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03/07/2013
BANGLADESH
Islamic party wants to expel minorities, reunify with Pakistan
by Nozrul Islam
Strikes
(hartal) and acts of violence continue across the country, especially
against Hindus.
Fears are growing among Buddhists, Christians and tribal
communities.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party joins Jamaat-e-islami
seeking the fall of the government. Islamist blogs provide instructions
on how to sabotage railway lines, disrupt demonstrations and attack
police.
Dhaka (AsiaNews) - Acts
of violence, especially against Bangladesh's Hindu minority, and strikes (hartal) continue across the country as Jamaat-e-Islami
supporters call for reunification with Pakistan, and the creation of a "pure" state,
free of its non-Muslim population.
Since unrest began more
than a week ago, 87 people have died-mostly police and peaceful protesters. The
atmosphere is increasingly tense after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the country's main opposition
party, decided to throw its support behind Jamaat and call for an end of
war tribunals set up by the ruling Awami League. In addition, the BNP has
called for the death penalty imposed on Jamaat's deputy chief Delwar
Hossain Sayeedi to be dropped, and for
the government to resign.
For Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Awami League, opposition
demands are unacceptable because they would mean her defeat.
However, Jamaat appears bent on pursuing its agenda come what
may. With the BNP on its side, it does not seem willing to stop its terror
strategy. In fact, it has begun handing out weapons to women and children to "save
Islam and its soul from danger".
Well-organised, the Islamic party has a large pool of supporters. On a
number of blogs, many of them are openly calling for reunification with
Pakistan and the expulsion of Hindus, atheists and Christians. Instructions are
also provided on how to sabotage railway lines, attack security forces, and cause
unrest during strikes.
Some of the suggestions
are quite "creative". For example, on one site instructions are given on how to
generate pictures using the photo of death-row leader Sayeedi against the
background of a full moon. Waved as if they were real thing, the pictures have
been used the stress the urgency to save him and avoid going to hell. In other
touched up photos showing people floating in the air, radiant faces, jinn (spirits) and angels are presented
as supporting the Muslim revolt.
As the country's
largest minority (9.6 per cent), Hindus have been the main target until now. What
is more, most witnesses in the war crimes trials have been Hindus.1
The latest wave of
attacks also suggest that other religious (Buddhist and Christian) and ethnic
(tribal) minorities might be the next to be targeted, as was the case in the
past.
In fact, police recently
arrested a group of Muslim fundamentalists that planned to kill ten teachers at
an Ahmadiyya school. Ahmadis are a Muslim religious group deemed heretical by
mainstream Islam.
It is unclear what will
happen now, but there are growing fears that things might get out of hand. Shahbagh,
a secular-oriented non-political movement named after a Dhaka
neighbourhood, continues its peaceful
protests and initiatives, but is losing popularity. What appeared to be
local movement inspired by the 'Arab spring' is becoming increasingly isolated
and is seen as nothing but an ally of the Awami League.
Various political
parties, including small factions within the Islamic party, have called for
dialogue, but no one has yet said on what terms.
Meanwhile, Jamaat appears to be getting stronger. Although
it lacks the right numbers, it has been backed by a stronger ally, the BNP,
something that makes the situation even worse.
Should the BNP back
away from Jamaat, it would likely allow
the Awami League to win the next elections, something that might not be on BNP
leader Khaleda Zia's agenda.
Although exact figures do not exist, Bangladesh's War of Liberation in 1971 is said to have caused the death of up to 1.5 million civilians.
At least 200,000 women were raped, mostly Hindu.
About 60 per cent of all Bangladeshi refugees in India were Hindu.
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