Activists are calling it a grotesque mockery of Bangladesh’s sacred history, as Jamaat-e-Islami\u2014a party steeped in 1971 war crimes and militant fanaticism\u2014has brazenly thrust itself into the national spotlight, desecrating the Shaheed Minar and eroding the very soul of Bengali nationalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rise of this venomous outfit, emboldened under the Yunus regime’s lax oversight, poses an existential danger to the Liberation War’s indomitable spirit and the secular Bengali identity forged in blood and defiance. As death-row war criminals parade as parliamentarians and party leaders, the nation watches in horror as the ghosts of 1971 are resurrected to haunt our future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The nadir came on February 21, International Mother Language Day, when Jamaat Amir Dr. Shafiqur Rahman led a contemptible procession to the Shaheed Minar<\/a>\u2014the hallowed monument to the 1952 Language Martyrs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Flanking him was ATM Azharul Islam, a convicted war criminal sentenced to death for his atrocities during the Liberation War, yet shamelessly freed after the August 5, 2024, power shift. Azhar, now Jamaat’s Naib-e-Amir and an elected MP, embodies the party’s unrepentant betrayal of Bangladesh. Joining this parade of infamy were Mir Ahmed Bin Kasem Arman, son of executed war criminal Mir Quasem Ali, and Nahid Islam, a covert Shibir operative masquerading as convener of the Yunus-backed National Citizens’ Party (NCP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n This spectacle ignited righteous fury <\/a>among pro-Liberation forces. As Jamaat’s entourage attempted to “pay respects,” outraged youths unleashed a barrage of slogans: “Razakar, Razakar!” “Agents of ’71, beware!” “Razakars of ’71, leave Bangladesh now!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaat\u2019s 77 seats signal continuation of militancy, mob violence under BNP rule<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sajeeb Wazed: Yunus administration is propped up by Jamaat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Why does Jamaat-patron US want a weak government in Bangladesh?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In a pathetic retort, Jamaat cadres chanted “Language soldier Ghulam Azam, accept our salute!”\u2014invoking their former Amir, a notorious Razakar overlord who later regretted participating in the 1952 Language Movement, declaring Urdu the “common language of Muslims” in the subcontinent and dismissing Bengali aspirations as a “mistake.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The confrontation turned volatile, forcing NCP leaders like opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam and Secretary Akhtar Hossain to scurry back to their vehicles amid the chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaat’s hypocrisy knows no bounds. Historically, a jihadist entity hell-bent on imposing Maulana Maududi’s Sharia law through a democratic facade or shadowy intrigue, the party collaborated with Pakistani forces in the 1971 genocide, slaughtering intellectuals and freedom fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Banned post-Liberation, it slithered back under General Ziaur Rahman’s regime, amending its constitution repeatedly to survive scrutiny. To this day, Jamaat has never apologised for its war crimes, yet now postures as “Bangladesh-friendly” by co-opting Ekushey narratives online\u2014a vile attempt to whitewash their anti-Bengali legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sheikh Hasina warns against conspiracy to erase Bengali national identity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yunus-Jamaat fascist regime turns judiciary into a slaughterhouse<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n