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Bangladesh Salutes Its Murdered Intellectuals

By Countercurrents.org

14 December 2013
Countercurrents.org

“Bangladesh will salute its brightest sons assassinated by Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators in 1971”, says a report by bdnews24.com [1].

The report headlined “Joy overwhelms fear on Martyred Intellectuals Day” said:

The Martyred Intellectuals Day, December 14, has usually been observed with the demand of trying the war criminals.

But this time, the people will pay respects to the martyred intellectuals a day after the Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla’s hanging.

On December 12, 2013, Bangladesh saw the first execution of a war criminal, 42 years after the genocide.

The Jamaat Assistant Secretary General was one of the leaders of Al-Badr during the War of Independence. Molla had ordered the assassination of poet Meherunnesa in Dhaka's Mirpur and genocide at Keraniganj.

Daily Sun [Dhaka] in a report [2] headlined “Martyred Intellectuals Day today” said:

“Sensing their humiliating defeat at the hands of Bangalees, the Pakistani soldiers and their local collaborators – Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams – abducted leading Bengali intellectuals and professionals – academics, writers, physicians, engineers, journalists and other eminent personalities and killed them to cripple the nation intellectually.

“They were dragged blindfolded out of their houses in Dhaka and murdered at Rayer Bazar and in other killing fields in the city.

“They then tortured and assassinated them with the intention to intellectually cripple the newborn nation.

“The martyred intellectuals, whose bodies could be identified, were Munier Chowdhury, Dr Alim Chowdhury, Muniruzzaman, Dr Fazle Rabbi, Sirajuddin Hossain, Shahidullah Kaiser, Gobinda Chandra Dev, Jyotirmoy Guha Thakurta, Santosh Bhattacharya, Mofazzal Haider Chowdhury, Khandaker Abu Taleb, Nizamuddin Ahmed, SA Mannan (Ladu Bhai), ANM Golam Mustafa, Syed Nazmul Haq and Selina Parvin.

“Their bodies were dumped at Rayerbazar, Mirpur and a few other places in the capital.

“Two days later, the Pakistani forces led by General Ameer Abdullah Khan Niazi surrendered, leading to the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent state.”

Media reports from Dhaka said:

People from the broader social spectrum will pay homage to the martyrs, assassinated just two days before the final victory after a bloody nine-month war.

Newspapers will publish special supplements while radio and television channels will air special programs to commemorate the martyrs. The day’s programs will begin with the hoisting of the national flag at half-mast and black flags atop public and private buildings in the morning.

Alongside the official programs, different political and socio- cultural organizations will observe the day. The programs include placing wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard and Martyred Intellectuals’ Memorial, discussion meetings, human chain and cultural programs.

Social media debate

Daily Star [Dhaka] in a report headlined “Debate over Quader Mollah execution” [3] said:

“Expressing their satisfaction, justice seekers flooded the social media with their comments soon after war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah had been executed.

“However, Jamaat-Shibir men vilified the government for the execution and threatened with ‘dire consequences’.

“‘Death of a killer, rapist and traitor; justice delayed but not denied,’ this is how one Asad Abro expressed his relief on Twitter after Mollah was hanged.

“People like Asad burst in cheers on different social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter soon after the execution.

“A number of renowned newspapers of the USA, the UK, Australia, India and Pakistan have widely covered the execution.

“Media like The Telegraph, The Guardian, Voice of America, Washington Post, The Times of India and Dawn gave similar coverage of the execution of the “opposition leader” and highlighted violence by Jamaat-e-Islami men following the execution.

“Over Thursday night’s execution, Al Jazeera ran a report titled ‘Bangladesh hangs opposition leader’ in which its online version said the judges’ ancestral homes had been attacked in the wake of the execution.

“Al Jazeera termed the violence created by Jamaat-Shibir men over the execution of war crimes convict Mollah a ‘micro-level civil war’ in Bangladesh.

”The report saw at least 360 comments in favor of and against the execution.

“One Touhid commented on Al Jazeera, ‘344 men, women and children were killed by this man [Mollah], still he is a “Muslim leader”?’

“CNN in its category ‘Five Stories Not To Miss’ kept the execution story.

“The story titled ‘Bangladesh hangs Islamist leader despite UN objections’ apparently tried to present the execution as a political decision.

“BBC ran a thorough report on ‘Bangladesh Islamist Abdul Kader Mullah buried after execution’ and an analysis ‘Bangladesh hanging of Abdul Kader Mullah risks derailing elections’.

“On Facebook one Ammar Aziz of Pakistan wrote: ‘I’m generally against the death penalty, but exceptions are there … It is the defeat of the pro-West Pakistani establishment clergy of the then East Pakistan. It is the defeat of an ideology which justified the genocide of the innocent Bengalis which the armed forces of (West) Pakistan nastily continued during the war.’

“Aziz further said, ‘It’s about time that we start hanging the terrorist beasts like Qadri and sectarian murderers in Pakistan, although, I’m not very optimistic about it.’”

Call to attack Bangladesh

In another report headlined “Audacity of Pak Jamaat-e-Islami” bdnews24.com [4] said:

“Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami has shown the audacity to urge the Pakistan government to attack Bangladesh in retaliation of the execution of Pak collaborator and war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah.

“After the execution of ‘butcher of Mirpur’ on Thursday night, the official face book of Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami termed Quader Mollah a ‘martyr’ and urged the Pakistan government to attack Bangladesh, reports banglanews24.com.

“Pakistan Jamaat criticized Pak army for not giving any reaction after the execution of Quader Mollah and described the silence as ‘cruelty’. Soon after the execution of Quader Mollah at 10:01 pm Thursday Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami made more than one post in its official face book bitterly criticizing Bangladesh.

“The face book users of Bangladesh have described Pak Jamaat’s call as audacity and condemned it.

“It may be pointed out Pakistan Jamaat has been criticizing war crimes trial in Bangladesh since long. Claiming Quader Mollah as their own man, Pak Jamaat wrote in its face book – ‘We have got another martyr.’”

Source:

[1] bdnews24.com, 2013-12,
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/12/14/joy-overwhelms-fear-on-martyred-intellectuals-day

[2] http://www.daily-sun.com/details_Martyred-Intellectuals-Day-today_704_1_1_1_4.html

[3] December 14, 2013, http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/debate-over-quader-mollah-execution/

[4] http://www.daily-sun.com/details_Audacity-of-Pak-Jamaat-e-Islami_704_1_2_1_6.html

 

 

 



 

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