in the last eight years with Maharashtra topping the
> chart with 192 deaths, a report said on Thursday. The report
> - Torture in India 2009 - by the Asian Centre for Human
> Rights (ACHR) released in New Delhi on Thursday stated that
> most of the victims were killed as a result of torture
> within the first 48 hours after being taken into custody.
>
> The report is based on the data collected from April 1,
> 2001, to March 31, 2009, through a right to information
> (RTI) plea, filed with the National Human Rights Commission
> (NHRC). "These deaths in custody do not, however,
> represent the actual number of deaths in police custody in
> India. Deaths in the custody of the armed forces and the
> Army under the control of the central government are not
> reported to the NHRC," ACHR director Suhas Chakma said.
>
>
> He said the NHRC does not have jurisdiction to investigate
> violations committed by the armed forces under Section 19 of
> the Human Rights Protection Act, 1993 and guidelines on
> reporting custodial deaths within 24 hours continue to be
> flouted. According to the report, the highest number of 192
> custodial deaths were reported in Maharashtra followed by
> Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh where 128 and 85 people
> died in police custody respectively.
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> The report stated that high number of deaths in custody
> exposes the abject failure of the 1996 judgment of the
> Supreme Court in the DK Basu case that provides the
> procedures to be followed while making arrests. "The
> Prevention of Torture Bill, 2008, being brought by the
> government of India is a sham. The bill contains only three
> operative paragraphs relating to definition of torture,
> punishment for torture and limitations for cognizance of
> offences," Chakma said.
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> http://timesofindia .
> indiatimes.com/ articleshow/ 4702110.cms
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Golam Azam - Top Traitor-Criminal,  loosing 1971 memories
 
 
 
Mr. Ayubi
 
Your fovorite leader Golam Azam did not fight any rebellion
against a legal government.
 ...... he collaborated with the illegal occupation Army to
supress the Liberation Struggle.....
 
By all accounts, [BNP or BAL] Bangladesh became an
independent People's  Republic after 25th March 1971
declaration of Independence.
 
16th December 1971 is our victory day when we consolidated
our victory over the foreign occupation Army's illegal
occupation. 
 
GoAzam was deeply involved in collaboration with an
illegal foreign occupation army  and organizing the
illegal armed gestapo militia Al-bodor.
 
Jamaat's  illegal militia Al-bodor cum Islami Chattro Sangha,
killed thousands of freedom fighters and ordinary unarmed
supporters of newly independent People's Republic of Bangladesh.
and committed other attrocities including rape, extortion etc.
The killing of Bangladeshi intellectals was the sole job of
Al-badar militia with full approval Jamaat leadership including
Golam Azam, Moti Nizami et el.
 
In addition to his crime for organizing the illegal armed militia
Al-Bodor, Golamer Baccha Golam Azam's crime includes high
treason against the People's People's Republic of Bangladesh.

It is a heinous & disgusting shame that you are calling the illegal
occupation regime, "a lawful government" ,,,, which proves that
deep inside you, you are a pro-Pakistani-ideolog ......clear and
simple .....
 
the readers  already know who you are: "a  Baap ka beta ....."
No wonder, it burns your skin when you hear 
criminal Golam Azam's crimines are being disclosed ...
 
Syed Aslam

 
On 7/4/09, Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo.com> wrote:


Moulanar put ,
                     Your uncle Golam azam did not join the rebellion. If not joining the rebbelion of a lawful government is a crime then only he can be called a criminal.
                           Ayubi
 


From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 3, 2009 2:58:15 AM
Subject: [notun_bangladesh] Re: Golam Azam" Number One war criminal, now loosing 1971 memories .................!

Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi
 
Call me Razaker or call me anything ......but the fact remains .....GooAzam collaborated with an occupation regime, he betrayed the nation, he was the mastermind behnd the killer al-bodor militia,  ... his name is has already been written in the history as the leading traitor of 1971  and the killer number one !!!! 
 
BTW, your filthy language is your only weapon .... it proves
who you are deep inside yourself, what kind of family sorroundings
you grew up in ............ ...
 
Thanks
 
Syed Aslam
 
 
On 7/3/09, Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo. com> wrote:
Razkar Aslam,
                    Your blood y poetic language wil not lead you anywhere
but to hell. If you have the guts prove what you are claiming in the court
of law and have Golam azam punished . If you can not do that then lick
GAs prick and keep your bloody trap shut. Pardon me for my language
but you invited me to use the filthy language.
                    Ayubi

--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@ gmail.com> wrote:
 
From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@ gmail.com>
Subject:  Profile of a killer: Golam Azam" Number One war criminal, now loosing 1971 memories ............ .....!
Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 3:40 PM

Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi
 
You said "I am not living in fools paradise" .... But bear in mind
denial ain't a river in Egypt ......!  It flows through Agha Mashi Lane ....
 
You are so comfortable with your own world that you don't
even undestand what is happening in the real world ......
Just watch.... life will never be the same for the religion-traders:
No wonder, Goo-Azam is now loosing his memory of 1971 ..
- Hide quoted text -
 
I am repeating again:
People of Bangladesh has always taken  correct decisions at all the
critical junctures of our history ....they will do the same in future:
The religion-traders and traitors have no political future ..... they will can
only remain in the periphery of the nation's political domain ....
... as power broker at it's best ...just keep watching the on going historical
processes that is being unfolded before your [also our]  naked eyes ...
 
Thanks
 
Syed Aslam
 
For the Sunny boys of Bangladesh tomorrow will be even better day...
and Jamaate Islami will be turn into a Clue Clux Clan .....

 
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo. com> wrote:
 
Sunny boy,
               I am not living in fools paradise, you have been living there.
Nera Bengalis have gone to the beltola several times but still can not stop the urge of going
there by the influence of  misinformation of BAL
                        Ayubi

--- On Tue, 6/30/09, Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@ gmail.com> wrote:
From:
Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@ gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [reform-bd] Re: [notun_bangladesh] Profile of a killer: Golam Azam"Number One war criminal
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 2:12 AM

Mr. Salahuddin Ayubi sahib
 
If you think that the mass people of Bangladesh are such a fool that will  get confused by the "misinformation and disinformation" spread by  BAL  you must living in fools paradise.... ...
 
People of Bangladesh has always taken  correct decisions at all the critical junctures of our history ....they will do the same in future:
The religion-traders and traitors have no political future ..... they will can only remain in the periphery of the nation's political domain ....
... as power broker at it's best ...just keep watching the on going historical processes that is being unfolded before your [also our]  naked eyes ...
 
Everyone on either side of the aisle must know that they can't fool all Bangladeshis for all times ......
 
Best Regards
 
Syed Aslam
 
Gholam Azam, Rao Forman  Ali & Governor Malek, discussing blue print for killing
the pro Bangladesh intellectuals in 1971

. On 6/29/09, Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo. com> wrote:
Syed Sahib,
                 If you are so sure that he is war criminal then why dont you file a case in the court and prove that he is a war criminal. If you can not do that then assist your party BAL to do that. dont spread misinformation and disinformation and confuse the public.
                         Ayubi
--- On Sun, 6/28/09, Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@ gmail.com> wrote:
 
From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@ gmail.com>
Subject: [notun_bangladesh] Profile of a killer: Golam Azam"Number One war criminal
To: "Sonar Bangladesh" <SonarBangladesh@ yahoogroups. com>, "notun Bangladesh" <notun_bangladesh@ yahoogroups. com>, "reformbd Reform_bd_YG" <reform-bd@yahoogrou ps.com>, "Amra Bangladesi" <amra-bangladesi@ yahoogroups. com>, odhora@yahoogroups. com, "Khobor" <khabor@yahoogroups. com>, chottala@yahoogroup s.com

Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 4:40 PM


 
 Part1:Profile of killers Golam Azam First Amber-e-Jamaat of Bangladesh
 
The head (Ameer) of the collaborators (Rajakar) of Pakistani occupation army and a heinous war criminal. The vile monster behind the genocide of 1971, rapes and molestation of 45,00,000 Bengali women and murder of hundreds of pro Bangladesh intellectuals. In one of the photos recovered from the archive of Pakistan military intelligence Golam Azam and his top associate Motiur Rahman Nizami are seen handing the list of the names of progressive Bangalee intellectuals over to the Pakistani generals for elimination. The guru of extremist Islamic ideologies in Bangladesh. The leader of 70,000 Razakars, Al-Badr and Al-Sams forces.
(New York Times, 30 July, 1971).
 
War criminal Golam Azam cartoon link: http://www.iftwcb. org/images/ ghatak.jpg
 
When the burden of the killing became too much for the army, the Pakistanis enlisted and trained paramilitary units made up of non-Bengali Muslims and Bengali collaborators from right-wing religious parties. These paramilitary units, the al-Badr and al-Shams, worked as informers and assassins to augment the military's gruesome task of killing Bengalis. In June 1971 Sydney Schanberg reported on the formation of these units:
 
In June 1971 Sydney Schanberg reported 'Throughout East Pakistan the Army is training new paramilitary home guards or simply arming "loyal" civilians, some of whom are formed into peace committees. Besides Biharis and other non-Bengali, Urdu-speaking Moslems, the recruits include the small minority of Bengali Moslems who have long supported the army -- adherents of the right-wing religious parties such as the Moslem League and Jamaat-e-Islami led by Golam Azam and Motiur Rahman Nizami
 
These groups collectively known as the Razakars, the paramilitary units spread terror throughout the Bengali population. With their local knowledge, the Razakars were an invaluable tool in the Pakistani Army's arsenal of genocide.'
However, In June the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sydney Schanberg filed a number of eyewitness accounts from Bangladeshi towns for The New York Times. In response, the Pakistan army expelled him from the country on June 30, 1971.
 
Golam Azam, Rao Forman & Malek, discussing blue print for killing the pro Bangladesh intellectuals
 
The Pakistan army, on the verge of defeat, was determined to wipe out Bengali culture in one final act of barbarism. On December 14, 1971, the Pakistan army unleashed the paramilitary units led by Jamaat-e-Islami Al-Badr and Al-Shams to exterminate Bengali intellectuals. The goal was to find and kill Bengali political thinkers, educators, scientists, poets, doctors, lawyers, journalists and other intellectuals. The al-Badr and al-Shams fanned out with lists of names to find and execute the core of Bengali intellectuals. The intellectuals were arrested and taken to Rayerbazar, a marshy area in Dhaka city.
 
There, they were gunned down with their eyes blindfolded and their hands tied behind their backs. Jamaat-e-Islami and its leaders were in the forefront of this planning and execution of Bengali intellectuals. Al-Badr and Al-Shams systematically executed well over 200 of East Pakistan's intellectuals and scholars. Professors, journalists, doctors, artists, engineers, writers were rounded up, blindfolded, taken to torture cells in Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Nakhalpara, Rajarbagh and other locations in different sections of the city; and executed en masse in the killing fields, most notably at Rayerbazar and Mirpur.
 
Several noted intellectuals who were killed from the time period of 25th March to 16th December, 1971 in different parts of the country include Dr. G. C. Dev (Philosopher, Professor at DU),Dr. Munir Chowdhury (Litterateur, Dramatist, Professor at DU), Dr. Mofazzal Haider Chowdhury (Litterateur, Professor at DU), Dr. Anawar Pasha (Litterateur, Professor at DU), Dr. Fazle Rabbi (cardiologist) , Dr. Alim Chowdhury (opthalmologist) , Shahidullah Kaisar (journalist) , Nizamuddin Ahmed (Reporter), Selina Parvin (reporter), Altaf Mahmud (lyricist and musician), Dr. Hobibur Rahman (mathematician, Professor at RU), Dhiren Dutt (politician) , R. P. Saha (philanthropist) , Lt. Col. Moazzem Hossain (ex-soldier) , Mamun Mahmood (Police Officer)and many others.
 
Noted writter Dr. Rashid Aksari stated in one of his writing "The paramilitary force Al-Badr, which was formed in September 1971 under the auspices of General Niazi, chief of the Eastern Command of the Pakistan Army, was the instigator of that hideous massacre. Their objective was to strike panic into the people by abduction and killing. It was the military adviser to the so-called Governor, Major General Rao Forman Ali who masterminded the whole conspiracy to extinguish the intellectuals and the higher educated class. Had they had one week time more, they would have killed all the Bengali intellectuals, which was a part of their master plan. The Badr force was in fact a special terrorist faction of the then Jamaat-e-Islami led by Moududi, Golam Azam, and Abdur Rahim.
 
He continues to narrate "Immediately after submitting the killing plan, Golam Azam, along with the chief of the Razakars, Mohammad Yunus, and the liaison officer of the Peace Committee, Mahbubur Rahman Gurha, went to see the training of the Razakar and Al-Badr at the Physical Training College. From then on the Student Sangha all over the country was transformed into Al-Badr and in the last week of November and first half of December the list of the intellectuals was handed over to them for abduction and persecution.
 
On December 4 began the imposed curfew and black out to pave the way for abduction. The preparation for abduction of the intellectuals extensively started from December 10. Amid curfew and black out, an Al-Badr bus, stained with mud, picked up the listed intellectuals from their residences. Then they were taken to the Al-Badr headquarter at Mohammadpur Physical Training College for interrogation and persecution. At dead of night they were taken to Rayerbazar brick field and killed. The killing also took place at Mirpur.
 
Golam Azam (born 1922) the mother of all killer, is a Bangladeshi political leader. He is also widely known as a war criminal who collaborated with the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, particularly with regards to creating and managing the vigilante Razakar and Al-Badr forces. Recently released unclassified documents of the Pakistan government reiterate his role as a war criminal. He refused to accept the independence of Bangladesh upon its liberation on December 16th 1971, and was a permanent resident of Pakistan until 1978, and maintained Pakistani citizenship until 1994.
 
Entering politics as a student leader at Dhaka University, Azam became the secretary of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh in 1957. Later, he became the Amber (president) of the Jamaat in East Pakistan in 1969. During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, he was accused of collaboration with the Pakistan Army, and was also accused of war crimes.
 
To the last leg of nine months long war on receiving an urgent telegram from Maududi, Golam Azam went to Lahore, on 22 November 1971, to see him. He could not return to Bangladesh as his citizenship was revoked by Sheikh Mujib government. Failing to return to Bangladesh the arch criminal went to Mecca, ostensibly, for Hajj.  From Saudi Arabia Go Azam traveled Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Beirut and Libya to lobby against Sheikh Mujib government and raise funds for counter revolution.
 
Following his extensive international PR activities Go Azam arrived in London. From London he published the Jamati newspaper Daily Sangram on a weekly basis.  In 1974, the weekly Bichitra published a very interesting report on Golam Azam's activities in London: In early 1974, Golam Azam presented a blueprint of anti Bangladesh activities at a committee meeting held in a house in East London. According to a reliable source some Pakistani nationals were also present in that meeting.
 
The participants in that secret meeting were: AT Sadi, Toaha bin Habib, Ali Hossain, Barrister Akhtar Uddin, Meher Ali and Dr Talukdar. Pakistani citizen Mahmud Ali is one of the top Pakistanis present in that meeting. The chair of the meeting Golam Azam said " to continue our activities from London will be difficult. So someone has to go back home. We ought to take risk-otherwise there will be no outcome. But if you go home-you will have contacts. I have already contacted my people. Everything is okay. Handing out a leaflet to all members present Golam said it has to be distributed among the people of every village of Bangladesh. People are with us.
 
According to some sources the said leaflet contained propaganda for a proposed confederation with Pakistan. Others believed that it called for an Islamic revolution organized using the network of mosques. Some people were reported to have arrested near Dhaka carrying those leaflets. Golam Azam also mentioned the proposed support for anti Bangladesh activities from Pakistan and some other Middle Eastern countries. (Like Zia) Golam Azam said 'Money is not a problem'.
 
It was heard that Golam Azam collected 45,000,000 Reals  from Saudi Arabia for reconstructing the mosques of Bangladesh demolished during the war. Shrewd Golam spent a large portion of that money to purchase a house in Manchester in UK. Presently his son Mehedi Hasan is living in that house. Golam' eldest son Kaifi Azmi is a senior officer in Bangladesh Army and believed to be working as a link between ISI cell in Bangladesh Army and Jamati Terrorist groups.
 
After the war, the Bangladesh government sought to remove the influence of the fundamentalists and collaborators, and Golam Azam's citizenship was cancelled. He chose to live in exile in Pakistan and England until 1978, when President Ziaur Rahman re-established multi-party democracy and legalized the previously banned fundamentalist parties, and allowed him to return to Bangladesh on a temporary visa.
 
Golam Azam became the unofficial Amber of the party while remaining in the country illegally (though no attempt was made to restrain him and he moved around openly), and his citizenship was restored in 1994 by a decision of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
 
Ghulam Azam announced his retirement from active politics in late 2000. He was succeeded by Motiur Rahman Nizami. Golam was Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami from 1969 to 2000 which is THIRTY ONE YEAR ( So called Islamic Democracy) probably just to follow the foot step of his leader Moududi who was also the ameer of  Jamaat from its formation on 6 August 1941 till 1972 which is THIRTY ONE YEAR too.
 
Ghulam Azam's party, Jamaat-e-Islami, has been accused by a cross section of political parties and secular organizations as a patron of recently (2002-2006) rising militancy and behind a number of terrorist bombings. Almost all of the recently arrested militants were alleged to have links in the past to either the Jamaat or its student wing, the Islami Chhatra Shibir some Bangladeshi newspapers such as The Daily Star, Prothom Alo, Janakantha and Bhorer Kagoj describes Jamaat as who favors destabilizations of mainstream politics so as to reap the dividend from the subsequent vacuum.
 
Reference:
1.       Liberation Museum
2.      Killers and Collaborators of 1971: An Account of Their
      Whereabouts, compiled and published by the Center for the
      Development of the Spirit of the Liberation War
3.      Commission on War Criminals of Bangladesh
4.      Saiduzzaman Raushan: Speeches and Statements of Killers &
      Collaborators of 1971
6.      West Pakistan Pursues Subjugation of Bengalis; West Pakistan
       Pursues Bengali Subjugation by SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG
7.      The portrait of Golam Azam by Dr Humayun Azad
  1. Jahanara Imam: Ekatturer Dinguli
9.      Jahanara Imam: Buker Vitor Agun
10.  Sadiq Salik - Witness to Surrender
11.   S M Shafiullah - Bangladesh At War
 
 

Part2: Jamaat-e-Islam Bangladesh : Profile of a killer: Golam Azam"Number One war criminal

Thursday, 09 April 2009 19:14
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As we all know that Jamaat-e-Islami which is now known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh was heavily drawn into mass murdering, rape, arson, looting and especially killing of intellectual during the last part of our glorious liberation war. Jamaat or Jamatis was related with most genocide that happened during nine months of liberation war. To understand the genocide of 1971 and those who committed the genocide we must recognize and identify Jamaat leaders and their heinous activities during 1971 as well as their conspiracy against the democratic secular Bangladesh at this time.
 
Most of the Jamaat leaders of today's Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh have a very dark chapter of their life which they try to hide by all means. Their heinous activities in the name of Allah and Islam they committed and continue to commit crime against humanity must be challenged. They were danger then and more dangerous now. Their treacherous activity is challenging for true democratization of our country where pluralistic society will thrive.
 
Jamaat-e-Islami who completely disagree with the basic premise of democratic pluralistic state and society by participation of all citizens with equal right and wants to establish Moulana Moududi version of Islam by any means.
 
Deceiving, lying and conniving manipulation of two faces Jamaat-e-Islam is in sequence with the teaching of their spiritual guide and founding father Syed Ab'ul Ala Maududi. In page 54 of his Voluminous "Tarjamanul Qura'an": - he said "Truth is one of the most important principles of Islam and lying is one of the greatest sins. But in real life some needs are such that telling a lie is not only allowed, in some circumstances it is decreed mandatory".
 
Dear readers, to uncover or revisit the truth, to understand the depth of Jamaat-e-Islam' s conspiracy against our democratic institution we have taken this step to bring Jamatis out of there closet and introduce them to our new generation.
 
We must understand the true enemy of pluralistic democratic Bangladesh is NONE BUT PAROCHIAL JAMAAT-E-ISLAM of Bangladesh.
 
I urge you to speak out against this vicious political identity and help our new generation to understand them better. Please contribute!
 
We start our second part of this series "Jamaat-e-Islam Bangladesh : Profile of a killers" series with Golam Azam the first Amber of Jamaat-e-Islam Bangladesh " aiming to expose these heinous killers and continue to uncover all other executive members of Jamaat-e-Islam Bangladesh .
 
Central Executive Committee
* Maulana Motiur Rahman Nizami
Amber-e-Jamaat & President,
1. Maulana Abul Katam Muhammad Yusuf
2. Mr. Maqbul Ahmad
3. Prof. A.K.M. Nazir Ahmad
4. Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed
5. Maulana Abdus Sobhan
6. Maulana Delawar Hossain Sayedee
7. Mr. Muhammad Kamaruzzaman
8. Mr. Abdul Quader Molla
9. Mr. ATM Azharul Islam
10. Mr. Badre Alam
11. Mr. Abu Naser Muhammad Abduzzaher
12. Mr. Mir Kasem Ali
13. Maulana Rafiuddin Ahmad.
14. Barrister Abdur Razzak.
15.Moulana Rafiqul Islam Khan
Member Central Working Committee

    * Maulana Motiur Rahman Nizami : Amber-e-Jamaat
      1 Maulana Abul Kalam Muhammad Yusuf : Senior Nayeb-e-Ameer
      2. Mr. Maqbul Ahmad : Nayeb-e-Ameer
      3. Prof. AKM Nazir Ahmad : Nayeb-e-Ameer
      4. Mr. Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed: Secretary General
      6. Maulana Abdus Sobhan : Central Executive & working Committee
           Member
      7. Maulana Delawar Hossain Sayedee : Central Executive & Working
          Committee Member
      8 Mr Muhammad Kamaruzzaman : Senior Assistant Secretary
         General
      9. Mr. Abdul QuaderMolla : Assistant Secretary General
      10 Mr ATM Azharul Islam : Assistant Secretary General
      11 Prof. Mujibur Rahman Assistant Secretary General
      12. Maulana MuharnmadAbuTaher: Assistant Secretary General
      13 Mr.BadreAlarn Central Executive Working Committee Member
      14 Mr Abu Naser Muhammad Abduzzaher Working Committee member
      15.Mr. Mir Kasem Ali : Central Executive & Working Committee Member
      16. Maulana Rafiuddin Ahmad : Member
      17. Barrister Abdur Razzak: Assistant Secretary General
      18. Principal Ahdur Rob: Central Working Committee Member
      19. Maulana Sarthr Abdus Salam: Central Working Committee Member
      20. Prof. Md.TasneemAlam: Central Working Committee Member
      21. Mr. Abul Asad: Central Working Committee Member
      22. Prof. Sharif Hossain Central Working Committee Member
      23. Maulana Nazrul Islam Advocate: Central Wo Committee Member
      24. Mr. Ataur Rahman : Central Working Committee Member, Rajshahi City
      25. Dr. Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman : Central Working Committee Member, Syihet City
      26. Principal Shah MuhcL Ruhul Quddus : Central Working Committee Member
      27. Maulana Mominul Haq Chowdhuiy: Central Working Committee Member
      28.Dr.AnisurRahman : Central Working Comrnittee Member
      29. Prof. Fazlur Rahman : Central Working Committee Member
      30. Mr. Muhammad Shahed : Central Working Committee Member
      31. Maulana Farid Uddin Chowdhury: Central Working Committee Member
      32. Mr. Golam Rabbani: Central Working uittee Member
      33. Mr. Saiful Alam Khan Milon : Central Working Committee Member
      34. Mr. Abdur Rob : Central Working Committee Member
      35. Prof. Mian Golam Parwar : Central Working Committee Member, Khulna City
      36. Advocate Abdul Iatif : Central Working Committee Member
      37. Principal Muhammad Izzatullah : Central Working Committee Member
      39. Mr. Mominul Islam Patwary : Central Working Committee Member,
      39. Maulana Shamsul Islam : Central Working Committee Member, Chittagong_City
      40. Advocate Moazzem Hossain Helal : Central Working Committee Member, Barisal City



 

 

 

 

 
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