Hundreds of women Gang raped, 15 thousands minority displaced in Bangladesh, houses ablaze
Registrar
If this does not touch your heart than what should?
http://www.hrcbm.org/news/janakant_news.html .
Islamic fundementalists in Bangladesh went on rampage as a part the
post election celebration, raping hundreds of minority women, looting
their belongings and removing eyes of victims. This barbaric laughter even
far more severe than the atrocities of 1971. Read at least one report
from Janakant at http://www.hrcbm.org under Breaking news.
We have no words to describe the agony of our people. Everyday hundreds
of thousands minorities are suffering from primitive rampage of Islamic
fundamentalist. We cannot record all but at least read the news of
Barishal to get acqauinted about the situation. visit http://www.hrcbm.org
.
Hope this will touch your heart. HRCBM strongly condemns atrocities on
minority and appeal the governemnt of Bangladesh for immediate action
thereof.
Thanks
Registrar
HRCBM
http://www.hrcbm.org
Syed Mahmud
from ' Janakantha' , and are all hearsay without a single shred of evidence.
By the way, 'hrcbm' does not have a chapter in USA. Is anyone aware of the
going rate and the qualifications required for opening a chapter in the
States or is it a better idea to get in touch with the Indian Embassy
directly ?
"Registrar" <hru...@hrcbm.org> wrote in message
news:793d5856.0110...@posting.google.com...
SuBain
Do you have any evidence to doubt the report?
Didn't you barbarians (yes, I mean you and people close to you personally)
displace much of the religious minority population of East Bengal over the last
fifty four years (~40% in 1947, ~10% today)?
Show the minimum degree of civilization. If you can not object to the
atrocities that have been going on against the religious minorities in
Bangladesh, keep silent. If you feel like dancing like a monkey, do it inside
your home with your barbarian friends and relatives, avoid the the public
forum.
Syed Mahmud
You cannot be smelling like shit and call other people smelly. First take
care of human rights within India itself before you can pretend to care
about your neighbors.
Would you believe it if Pakistan were to lead the fight against terrorism??
"SuBain" <sub...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20011010143519...@mb-fo.aol.com...
SuBain
>"Syed Mahmud" smah...@home.com:
>Yes I do!! Indians do not have credibility when it comes to human rights.
>You cannot be smelling like shit and call other people smelly. First take
>care of human rights within India itself before you can pretend to care
>about your neighbors.
Barbarians like you assume that non-Muslims do not have the right to stay in
their homeland of Bangladesh and that they could not be from Bangladesh. That
is why you assumed that I was from India. Guess what, I am from Bangladesh. And
I want you Barbarians to get civilized.
>Would you believe it if Pakistan were to lead the fight against terrorism??
No, not until they get civilized first, which would take more than a few
centuries. For now, Pakistan is being goaded (beaten up like an animal, with a
big stick) by the United States to get its acts together. That is why the
terrorist and barbarian state ruled by a military dictator has to keep its
Islam in the back burner, and cooperate with the infidels.
Syed Mahmud
thread. If you understand plain English and think with an open mind, you
would realize I've made no assumptions as to your nationality.
My contention is that since the site for 'hrcbm' is funded and set up in
India (its paper ..Mayer Dak with the Bangladeshi Flag says Calcutta, India)
and is another biased propaganda mechanism. The relevant complains may
exist, but cannot be bloated to the extent that the site attempts to. Do you
disagree that this portal is managed by Indians? Every crime committed
against minorities is not a human rights issue! Even though 'hrcbm' is
shrouded in a cloak of a global human rights organization with chapters all
over the globe, they have overlooked the fact that not a single
office-bearer of the organization is named.
Since you seem to understand fully the irrationality of Pakistan talking
about world peace, I fail to understand your assumptions about me, my family
and those close to me, when I express total skepticism about an Indian org.
preaching human rights!
Granted, that there are atrocities committed in Bangladesh against
Bangladesh, but the use of propaganda mechanisms like 'hrcbm' does the
minorities of Bangladesh more disservice than anything else!
Once again .. in simple terms.. my reference to "Indian" does not mean
YOU... it refers to articles quoted through the homepage of "HRCBM".
Next time you attempt to make comments about someone, his family and his
friends, do yourself a favor and consider the option that your comprehension
could be off !
Hopefully, this will be my last post on this thread!
"SuBain" <sub...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20011010161125...@mb-md.aol.com...
Dr. Shabbir A. Bashar
I was curious about the organization which calls itself HRCBM. So I visited
their website (http://www.hrcbm.org) and what I found will help put this
posting in perspective. I will leave it up to the readers of SCB to decide
for themselves about the type of visitors it attracts based on the comments
they have left: (http://hrcbm.org/vbpro/htdocs/guestbook/entries.html)
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Chetan Basu [10/10/01, 2:52 PM] writes:
Most of the Bangladeshis working in
Gulf countries are perverted people
who
do illicit liquor trade, sex trade and
always tries to migrate illegally to
any countries.
Indira Gandhi committed big mistake by
liberating East Pakistan and name it
later as Bangladesh. Indian citizens
paid a lot of money to help this
perverted people and always they end
with overheated corruption.
Most of the Bengladeshis migrated to
India is making money by flesh trade
in
Calcutta & Bombay. India Government
should not allow any bangladeshi
citizens to migrate to India. It is
worsening India's society. BJP
government should stop allowing Hindu
Bangladeshis to get political asylum
in
India. Of course, it should not allow
any Bangladeshis.
Capt.Ranjan Chowdhury [10/9/01, 3:20 PM]
writes:
Dear Mr.Bidyut Sarker and other
designated personnel in Mayer Dak
First introduce myself,I was probably
one of the Master mariner (ship,s
captain)brought up from Chittagong
re-known family(details withheld for
the time being) and known to very
close
high officials at Chittagong Hindu
Unity council.
Your effort being very good but i wud
like to make comment on GLANI (the
Disgrace) which we shud give lots many
thanks to Dr.Dilip Dey from Jamal Khan
though he is controversial plus
numerous photographers and brave
personnel who has mas video during
1990/92 with taking photos.I hope we
shud be united the way days are coming
bad(Recent Bangladesh election, 11th
sept the way rise of Islamic
fundamentalism).
FYI, I brought from Bangladesh the
original GLANI which was banned during
1992 plus original videos recently @
August 2001 after sadly leaving
Bangladesh to settle abroad. I was the
one who has accompany to get those
picture.
Due lot pressure in professional jobs
cud not able to involve more in Unity
council jobs at being brought up in
Chittagong.
Do you like to put all of work and
achievement of our great Binode
Dadu.If
yes pls contact me.
I am trying to help Dilip da who has
at
least little contribution on GLANI.His
latest Vested property book is very
appreciable which might be contrary to
our Unity council work but there shud
be always a different views which we
will learn our wrong things.
Bangladeshi Hindu shud be united,
thats
my advice to all out unity council
members.
God bless you and your effort.
Kindest regards/Capt.Chowdhury
Mainuddin Jangi (Miro) [10/8/01, 5:01 PM]
writes:
I want to be involved and help any way
I can. We have to be united against
all
fanatics...
Faisal [9/28/01, 1:26 PM] writes:
what i should i say!! very nice page..
i got lots of information about
Bangladesh.. thanks for sharing ur
page
with us,, and u did a good job!! proud
of Bangladeshi.. anyway keep it up..
bye
HRCBM [9/11/01, 1:59 PM] writes:
We condemn this barbaric act of
terorism and the crime against
huminity. We are shocked......
Our condolences to fellow brothers and
sisters of America.
Abhay Sapru [9/8/01, 11:57 AM] writes:
I think you are doing a great job.
These Moslem
fanatics should be exposed for what
they really
are.
I wish you, my Hindu (including
Buddhist, Jain
& Sikh) brothers and sisters the best.
JAI HINDU RASHTRA!
Sukha Ranjan Mookerjee [9/7/01, 11:31 PM]
writes:
I am upset to know that a few
political
parties
of Bangladesh are harassing the
Minority Communities
in such a way that they cannot cast
their votes
freely and fairly in the coming
General
Election
which is going to be held in October,
2001.
Sukha Ranjan Mookerjee [9/7/01, 11:13 PM]
writes:
I am upse
Ashim Datta [9/5/01, 4:08 PM] writes:
Could you please remove me from your
list? I would really appreciate it.
Thanks a lot. Ashim
Santanu Bhattacharya [9/2/01, 5:03 AM]
writes:
Me and my family Immigrated from Dhaka
to Calcutta quite late and I have
distinct memories of my experiences.
I support the cause of your
organization.
vasu [8/18/01, 4:53 AM] writes:
i am utterly shocked ...Islam, as a
religion, should be banned around the
world...
Faisal Hossain [7/22/01, 12:56 PM] writes:
Hello to the HRCBM,
I am a very proud Bangladeshi citizen
and I probably
am not accountable to anyone to
justify
why or how
proud I am. There may be elements of
truth in the
work carried out by HRCBM, or there
may
be truth mixed with
fiction, concoctions made by
disillusioned and frustrated
minorities. Whatever the case may be,
HRCBM deserves commendation for
bringing to light such taboo issues.
We
can only make
Bangladesh a better world only if we
all _Bangladeshis_
minorities and majorities work
together, be objective
candid about our problems while also
not get carried
away by emotions. Insha-allah, if we
work together,
and we majorities give minorities a
chance to speak
freely and try to win their confidence
in us as
objective and caring majority
sensitive
to the discomfort
of the minorities, then we can rid
Bangladesh of all
evils of the so-called
'instituitionalised" oppresion.
And yes, insha-allah, we will be the
only truly great nation that is
"humble and gentle in victory" ( from
General
MacArthur's Memoirs).
For all those who do not wish to work
together and
initiate a dialogue for understanding,
may they
take their hatred spawning work
elsewhere!
Bangladesh Zindabad!
A.M. Goto [7/1/01, 9:27 AM] writes:
I am a minority. As a minority, I have
always been interested in the problems
of minorities, especially the causes.
I
am particularly interested in ethnic
conflicts, such as in Northern Ireland
and have concluded that all such
conflicts have a common underlying
factor; whether it is in East Timor,
Kosovo, Bosnia, Mindanao, Somalia,
Puerto Rico, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Kashmir,
Tibet, Chechnya, Israel, etc. All the
minority groups are experiencing the
same underlying problem which has in
turn resulted in the common desire for
independence, regardless of the
geographic location or culture of
these
minority groups. I have created a web
page in which I express my belief as
to
what this underlying cause is. Please
check it out. You may find it
interesting. Thanks.
Rajat Banerjee [5/25/01, 2:37 AM] writes:
Congratulation for the great job of
noble cause. Keep it up.
Rajesh Dhople [5/17/01, 9:01 PM] writes:
It's high time we take back what was
once Akhand Bharat which includes all
of Bangladesh,Pakistan,Afghanistan and
Parts of Tashkent(takshakhand).
John Nokrek [5/15/01, 6:55 PM] writes:
It is a very good step to show the
real
picture of all the minorities of
Bangladesh. I apprecate your perfect
attempt for the rights of the
minorities.
Thanks
John Nokrek
Montreal Canada
sudhir kumar [5/12/01, 2:10 AM] writes:
Fact about Hindu Kush " Hindus " are
really horrifying .
Would like to contribute something for
the better ties between the two
communities .
ajay vidyadhar [5/4/01, 11:16 AM] writes:
simply horrifying.hindus of bangladesh
should take to terrorism.if muslims
can
take to violence saying jihad,hindus
can and should to terrorist means to
send these fanatic mullahs and their
followers to meet their
allah.organised
terrorism against anti hindu elements
is the only solution to the plight of
bangladeshi hindus.hindus and
organisations in india should actively
help their bangladeshi brethren with
money,arms,explosives and training.THE
MUSLIM UNDERSTANDS ONLY THE LANGUAGE
OF
VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE IS THE ONLY
WEAPON AVAILABLE TO THE HINDUS IN
BANGLADESH AND INDEED IN INDIA AND
ELSEWHERE.USE IT.
radhika [3/27/01, 4:36 AM] writes:
I am a hindu myself, but the shock i
felt after reading your materials has
nothing to do with my religion but for
how people have forgotten what a
religion was meant to be.
religion should be something that
guides people through difficulties and
which gives them strentgh to go
through
life and shoild not be used as an
excuse to kill someone belonging to a
diff religion! I can only say that
they
have absolutely these people lack the
faith!! the things going on are
appaling!!
Joydeep Nondy [3/19/01, 5:31 AM] writes:
Very informative site. Pity that all
the efforts of Bangladeshi minorities
is in the virtual world.
Why can't 12% of a country's
poplulation stand up for its
democratic
rights in the soil of Bangladesh?
Hagendra Chakma [3/2/01, 5:26 AM] writes:
Carry on with the good work.
Rana Pratap [1/22/01, 9:15 AM] writes:
You are doing a great service for
humanity... please keep up the good
work.
Abu saleh Khan [1/14/01, 7:19 AM] writes:
You malus are responsible for this
situation and Vanda gandhi and
sexually
perverted Nehuru started this.
Anil Nath [12/30/00, 4:17 AM] writes:
It is a great satisfaction to see some
one somewhere has started to voice the
concerns, the untold stories rather
miseries of a sizeable section of a
population, which are long overdues
for
the humanity to pay attention to. Long
way to go but atleast this has
started.
Thanks to those who can see the first
light and take the first steps!
Also thanks to the internet which has
brought the souls together.
Regards
Dr. S Mukherjee [12/23/00, 11:28 PM]
writes:
Excellent site
shalu [12/21/00, 8:51 PM] writes:
I am not particularly surprised by
what's reported to be happening to
minorities in Bangladesh. But let me
tell you as someone living in Malaysia
for about 3 years now where over
2,00,000 bangladeshis are employed,
this may or may not have anything to
do
with religion at all - Bangladeshis
working/living here have been
committing very serious adultery
crimes
that last year forced the Malaysian
govt., to temporarily freeze any fresh
import of labour from Bangladesh,
however cheap. There were even
radio/tv
messages to the youngsters (mostly
Malaysian Indian girls & Malay girls
are the victims) showing the dismal
pictures of Dhaka slums in the
background, to sound a warning to
those
girls who easily get manipulated by
these guys. Lastly, it may give u
ample
satisfaction to learn that, no one
(especially families) dare s livingin
proximity to where these guys live -
so
it's big secret here how dirty these
people really are.
Test [12/18/00, 10:51 PM] writes:
Excellent
Dr. M. Chaudhury [12/18/00, 7:27 PM]
writes:
Excellent!
Dr. M. Chaudhury [12/18/00, 7:21 PM]
writes:
Excellent Site
----------------Comments by HRCBM end above-----------
Registrar wrote:
--
Shabbir A. Bashar, Ph.D.
http://www.betelco.com/bd
Shomir
> Syed Mahmud,
>
> Do you have any evidence to doubt the report?
>
> Didn't you barbarians (yes, I mean you and people close to you personally)
> displace much of the religious minority population of East Bengal over the last
> fifty four years (~40% in 1947, ~10% today)?
>
> Show the minimum degree of civilization. If you can not object to the
> atrocities that have been going on against the religious minorities in
> Bangladesh, keep silent. If you feel like dancing like a monkey, do it inside
> your home with your barbarian friends and relatives, avoid the the public
> forum.
Shukohomaya Chutia:
We thought you were having a good time at Shetubondhon. Why did
you come back here again ? Are you feeling sick that the Political
Puppet Government
representing the Land of the Hanumans next door lost the 2001
Elections in a
landslide victory of it's opponent ? JOY BANGLA, SHEIKH HASINA AND
INDIRA GANDHI'S PAACHAA SHAAMLA (Since you are a chemist at CT, may be
with your innovative chemistry.) Please do not disturb us while we are
feasting on the
juicy Bengali-Hindoo women's buns, freshly toasted in the
Post-2001-Election sun.
********************************************************************************
Tarek Ali
There is every reason to believe that the news items regarding
oppression on religious minorities in Bangladesh published in Daily
Janakantha and quoted by HRCBM are totally false. Here is why:
1. Such false propaganda were started before the elections to put
blame on BNP-Jamaat as Awamis thought that people would buy the
‘news’ easily because JIB is involved. The matter of the
fact is that JIB never tortures the minorities – they
don’t have such records. They are for Islamic state, but never
preached or practiced hatred towards minorities. This time, any probe
into the situation will prove that such news of torturing Hindus are
totally fabricated by the Awami-Ghadani clique. Any torture on Hindus
that ever happened in Bangladesh were done by so-called secular people
for personal reasons, or general public for some blind retaliation.
2. Minorities faced problems only on two occasions in the last thirty
years in Bangladesh. Once in 1972 after independence as a backlash
when Hindus from India tried to occupy the properties in the new
country. The other was when Babri Masjid was destroyed by the Hindus
with tacit approval from Indian govt. Compared to oppression against
Muslims in ‘secular’ India, the retaliation was negligible
in ‘Muslim’ Bangladesh (not that I am justifying any level
of retaliation). Many mosques were destroyed in India over the last 54
years, and on few occasions only people in Bangladesh reacted. There
is Muslim blood-letting going on every day in India, and peaceful
people of Bangladesh have not acted against the Hindus here for that.
We may not have secularism in the constitution, but we act in more
civil and secular ways than the secular hypocrites like you.
3. Awamis staged some attacks on Hindus before and after the election
to put the blame on BNP-Jamaat. There were specific proofs of that,
and Awami activists were arrested when burning temples. They tried to
create an argument that since Hindus were terrorized and could not
vote, so the election has to be canceled. In reality, the Hindu
community participated in the elections very normally. Awamis have no
principle, no scruple, and will go to any extent to satisfy their
narrow party interests. They are not ashamed to use religion to
further their agenda, nor do they care about welfare of minorities.
All they care about their votes by blackmailing them and even
terrorizing them by burning their houses and temples to put false
blame on others.
4. There is no hatred against Hindus in common people’s mind or
in the minds of the people who won elections. In practice at the grass
root level, all Hindus will testify to that. Hindus live in Bangladesh
peacefully as much as other people do. They enjoy equal rights in the
society. They have more than proportional representation in
administration and public sector. They get full opportunities of
education and human development more than the majority people do.
5. Janakantha is an Indian newspaper published by RAW in the guise of
a Bangladeshi newspaper. It is well known for its biased news and
analysis, and also many fabrications which were easily verified to be
false. They are shameless about their lying, and people know it very
well. It is read by Awamis only. This kind of false propaganda are all
too natural and common for Janakantha.
6. About HRCBM, I thing Syed has said enough. I will not detail it
here.
By now your ‘reputation’ as the most rabid communal person
with intense hate against Muslims has transcended all boundaries.
Please keep on doing what you do so well – hate mongering. The
BNP-Jamaat alliance wants to thank you for doing their job for them.
People like you will help make sure that BNP-Jamaat gets even a bigger
victory in the 2006 elections.
TA
sub...@aol.com (SuBain) wrote in message news:<20011010143519...@mb-fo.aol.com>...
Shakil Sarwar
On 10 Oct 2001 18:54:52 -0700, tare...@mailandnews.com (Tarek Ali)
wrote:
sukhamaya bain(chot),
A quick browse in the google archive promptly reveals the ferocious
nature you possess. And another quick visit in shetubondhon's egroup
archive shows what kind of a communal hindu bigot you are. We do not
give a damn whether a low life like you (most possibly a
Bangladesh-born india-settled anti-Bangladeshi entity like shomir)
hail from Bangladesh, India or any other place for that matter. Your
barbaric, dirty mind is all too obvious to us.
I read somewhere that hindus who stayed behind in Bangladesh prior to
partition were basically of lower caste. However, living and growing
up in predominantly muslim Bangladesh (where caste system is not
strictly observed) helped them to do better than their fellow
compatriots who left for india. Most of the hindus in Bangladesh lack
patriotism, and aspire to migrate to india on their own accord. Many
obtained dual citizenship so that they can move back and forth
depending on the favourable condition of economy in Bangladesh and
india. As such, even hasina criticised them in the most open terms, in
a hotel gathering in NY, saying, 'Don't keep two of your legs on two
boats. Try to be Bangladeshis." Now there is a lesson to be learned.
>5. Janakantha is an Indian newspaper published by RAW in the guise of
>a Bangladeshi newspaper. It is well known for its biased news and
>analysis, and also many fabrications which were easily verified to be
>false. They are shameless about their lying, and people know it very
>well. It is read by Awamis only. This kind of false propaganda are all
>too natural and common for Janakantha.
Janakantha is a Reliance Group (India) publication heavily financed by
RAW. It's name had appeared in the annual financial report of Reliance
Group in the past. However, it operates under the banner of globe
industries group in Bangladesh. Newspapers and magazines financed by
RAW and assisted by communal organisations like anandabazar can be
easily traced; they closely follow anandabazari (eg.
http://www.anandabazar.com) style spelling and sentence construction.
The motive of these newspapers become clearly evident by reading the
articles; they always speak up in favour of indian aggression in all
spheres. Readers can find more news about hindi films than bengali
ones in these newspapers. These newspapers constantly harp on
fictitious fatwa/moulobadi issues and writes agaisnt islam and muslims
while keeping mum about communal activities of hindu-boudha-christian
oikya parishad. As such, janakantha is known to many as bharatkantha,
RAWkantha, chorerkantha, etc.
A small section of Bangladeshi hindus who were overactive in hurting
(under active patronage from awamis) the sensibilities of muslim
majority during awami era may now be picking up the brunt of wrath
from people who were oppressed and humiliated by these hindus. This
wrath/backlash are inflicted on them not because they happen to be
hindus but because they were party to the crimes and atrocities
committed by awami terrorists, hooligans, rapists, etc. Hindus are
partly to blame for the reprisal they are going thru' now. They should
have acted responsibly in the past so as not earn the wrath of their
victims. Some over-zealous hindus had the audacity to make such brazen
demands as banning of cow slaughtering in muslim majority Bangladesh.
Along with their muslim (by name only) compatriots, these hindus were
accomplices to crimes like land grabbing, terrorism, bomb blasts,
killing, raping (whether muslim or fellow hindu women), cheating,
blackmailing, black-marketing, etc. Some of those victims (from awami
era) seem to have taken up law in their own hand out of indomitable
urge to mete out quick vengeance -- a deplorable act though. Once
again, vengeance is being meted out to any oppressors -- be they
muslims or hindus.
>6. About HRCBM, I thing Syed has said enough. I will not detail it
>here.
>
>By now your reputation as the most rabid communal person
>with intense hate against Muslims has transcended all boundaries.
>Please keep on doing what you do so well hate mongering. The
>BNP-Jamaat alliance wants to thank you for doing their job for them.
>People like you will help make sure that BNP-Jamaat gets even a bigger
>victory in the 2006 elections.
>
>TA
>
>
>sub...@aol.com (SuBain) wrote in message news:<20011010143519...@mb-fo.aol.com>...
>> Syed Mahmud,
>>
>> Do you have any evidence to doubt the report?
>>
>> Didn't you barbarians (yes, I mean you and people close to you personally)
>> displace much of the religious minority population of East Bengal over the last
>> fifty four years (~40% in 1947, ~10% today)?
>>
>> Show the minimum degree of civilization. If you can not object to the
>> atrocities that have been going on against the religious minorities in
>> Bangladesh, keep silent. If you feel like dancing like a monkey, do it inside
>> your home with your barbarian friends and relatives, avoid the the public
>> forum.
>>
>> >From: "Syed Mahmud" smah...@home.com
>> >Date: 10/10/2001 12:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>> >Message-id: <3G_w7.8402$sj.10...@news1.rdc1.nj.home.com>
>> >
>> >Touching the heart is subject to touching the brain!! All the articles are
>> >from ' Janakantha' , and are all hearsay without a single shred of evidence.
>> >By the way, 'hrcbm' does not have a chapter in USA. Is anyone aware of the
>> >going rate and the qualifications required for opening a chapter in the
>> >States or is it a better idea to get in touch with the Indian Embassy
>> >directly ?
Gospel for Asia & the All India Christian Council
http://www.gfa.org/revival
Dear Friends in Christ,
I can’t overstate the importance and urgency of this email
regarding the probability of a revival that could begin in India
on November 4, 2001. Three hundred million Dalits (low-caste
"untouchables") are on the verge of leaving the caste system. This
is a gateway for us to present the Gospel to these millions and
more!
Over the past few months, high-level leaders representing no less
than 300 million Dalits have been in dialogue with the All India
Christian Council. (The AICC is the largest Evangelical network in
India with membership of over 2,000 mission organizations,
denominations and other Christian entities.)
Their simple request was: "The only way for our people to find
freedom from 3,000 years of slavery is to quit the caste system
and embrace another faith. Christianity offers hope for us. We are
happy for our people to become Christians... Can you help us?"
This request culminated in a historic meeting on September 7, 2001
in Hyderabad, India where over 740 of the top evangelical leaders
from across India met with 26 top Dalit leaders to discuss how
this movement should be handled. Dr. Joseph D'Souza and Dr. K.P.
Yohannan (president of Gospel for Asia) give leadership to the
AICC which is committed to mobilize the Church body to respond to
this most urgent challenge. Gospel for Asia is one of the largest
church planting movements in the subcontinent and has been busy
taking concrete steps to respond to this move of God.
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Sukhamaya Bain
Attached is a report from the Daily Star. The comment of the Home Minister of
Bangladesh, Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, that "the reports of repression on Hindu
Community were exaggeratedly" suggests that the spirit of the barbarism that
has been going on in Bangladesh comes from the highest level of political power
and intellect in Bangladesh.
This reminds me that in 1992 not just one minister, but the democratically
elected parliament of Bangladesh as a whole, via the majority vote in a
resolution, praised the countrymen for not being too hateful against religious
minorities of the country, while the facts were that thousands of temples had
been destroyed or damaged, and hundreds of thousands of minorities had become
homeless due to arson and looting, among other atrocities.
At that time the leaders of Bangladesh had an excuse for being the criminals,
for supporting the criminals, for being soft and nice to the criminals. The
excuse was that some fanatic Hindus in India had destroyed the Babri mosque in
Ayodhya, while clearly the minorities of Bangladesh had no involvement in it.
What is the excuse now? Nothing. The uncivilized hardly needs an excuse to
behave uncivilized. The question is, when and how is Bangladesh going to come
out of this darkness?
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The Daily Star
October 13, 2001
Hindus to celebrate Durga Puja without festivity
UNB, Dhaka
Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Committee has decided to celebrate the Durga Puja,
beginning October 22, without any festivity protesting repression on the
religious minorities across the country.
To protest brutal attacks on the community members across the country and
non-responsive attitude of the government, the committee decided to observe the
Puja without lighting and cultural functions at mandaps.
Hindu Community leaders from all over the country who met Friday at Dhakeswari
Mandir first decided not to celebrate the Puja, but later took soft line
deciding to observe it in a most ordinary way.
Their programmes include submission of memorandum to the Prime Minister and
local administration on the Shaptami (Oct 23), dawn-to-dusk token hunger strike
on Ashtami (Oct 24) and forming human chain and a hour-long silence during
Nabami (Oct 25) at all Puja mandaps.
Talking to UNB immediate past general secretary of Bangladesh Puja Udjappan
Committee Kajal Debnath said there was no atmosphere for the Hindu Community to
observe the Durga Puja with festivity.
He said the committee also decided not to invite former Chief Advisor of the
Caretaker Government Justice Latifur Rahman, advisors Barrister Syed Ishtiaq
Ahmed, A Muyeed Chowdhury, Justice BB Roy Chowdhury and Chief Election
Commissioner MA Syed to any of the functions of the Hindu Community including
the Durga Puja.
Debnath said Justice Rahman, the CEC and Justice BB Roy were declared unwanted
as they neither gave any protection to the victims nor took any steps to stop
attacks on them, while Barrister Ishtiaq and Muyeed Chowdhury made
irresponsible comments over the issue.
About a comment of a former advisor that "communal riot is a natural
phenomenon," Debnath said it was "most unwanted". He said riot is a two-way
traffic but the ongoing atrocities on Hindus is one-sided.
He said that all the Hindus in the civil service were withdrawn from the fields
and posted en masse in the Secretariat by the caretaker administration
reflecting its 'one-eyed' attitude.
Debnath termed a comment of new Home Minister Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, most
unfortunate saying that such comment not only frustrated the Hindu Community of
the country, but is also contrary to what BNP Chief and Prime Minister Khaleda
Zia and LGRD Minister Mannan Bhuiyan had said about the attacks on Hindus.
The Home Minister in an interview with BBC on Friday reportedly commented that
the reports of repression on Hindu Community were exaggeratedly portrayed by a
vested quarter.
Debnath said when the Prime Minister and the BNP General Secretary assured to
dealt the incidents with strong hand the comment of the Home Minister would
encourage the miscreants who are carrying out attacks, looting and raping.
================
When will the barbaric acts on religious minorities stop in Bangladesh?
Sukhamaya Bain
I am enclosing some reports on the most recent acts of displacing religious
minorities from Bangladesh. These kinds of acts have been going on since 1947
in East Bengal (now Bangladesh). The perpetrators have been either from major
political forces (including the government) or supported by major political
forces (including the government). Most major newspapers in Bangladesh have
failed time and again to report these atrocities. When these are reported by
individuals or minor newspapers, Bangladesh does not have a shortage of
intellectuals who would question the truthfulness of the report without having
any evidence to do so.
For this particular series of reports, I personally called Bangladesh, and
found out that indeed thousands of religious minorities from Barishal and
Gournadi have fled to Ramshil after being victims of arson, looting, rape and
murder.
I would appreciate this being discussed by people who wish a civilized
Bangladesh.
========
Janakantha
Oct 10, 2001
Translated by Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (www.hrcbm.org)
15 thousands minority families dislodged in two districts: thousands of houses
ablaze, hundreds of women raped
(Translated from Bengali)
Post election violence and oppression against minority has displaced more than
15 thousands minority families in Barishal and Bagerhat districts. The affected
upazilas (sub-districts) are Gournadi, Ujipur, Agailjara, Mullahat and
Chitalmari. Hindu minorities from those upazilas are being forced out of their
land and taken shelter at various villages in Ramshil upazila under Khotalipara
districts. The displaced minorities have taken shelter to various schools and
colleges at Ramshil bazaar and their relatives in those areas. Islamic
fundamentalists have initiated a rain of terror forcing minorities to endure
living in a nightmare condition in those areas. Janakantha correspondence Mr.
Mojammel Haq after visiting the affected areas today (Tuesday) described that
the situation is far grave than the atrocities of 1971. Those family even not
displaced in 1971, now they are facing far severe condition and being forced
out of their own native land. The oppressed minority reported that due their
support for Awami league in the election, BNP supporters went on rampage
setting ablaze houses and raping women in Chadshi, Bahadurpur, Barthi,
Pingolkati, Ashukati, Tarki Bandar, Narchira, and Sharikal under Gournadi and
Rangtha, Bakal, Rajihar, Chingatia, Ramshidha, Dhanduba, Jayrampatti under
Agailjara upazila and everywhere in Ujipur. With primitive laughter Islamic
fundamentalists raped hundreds of women, removed eye of victims and loot all
the belongings of minority victims. Such primitive and barbaric atrocities
cannot be expressed in words. Mr. Bimal Biswas, a leader of local Awami league
described middle age lawlessness and barbaric rampage in the area. He mentioned
that Islamic fundamentalist gang raped mother and her daughters of a Hindu
family from Uttachadni under Gournadi upazila in front of public eye. In
another incident, three daughters of a minority family were taken out of their
house and gang raped publicly by Islamic fundamentalist. He also told to the
news conference that BNP cadres kidnapped most of the women and girls from the
villages at night, raped them overnight and released them in the morning.
Janakantha has also reported that Bangladesh government has not taken any step
to prevent such atrocities nor has provided food and shelter to the thousands
of victims. If food and shelter is not given immediately, most of the displaced
families will starve from lack of food and water.
15 thousands minority families displaced
A report from Janakantha dated Oct 10, 2001
This report is published in Janakantha dated oct 10, 2001 in Bengali. Please
read the second page of the Bengali report. Please click here to download the
complete Bengali report.
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News from Bangladesh
October 13, 2001
Bid to take back minorities from Kotalipara to Gournadi fails
KHULNA, Oct 12:–Hundreds of minorities who fled their homes from Agoiljhora
and Gournadi upazilas of Barisal district to Kotalipara of Gopalganj district
due to post polls incidents are yet to come back homes.
An initiative taken by Barisal and Gopalganj district administration to take
back victims to their homes went in vain today as destitute in Kotalipara
refused to go back showing security reason to their homes. The victims demanded
a political settlement of the problem initiated by BNP MPs as well as Prime
Minister.
But situation in their villages are too in secured to go back mostly opined.
They said, many of them came to Ramsheel 17 days before October 1 election
being threatened and tortured by alleged four-party cadres situation turned
worse after election result when minority houses, business and women came under
massive assault.
The number of the people fled were more than 15000. Out of whom some 5000
returned their homes as situation improved a bit, said leaders of victims and
AL leaders while talking. But majority is still in fear of further attack after
returning homes. But Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Kotalipara claimed that
existing number of refugees are not over 700.
Gopalganj and Barisal district administration tried to take back refugees of
Ramsheel and other 10 villages on trawlers to their homes today. But finally
they ended in failure as victims refused to go back without a political
settlement of the problem. "We have no confidence in administration and police
who failed to protect us" was echoed by all.
Victims also refuted roles of Awami League leaders and minority organisations
who actually did nothing at their distress. They said, torture started after
take over of Caretaker Government.
The victims also complained that administration threatened refugees in
Kotalipara of arrest if they don't return homes immediately. This forced many
of them particularly women and young girls to take shelter further in remotest
places inside beels (marsh land).
The victims were found at villages of Ramsheel, Johorerkandi, Khagbari, Kabula
Bari, Cholbel, Rajapur, Shoilodaha, Mushuria, Pirabari, Nabogram, Shashikor,
Noionbari, Tril-mukhi and some other minority full areas of Kotalipara.
They came from villages of Batra, Bahadurpur, Bashail, Gohail, Rajihar, Rangta,
Chengutia, Dhandoha, Chandshi, Kodalohoa, Gournadi, Kandirpar, Mostaierkandi,
Batajore, Mailara Shoricol, Adhuna, Ashukati, Ujirpoor and some other villages
of Agoiljhara, Gournadi and Ujirpur upazilas of Barisal.(The BD Observer )
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News from Bangladesh
October 13, 2001
Call for immediate steps to combat attacks on minorities
Citizens ask for judicial enquiry into reported incidents
Leading intellectuals of the country from a rally on Thursday demanded that the
newly formed government take immediate steps to stop attack on religious
minorities across the country and to order a judicial inquiry into the
'shameful' incidents that have taken place so far.
They also criticised the caretaker government for failing to stop such attacks
on religious minorities before the election. They said that it had seemed that
from the day after the October 1 election there was apparently no
administration or government in this country.
Sammilito Samajik Andolon (SSA) organised the rally of conscious citizens of
the country at the Shaheed Minar premises Thursday in protest of the on going
attack and torture on the religious minorities across the country. Dr Zillur
Rahman Siddiqui presided over the rally which was moderated by 11-party
alliance leader Pankaj Bhattacharja.
Hayat Mamood, general secretary of Sammilito Samajik Andolon, read out the
declaration of the rally urging people from all segments of the society to come
forward with concerted efforts to combat the culprits who have stigmatised the
country. He said that th eright to cast or not to cast a vote in favour of any
candidate is the democratic right of every citizen. He expressed strong
determination to protect the image of Bangladesh as a democratic and secular
country at any cost.
Prof. Khan Sarwar Murshid expressed solidarity with the declaration of the
rally and said "We do not want to known as a savage, uncivilised and sick
nation before the world."
The responsibility of the caretaker government does not end on the day of the
election, rather to tackle the post election situation is very much within the
responsibilities of the caretaker government, other speakers said.
Prof Mezbah Kamal of University of Dhaka questioned that why the religious
minorities would become the victims for casting their votes for any a
'specific' party. The party also received a large number of votes form the
Muslims but then why was this intimidation and torture on the religious
minorities and indigenous people, he asked.
He also expressed his deep anguish over inclusion of two ministers in the
cabinet from Jamaat-e-Islami which had played a strong role against the
independence of the country during the Liberation War.
Among others Dr Anisuzzaman, Dr Syed Anwar Hossain, Hena Das attended the
rally. Later a silent procession was brought out from Shaheed Minar premises in
protest of the harassment of minorities in the country. (The Daily Star )
==============
News From Bangladesh
October 11, 2001
Spilled blood of minorities does not count in Bangladesh
By Shiraj Uddin Shopon
USA
An election celebration of different kind has just started all throughout
Bangladesh. The winners will use the spilled blood from the minorities to
decorate the daises. Please read the Bengali newspapers from Bangladesh to
know the gory details of this blood bath. While these continues, the leaders
of the four-party alliances are taking their oaths to "serve" our Shonar
Bangla and Utkhat (wipe out) Terrorism. Only the future can tell how many
more minority lives will be lost in the hands of bin Laden's followers.
One of the four party leaders one time had mentioned that the four-party
alliances would not be able to defeat Awami League in an election. By the
word 'Election' what they probably meant was a truly free and fair election.
Perhaps they are right. This was published in newspapers at one pint of
their agitation against the ruling Awami League government. Was it an honest
evaluation of the frustrating four party leaders at that time for their
failure in mobilizing public support against Awami League? Surely, it was!
The confidence in the four-party leaders for winning the election grew at a
skyrocketing speed after the present partisan Caretaker Government took over
power in early July 2001. Their level of assessment shifted from a no-win to
getting a 2/3rd majority immediately after Justice Latifur Rahman took the
control of the government .
Within half an hour of taking power, the Chief Advisor took an unprecedented
partisan move to ensure that the four-party alliance get the majority of
votes in the up-coming election. The move of the Chief Advisor was taken as
a Civilian Coup (you may call it a 'Silent Coup') by reshuffling the
administration to replace them with the pro-Pakistani BNP supporters within
half an hour time of his oath taking.
This is quite revealing! The replacement of freedom fighter Harun Habib at
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) by a pro-Pakistani Razakar is one of the
many glaring examples. He figured out that keeping a veteran newsman at the
helm of BSS could be a dangerous thing. Therefore, he had to sack the
journalist who had earned a solid reputation of integrity amongst his
colleagues all through Bangladesh. The Chief Advisor continued the changes
at all levels in favor of the four-party alliances. One has to look around
carefully to see it. The signs are all there. He has achieved his cherished
goal of giving 2/3rd majority to the alliance by damaging the good
institution of Caretaker Government in Bangladesh.
The alliance that failed measurably to mobilize public opinion in their
protest against the Awami League government all throughout Mrs. Hasina's
tenure as the PM was incredibly able to get the 2/3rd majority in the
Parliament in less than three short months. We have witnessed that the
public rejected their negative and destructive politics of hartal and
violence in the last five years. Yet, they became incredibly popular in the
last three months of caretaker government rule that they got more than two
hundred seats in parliamentary election. Did they get Aladdin's Lamp by any
chance? A failed alliance in mobilizing people in their favor against Awami
League somehow was able to win in a controversial election conducted by a
partisan Caretaker Government. This is just fantastic! The complains were
lodged several times, but to no effect. Is it possible to get fair play and
justice from a partisan Caretaker? You be the judge.
The winner in this election is not just the BNP but the whole groups of bin
Laden supporters. The loser in this election is not just the Awami League
but the whole non-communal secular groups of Bangladeshis.
The bin Laden sympathizers Jamaat-e-Islam and BNP used the Caretaker
Government, Election Commission, money, and religion to get the 2/3rd
majority to make Bangladesh a would be Pakistani Taliban Style Country. It
was reported that the bin Laden supporters bought votes by giving money to
poor people in this election. Hardly a surprise, one may think. Where did
they get so much money? There should be an inquiry to find out if they used
money from any middle eastern terrorist groups or from a friendly Sheikdom
who would like to see Ummah flourishes in this delta land .
I may hasten to add that even before the caretaker Government took control
of the administration, the Taliban fundamentalists and bin Laden forces were
very active in Bangladesh with the support of the four-party alliances. The
world should not underestimate the Bangladeshi bin Laden forces in the
four-party alliances that just have won the election. They should look at
the source of their funds that they spent so lavishly to influence and win
the 8th parliamentary election.
In this present world nothing massive could be done without petro-dinars.
Therefore, it is very important to follow the money trail. This failed
alliance in mobilizing people against Awami League had own 2/3rd majority
after five years of senseless strikes and destruction. This makes most of
the people suspicious about their activities using money, communalism,
threats, intimidation of minorities and conspiracy with the Caretaker
Government and the election commission. All these are becoming increasingly
clearer everyday as the people are watching the activities of the Caretaker
Government, BNP and Jamaati Talibans.
After the election, the BNP and Jamaati Talibans are doing like the Afghan
Talibans by killing their opponents and minority Hindus. All their
activities are making it clear everyday that an unpopular BNP and Jamaat
Taliban opposition has won the election through a massive rigging and
conspiracy. Now this unpopular past opposition is taking revenge on the
population for not supporting their senseless politics of destruction in
last five years. They do not feel the joy for their victory because they
know how they have won. They are out there like hyenas to kill, terrorize,
and intimidate their opponents attacking minority Hindus as their soft
targets who did not support their politics of terrorism.
No one should be astonished for what the conspirator Caretaker Government,
BNP and Jamaat Talibans are doing to the opponents and to the minorities.
This is a normal expression of the conspirators who won through conspiracy
and terrorism. The expression of joy for their victory is also terrorism.
That is what we see from their actions in the post-election days. The
critics of the Awami League's terrorism have seen the initial phase of BNP
and Jamaat Taliban's terrorism. There will be more to come. One just have to
wait and see!
The full spectrum of violence and terror would come eventually to
"decontaminate" Bangladesh. The Hindus will be simply driven out of
Bangladesh in months to come. This was in their blueprint through and
through. The ex-Muslim Leaguers - the modern day BNPers - have joined forces
with bin Laden's followers to make this nation into an Islamic Utopia. This
is their ultimate goal.
With Awami League in power this would have remained a Pipe Dream. We have to
watch whether that is what Bangladeshis would get from a politically ruined
but a conspiratorially won BNP and Jamaat Talibans. In the initial phase,
these vile forces have given a massive scale of "terrorism" to the people
after their conspiratorial win in the election. Even though the number one
election platform of this people was - "Terror Free Bangladesh." So much so
for their election manifesto! However, I feel very sorry for the minorities
because they are the one who have to pay the price of "Islamic Freedom" by
shedding their blood.
For those of us who lives in America saw what happened in the aftermath of
September 11 terrorist attacks in America. Did not the earth shook for a
short time? This is what is now going on inside Bangladesh. But the earth
will be shaking for the next five year! The minorities have already been
marked. Their blood will color the victory celebration of bin Laden's
children who just won a conspiratorial election! Please mark my word.
------------------
Shiraj Uddin Shopon writes from New York City. His e-mail address is -
ssshopon@hotmail
Shakil Sarwar
Daily Inqilab, Oct 13, 2001 (http://www.dailyinqilab.com)
(translated)
Minorities Rights Commission held a meeting on last Friday
(12/10/2001) to discuss their views on the topic "Oppression of
Minorities: Causes & Prevention". The speakers categorically blamed
Awami League for starting to repress the moniroty community all over
the country -- both before and after the recent parliamentary
election. They complained that defeated Awami League is using the
minority to gain political leverage. They further complained that
various types of repression on the minority community went into effect
several days before the election due to incessant and provocative
statements made by Sheikh Hasina, who is adept at using the minority
for her selfish political gain, and Hindu-Buddhist-Christian United
Council, a communal organisation created by Awami League. After their
defeat in the election, Awami League is now cashing politically on the
minority community in a new manner. The sense of insecurity among the
minority populace has now reached its peak due to the nefarious
activities of Awami League's accomplice Hindu-Buddhist-Christian
Council. They opined that no redress to the sufferings of minority
community can be achieved by toeing the line of any political party,
and that Awami Leadue leaders are trying to cover up their defeat by
giving rise to a confrontational environment all over the country.
Congratulating the new 4-party alliance govt, the speakers opined that
this election had been held in the most peaceful, free and fair manner
in the recent decade. 55 lac hindu voters, amongst the total of 70 lac
from all over the country, had been able to cast their votes freely to
their liking. They demanded for the provision of reserved seats for
the minority community in the national parliament, separate election,
and a ministry for minority community.
The meeting was held at the auditorium of Dhaka Reporters' Unity under
the chairmanship of Advocate Samorendronath Goswami, Chief Secretary
of Minorities Rights' Commission, Bangladesh branch. Advocate
Manoranjan Das, Chief Advisor of Bangladesh Minorities Welfare
Society, delivered his speech as the chief guest. Among the
participants in the discussion were Advocate Gobinda Chandra Pramanik,
Kartrik Thakur, Advocate Ashok Kumar Biswas, Advocate Subodh Chandra
Das, Advocate Subhash Chandra Sarkar, Advocate Joyant Biswas, Engineer
Asutosh Bhoumik, Dr. Nirjhor Choudhury, Manoj Kumar Mandol, Advocate
Binoy Krishna Poddar, Advocate Sunil Kumar Biswas, Debashis Sarkar,
Susant Bhoumik, Haradhan Sarkar, et al.
Accusing the leaders of Hindu-Buddhist-Christian United Council for
being used as political pawns by Awami League, the speakers stated
that some identified opportunist leaders of this council, working
under the banner of Hindu leadership, turned themselves from pauper to
millionnaire within the last five year, and enjoyed many previleges
using the name of hindu cause. These leaders inflicted irrepairable
harm to the hindu population by provoking the hindus, under Awami
banner, against the Muslims. Pointing finger to the fact that general
hindus are being oppressed due to their allegiance to a particular
political party, they blamed the hindus themselves for the repressive
measures. Hindus have to shirk toeing the line of any political party.
They commented that a separate, independent political party has to be
formed, if necessary, and participate in the election with the
'sivalingam' symbol. They said that hindu interests were never in the
past and will never be in the future upheld by the people who are
getting publicity as leaders of hindu coomunity.
Due to the failure of this hindu leadership, some hindus are leaving
the country while the poor hindus are converting to Christianity. As a
result, hindu population in Bangladesh is dwindling at a swift rate.
They complained that the present hindu leadership is not loyal to
hindu religion at all. They are garnering selfish interests by using
this religion.
Chief Guest Advocate Manoranjan Das said that a defeated (in the
election) quarter is trying to gain political leverage by launching
attacks on the hindus in a devious manner in their bid to start a
communal riot. They are involved in pushing the hindus as rivals to
Muslims to start a bloody fight. He noted that repression has come
down on the minority community not due to the fact that they are
minority, but because of confrontation over political interests
between the two main political parties.
Criticising the usage of minority for political purposes, he reminded
that crying foul for the minorities after grabbing most of their votes
will not serve any purpose. Accusing Awami League for failing to
protect the interests of hindus, he said that it won't be possible to
attain the rights of hindus in this country thru' movements. All
rights have to be earned by dint of intellect and planning. Demanding
separate election for the hindus as well as reservation of seats in
the parliament, as was done in Pakistan era, he said that while few
hindu leaders made a fortune by toeing the line of a political party,
general hindus remained paupers. Our leader Chitto Sutar distanced
(fled to India) himself from us after the liberation of Bangladesh. He
urged for the elimination of tussle over higher caste-scheduled caste.
On 10 Oct 2001 08:40:29 -0700, hru...@hrcbm.org (Registrar) wrote:
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>If this does not touch your heart than what should?
>http://www.hrcbm.org/news/janakant_news.html .
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SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY
DHAKA, OCTOBER 13: LEADERS of the minority Hindu community have
complained to Begum Khaleda Zia of insecurity and fear following
reports that several families have left their homes in the villages and
are taking shelter in cities and towns.
Many NGOs and social groups have expressed fear that the situation, if
not controlled immediately, could force an exodus of refugees from
Bangladesh into West Bengal.
While the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-it won a landslide
victory in the October 1 polls-and its coalition partner, the
Jamat-e-Islami are suspected to be behind the attacks, the
party denies this and instead blames the Awami League.
Sources said the delay in transition from the caretaker
government to an elected one was responsible for the
??vacuum?? that could have encouraged the violence. Durga
Puja celebrations, less than a fortnight away, have been put
on hold. A delegation of the Bangladesh Durga Puja
celebration central committee met Zia early this week and
listed several incidents in Chittagong, Feni, Satkhira, Rangpur
and Barisal.
Spokesman Basudev Dhar told The Indian Express: ??It takes nearly a
month to prepare the idols and in most places because of violence and
intimidation, everything has been put off. At best they will worship
the goddess with dummies of earthen pots. Begum Zia was sympathetic and
assured all help once her government was in place.?? However, when the
delegation sought an appointment with chief advisor Justice Latifur
Rahaman, they were denied an appointment.
Says Lalit Mohan Nath, a professor at Dhaka university: ??The caretaker
government has left behind a shameful chapter in Bangladesh?s post
liberation history having failed to protect the minorities.?? Nath said
that reports of torture have also come from Pirojpur, Jessore, Narail,
Comilla, Bhola, Patukhali, Dinajpur, Rangpur Rajsahi and
Gopalganj.Reinforcing the insecurity has been the caretaker
government?s dismissal of Durgadas Bhattacharjee, the first ever Hindu
V-C of Bangladesh?s National University which community leaders call
??blatantly unfair.??
A spokesman of the Hindu-Christian-Buddhist Aiyka Samaj said that some
crossovers have already taken place from Dinajpur and Rajsahi districts
of Bangladesh bordering Malda and South Dinajpur in West Bengal. The
concern is echoed by prominent Muslim intellectuals and NGO
organizatons.
Qazi Farooq Ahmed, president of the Association of Development
Agencies, condemned the ??pre-planned attacks and repression on
minority communities.?? The BNP denied that its cadres are involved.
??It?s an Awami League gameplan to discredit the Begum Zia
government,?? said Abdul Mann Bhuniya, a spokesman for the BNP.
Meanwhile, according to agency reports from Agartala quoting security
sources, an estimated 1,000 people have fled from Bangladesh to take
shelter in Sabroom and Belonia in South Tripura.
shakil...@my-deja.com (Shakil Sarwar) wrote in message news:<3bc9862a...@203.15.243.3>...
> Bangladeshi Hindus Leaders Speak Up With The Truth
> Daily Inqilab, Oct 13, 2001 (http://www.dailyinqilab.com)
> (translated)
> <Talibangladeshi propaganda delete to preserve sanity>.
Shakil Sarwar
New Nation, Oct 16, 2001
In recent days pages of a section of newspapers are filled with
horror stories about attack on the Hindu minority community. They
also print syndicated pictures of women and children taking
shelters in the Awami League offices in selected areas of the
country purportedly for security reasons.
The shrill media and AL campaign appear primarily aimed at foreign
envoys and representation who had strongly supported the recent
elections and wanted the parties which suffered defeat to accept
the poll results to honour democracy. Concerned with concerted
campaign and demonstration with some visible actions, some foreign
envoys, specially the EU Election Observation Mission in
Bangladesh (EU-EOMB), Joaquim Miranda de Silva had urged the
government-then Caretaker Government-to take action.
Picture showed that these "victims" women and children were housed
in "shelters" of Awami League offices, which were opened for its
workers allegedly attacked by the rivals. These shelters were
opened at a number of selected places.
Sources said that these "victims" were brought to the AL offices
primarily for "publicity purposes" as the opposition could
establish that the government was anti-minority.
The sources questioned the motive of these people taking "shelter"
in the AL offices. Instead of going to law enforcing agencies such
as Thana, why should these victims go to AL, which is no longer in
power to offer protection. They asserted that these vested
quarters might have links with powers, which wanted to create
chaos in the country.
Eyewitnesses of Gournadi (Barisal) incident claimed that those who
attacked these members of community were in effect either leaders
of AL who started claiming that they belonged to the present
ruling party from the election day. They were known terrorists of
the erstwhile ruling party.
Curiously the BNP government has been facing communal riots or
tension every time it goes to power. During the last days of its
first rule, the BNP faced AL-sponsored violence-ridden campaign.
Some members of Hindu community were victims of this campaign.
Hindu community then refused to perform "puja" on the plea of this
organized crime that the government tried to contain. As a sequel
to this development many would leave Bangladesh under glare of
publicity.
Many have reasons to suspect that the entire episode was organised
and managed by Awami League leadership after the party's crushing
defeat in the last election. The scenario this year is but a copy
of past year's violence in which same types of masked men attacked
the community with instant claim by a section of media and the AL
that these were works of the government. The present thronging of
the AL office by the"victims" without seeking support and succour
of the law enforcing agencies only confirm the old suspicion.
The Home Minister, Mr. Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, on instruction
from Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia ordered police to go for
tough action against anyone indulging in such violence. He
specifically mentioned that if there were two trouble makers-one
Awami League and another BNP-the BNP one should be arrested first.
The Home Minister should not rely too much on police freedom.
Trust them but also verify their activities. It will take reform
of police for earning full confidence of the people.
The government need to lift the curtain on this mystery, which the
AL has been using again and again for the past five decades
keeping the Hindu minority hostage. Many of the (Hindus) have to
turn willing pawns in the AL political game to the detriment of
the inter-faith co-existence that lasted throughout the centuries.
By swallowing the false AL argument that the Hindus live safely
under the AL rule, the reality is always ignored. Hindus in
Bangladesh have been most suppressed during the AL rule when the
whole nation, not to say of the minorities, has had no security of
life and property.
The government must be careful about the desperate attempts of
Awami League leadership to create a crisis with the black money
they plundered in government and weapons accumulated.
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>We?re being targeted, say Bangla?s Hindus
>SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY
<RAW/BJP/BAL-trio propaganda nipped in bud>
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>> Bangladeshi Hindus Leaders Speak Up With The Truth
>> Daily Inqilab, Oct 13, 2001 (http://www.dailyinqilab.com)
>> (translated)
>>
Shakil Sarwar
From: "DreamSpinner" <ferd...@bttb.net.bd>
Subject: [shetubondhon] Re: When will the barbaric acts on religious
minorities stop in Bangladesh?
As in history, the origin of Durga Puja originated in the present part
of Bangladesh in the district of Dinajpur. Since that time this
religious festivity was observed in harmony with other religions
prevailing in Bengal.
From here gradually Durga Puja attained the popularity that we see
now. I remember as a kid in the then East Pakistan this occasion was
observed with great festivity and the Muslim communities also shared
in the joys and festivity of the occasion. The religious sentiment in
the then East Pakistan was high on the scale towards Muslims. Such
occasion that are coming up now on the case of minority was never
heard.
The tragedy on minorities started unfolding after the recent election.
It is difficult to comprehend the cause of such atrocities. Recently
the politics of Bangladesh has entered into a new dimension. On the
conduct of politics in present times, there has been lot of writings
and comments. This I think is a period of transition to good. General
mass are now much aware and conscious politically. They are much more
robust and resilient and express without any fear their desire through
ballots. Thus, to political parties the catchy phrases for vote has
become redundant. At, this moment to make an issue out of the weakest,
surely will not serve any purpose of a party.
It may be surprising, but true, that the Jamat candidate Nizami in his
area won the election with a big margin by the ballots of the
minorities (Statistically 45% of the voters in his area are from the
minority groups).
The issue of repression if true, then I cannot believe that the
sensible members of the minority attribute themselves in affiliation
to a particular political belief. I hope I am proved wrong, for I have
friends from diverse religious believes to tribal sects. Here, only I
can pray that the cases are projected by the media in a way, so as to
sober the animosity of humans and illuminate the angle of humanity.
F.Khan
Tarek Ali
Clash over prasad distribution at puja mandap: 1 killed
UNB, Gaibandha
A clash between two groups of worshippers over distribution of
'prasad' left an old man dead at a Durga Puja Mandap at Jagarjani
village in Sadar upazila in the early hours of yesterday.
Police said one Gokul Chandra died on the spot when he tried to pacify
the two warring groups.
A case was filed with police in this connection, accusing five people
including a woman.
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sidd
> Hope this will touch your heart. HRCBM strongly condemns atrocities on
> minority and appeal the governemnt of Bangladesh for immediate action
> thereof.
It is indeed sad, but I have a jaded heart. This same story will
repeat every few years, as it has repeated on our sacred land
since time immemorial. Our mothers and sisters will suffer, our
poor will suffer, our lands will be taken away and we will still
survive somewhere and appeal to this and that government in vain.
We will even start some web sites and diseminate information
and protest letters. But no one will care, because no one respects
the weak.
During the Noakhali killings, Acharya Kripalani, a famous
believer in ahimsa, exhorted the Hindus to arm themselves
and fight the enemy rather than accept their fate. People
have long since given up such exhortations, since nothing
seems to move this spineless race of sheep, except probably
US bombing of Afghanistan or Vietnam.
We must all work for an Indian government which will complete
the unfinished job of partition, forced on us against our
wills but now a necessity. Hindus and other minorities
of Bangladesh should be re-settled in India and all illegals
from that country should be repatriated at pain of armed
action. Thats the only language they understand.