Islamists Gaining under Awami Leage in Bangladesh
October 4, 2009 by Dr. Richard L. Benkin
Ever since the Awami League’s ascension to power in Bangladesh, there has been a regular cottage industry of apologists claiming that the left-center government will navigate the country away from patronizing Islamists and oppression minorities. If anything, things have worsened under Sheikh Hasina and her cronies. Violence against minorities is not only increasing but becoming more severe–and open–day by day. I have vetted numerous allegations and have established a severe anti-minority action in Bangladesh at the rate of about one per week and a half. The real figures probably are higher.
Now, Muslim dissident journalist, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury reports on new evidence of how open pro-Islamist rhetoric is, including the demonization of other religions–things far worse than what their allied decry as “hate speech.”
Shoaib has been arrested and tortured as a result of his pro-US, pro-Israel, and anti-Islamist actions; and still faces capital charges of treason, sedition, and blasphemy.
He writes from Dhaka,”Hizbut Towhid, a notorious Islamist group in BANGLADESH, recently published a book and DVD named DAJJAL, which is sold openly in all major bookstores in this country.
“This book is written by Selim Ponni, the kingpin of this group. He terms Jews and Christians as “enemies of humanity” and asks people to start JIHAD against Jews and Christians. This is an extremely provocative book and DVD.
“I am surprised, how Awami League, which proclaims to be a secularist party is allowing this. Hizbut Towhid never could sell such hate materials openly before.
For those who look at that and say, “free speech,” you might be missing the point. We can put aside the debate on whether or not governments should censor “hate speech,” which is what Hizbut and other Islamist groups offer their readers. Shoaib’s points are two. The first is that Islamists are more powerful and can spew their hatred openly. (Were this book and DVD an isolated incident, it might not be enough to conclude that, but taken with the uptick in anti-minority activity and Islamist strength, it is significant.) The second is that we are letting our enemy socialize the Muslim world for jihad by default–just because the US is occupied with serious domestic battles, like health care, does not mean our enemies have stopped their nefarious deeds, the worst of which have little to do with the crisis in Iran.
Third, the Awami League continues to lie with a straight face, telling the world that none of this is happening. The PM has lied again and again about repealing the racist Vested Property Act (VPA) and other anti-minority legislation on the books. (The VPA allows the government to seize non-Muslim property and distribute it to its Muslim cronies.) Just this month, US Secretary of State continued the fiction with a syrupy sweet speech about the Awami League’s democratic and moderate Islam ideals. What nonsense! Worse, it gives the Awami League the notion that it is getting away with ethnic cleansing and supporting the worst jihadists while telling a gullible West that it is fighting both!
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well first of all dr.richards there is no such word as a jihadist its a mujahid. the second thing is that as being an educated person u must first study islam and then turn towards muslims.it is not neccessary that if a person is a muslim whatever he does will be according to the qurann there are many muslims who are only muslims by name. these men in white who are killing that himdu are tottally doing a wronge act they must surely be punished they are not only a stain on the face of humanity but also islam.if one reads the quran he will find that Allah says that one must not use cruelty in converting someone to islam. its a persons own choice. moreover one thing must be kept in mind that if a muslim does anything wronge on must not blame the entire muslim community.there were millions of minorities during the times of caliphs and they lived inpeace especially during Umar [R.A] regeime.well along side with this post in which muslim terrorists are being shown one must not forget adolf hitler benito mussolenni henrich himmler otto barbarossa charlemagne and many many more christians who hav written sagas of cruelty and butchery. i wud like you to say something about them too.
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