Just after the Juma prayers on Friday, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami activists distributed anti-government leaflets at different mosques in the capital and its outskirts.
The leaflets, titled “unite to prevent the government conspiracy to eliminate Jamaat,” were distributed among the people of all ages coming out of the mosques. A key ally of BNP-led opposition alliance, Jamaat said the government was “trying to prevent the voice of Islam by using state power through conspiracy.”
It alleged that the government with the help of court cancelled the registration of Jamaat since it had “Allah is Almighty” in its party charter. “By following Islamic values and fundamental beliefs, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is working on to establish an oppression-free country.”
Criticising the role of International Crimes Tribunal, it said: “To ban the party, the tribunal has started investigation into the role of Jamaat during the Liberation War.” The government arranged the trial on a “resolved issue” only to gain politically.
The party, responsible for crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, claimed that 243 leaders and activists of Jamaat and its student body Islami Chhatra Shibir were killed from February 28 to March 7 while protesting the verdict against Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee.
Quoting information of national and international rights groups and media reports, Jamaat said hundreds of Hefazat-e-Islam activists were killed on May 5 and 6 in the operation of law enforcers in Motijheel.
