Jamaat leaders
I was wondering why the government had been so lenient to the Jamaat till its top leaders were arrested that too on the flimsy ground of hurting the religious sentiment of the public. The Jamaat justifies their Islamic authenticity by the amount of suffering they undergo at the hands of the incumbent. But they should keep in mind that people all over the world were and are being persecuted not necessarily for their belief. As far as I have studied Islam, the Jamaat-e-Islami is not on the right track because they deliberately hide some key facts of Islam. One of them is the special significance of the Ahle Bayet we Sufi Muslims so strongly believe in. Besides, in violation of the Islamic tenets, the Jamaat believes in their dubious version of democracy. As they vacillate in theology, they are seen veering to this party or that party for their support. So people cannot have confidence on them. This is the very submissive nature of Jamaat that prevented them from supporting Bangladesh's freedom movement. I think it is the Jamaat's cardinal crime.
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