Jamaat's politics
Many expressed their revulsion against the blatant lie of Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mujahid that “Anti-liberation forces never even existed in the country.” The repugnant claim of Mujaheed raised the ire of the people including liberation war sector commanders and freedom fighters. Many quarters of society demanded that the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami be banned for their disparaging role during the liberation war in 1971.
Earlier, the same thing was uttered in different form by the demand to impose ban on religion-based politics.
There is no doubt that the Jamaat's role in 1971 was nefarious, and needless to say that many of its members fought against the freedom fighters. But the thing that I want to point out is that we are staring at the Jamaat only, discounting many of such quislings who are hiding inside the BNP and the Awami League. Why do we ignore those criminals? We have to take steps not only against the Jamaat but also all the war criminals who went into hiding within the folds of various political parties.
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