Pak Jamaat urges Muslim countries
Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan (JIP) has sought intervention of Muslim countries against “victimisation” of Jamaat-e-Islami and its leaders in Bangladesh.
Talking to BBC Bangla service yesterday, JIP Ameer Syed Munawar Hasan said, “The trial of Jamaat leaders and declaring of the party’s registration [with the EC] illegal are not internal issues of Bangladesh. A Muslim nation reserves the right to intervene in other’s affairs.”
Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia and Turkey should mount pressure on the Bangladesh government to end “this injustice” to Jamaat, he added.
In 1971, Jamaat-e-Islami had fought for “defending the sovereignty” of Pakistan. That is why the Pakistan government should now mount pressure on the Bangladesh government, he argued.
The High Court on Thursday declared the registration of Jamaat-e-Islami with the Election Commission illegal.
That day, the JIP chief in a statement termed the cancellation of registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami “illegal”, reports Pakistani English daily The News.
He said the judgment of Bangladesh High Court was “unconstitutional, partial and biased.”
Democratic forces in the world and the Muslim states were “criminally silent” over “the state oppression against Jamaat,” he mentioned.
Islamabad’s terming the matter an internal issue of Bangladesh was the “worst form of injustice”, and totally unexpected, added the JIP leader.
Regarding the trial of Jamaat leaders, he said this has been so far done by a “so-called tribunal”, but now the HC had stepped in to do “the same.”
The registration of Jamaat, complained Munawar, had been declared unlawful to keep it away from elections.
“The Hasina Wazed government wanted to keep Jamaat away from people and crush it at the behest of India, whereas a majority of the Bangladeshi people stood by Jamaat,” read the statement.
JAMAAT HIND REACTS
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Ameer Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Omari expressed concern over declaring Jamaat’s registration illegal.
Talking to BBC Bangla service on Thursday, he said the decision of the HC was “undemocratic”. He claimed that the allegation against Jamaat that the party denied the independence and sovereignty of Bangladesh was false.
An “evil attempt” was being made to keep the organisations, which work in the name of Islam in the whole world, away from elections, he complained.
He also alleged that the Jamaat leaders were being punished “illegally” in connection with incidents that had occurred 40 years ago and that it was a part of that “injustice” to keep the leaders away from polls.
JOY REACTS
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, yesterday in a Facebook status update said, ”The ameer of Jamaat-e-Islam Pakistan has spoken against our High Court in support of Jamaat. This again proves that Jamaat is a Pakistani political party, not a Bangladeshi one.”
“High Court ruling declaring Jamaat’s registration illegal has been a tremendous victory. This has only been possible under the Awami League government,” said the status that was liked by over 3,500 viewers.
He said, “The BNP has also spoken against the High Court and in favour of Jamaat. Once again the BNP is siding with war criminals against Bangladesh. This is unpatriotic and anti-Bangladesh.”
Source: The Daily Star
