Abid Bahar PhD
Lately, Bangladeshis have been witnessing state sponsored violence against the opposition BNP and Jamat, especially against the Jamati Islami followers. Awami League man and its notorious student wing Chatro League backed by police are seen attacking peaceful protesters, and Hasina government justifies such attacks as attacking the non secular "evil forces" in the country. It says, it wants to abide by the constitution's "secular" spirit in Bangladesh. To actualize this belief it recruited trusted Awami cadres from Gopalganj, from minority community, notorious Awami cadres in the police force. Lately, it sponsored an anti Islamic gathering in Shahbagh to support its stand against some alleged war criminals. (1)
Photo: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
The Awami secularists were seen to attack Muslim people with beard, the Awami police attacking and killing young people suspected of Jamati connection. Its cadres led by Awami minority member cadres attacking and destroying Islamic banks. Further, the government has announced its plans to identify and root out Islamic religious Jamat supporters in every corner of the country. (2)
