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 Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jamaat also challenged that claims of their involvement in the mass killings could not be proved in a court of justice.
Jamaat is an ideological party that advocates for greater role of Islam in public life.
Although it participates in the national government, the Jamaat is still politically stigmatized amongst large sections of Bangladeshi society, because of their role as active collaborators with the Pakistani regime during the Liberation War.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jamaat-e-Islami_Bangladesh   (782 words)

  
 Jamaat-e-Islami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Jamaat is often mentioned as a major Islamic party, being the largest "religious party" in one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.
The Jamaat's student wing is known as the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba, also known as the Jamiat (pronounced "juh-mee-at") or 'IJT.' The Jamiat is known for its heavy handed approach - bordering on terrorism - and for terrorising the groups with opposing views.
Jamaat-e-Islami (Urdu: جماعتِ اسلامی, "Islamic Assembly" Jamaat, JI) was an Islamic political movement founded in South Asia by Syed Ab'ul Ala Maududi in 1941.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jamaat-e-Islami   (620 words)

  
 Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jamaat claims to be an ideological party that advocates for greater role of Islam in public life.
Jamaat members' role was forgiven (spokenly) by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh in order for restore law and peace.
Although it participates in the national government, the Jamaat is still politically stigmatized amongst large sections of Bangladeshi society, because of their role as active collaborators with the Pakistani regime during the Liberation War.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jamaat-e-Islami_Bangladesh   (753 words)

  
 Daily Excelsior... Editorial
The Jamaat had faced the popular wrath in 1977 when its workers were beaten up and their houses burnt as the Kashmiri youth went on the rampage blaming Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami for facilitating the execution of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto by the Zia-ul-Haq regime.
Mr Geelani is also the reason that the Jamaat, although founded in Shopian in the south of the Valley, has a strong base in the apple-rich Sopore district to which he belongs and which lies in the north of Kashmir.
The Jamaat leadership is reported to be angry that Mr Geelani has chosen to act unilaterally but is totally helpless in the present situation with its own old war horse determined to having a decisive say.
www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/03sep24/edit.htm   (4284 words)

  
 National Parliament Election of Bangladesh 2001
The Jamaat is an Islamic and socio-political organization to establish the law of Allah and the rule of honest men for implementing the above mentioned issues in this country through participating in politics of democratic elections.
For this reason Jamaat-e-Islami believes that only Islam which is the only chosen religion of Allah, and its implementation at individual, state and social levels is the panacea to all sorts of problems in Bangladesh.
Ahead of the above-mentioned policies Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh is announcing this election manifesto of the coming general election.
www.bangla2000.com /Election_2001/Manifesto_Jamaat-e-Islami.shtm   (4050 words)

  
 Jamaat sees hope in Hizb offer
Widely Known as a moderate politician and humble religious leader, G M Butt was reelected as the Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday.
Srinagar: In quite contrast to its Pakistani brand, Jammu and Kashmir Jamaat-e-Islami has welcomed the cease-fire by Hizbul Mujahideen describing it as an initiative towards resolving the Kashmir issue by peaceful means.
Jamaat Chief Ghulam Mohammad Butt told The Pioneer that confrontation and jingoism had driven South Asia to a deadly path and it was in the best interests of the people of the region to shun bellicosity and talk peace.
www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives2000/kashmir20000731a.html   (458 words)

  
 Jamaat's rejoinder - The Daily Star, Bangladesh
The Jamaat leader described the party’s ‘relation with the alleged attacks and looting of Ahmadiyya houses’ as a hypothesis and said ‘the information has been published to tarnish the image of Jamaat-e-Islami’.
Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami and Industries Minister Motiur Rahman Nizami issued a statement yesterday affirming his party’s belief that despite being a religious minority Ahmadiyyas are citizens of Bangladesh and entitled to all protection guaranteed to a citizen by the constitution and other laws.
Meanwhile, Rabiul Islam, local Jamaat leader and son of Munsiganj Union unit Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Abdur Razzak, allegedly took part in looting Ahmadiyya houses in Chhotobhetkhali on April 18 and 19.
www.thepersecution.org /world/bangladesh/2005/04/ds050426fp.html   (707 words)

  
 Jamaat-e-Islami
In its endeavours to propagate Islamic thought and to work for the cause of the Muslims around the world, Jamaat developed and maintained close brotherly relations with the Islamic movements and missions working in different continents and countries.
Affiliates were those who favored an Islamic order and supported the Jamaat but were not members.
Jamaat’s intellectual inspiration primarily came from thoughts of Maulana Sayyid Abul A’la Maududi, who along with the great thinker poet Dr. Mohammed Iqbal, set the pace for contemporary Muslim thinking in the South Asian sub-continent.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/pakistan/ji.htm   (961 words)

  
 Western Resistance: Bangladesh: Talks On Islamist Extremism Become Slurred
It is true that the Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Oikye Jote share one primary goal with JMB - the installation of an Islamic state.
Islami Oikya Jote and Jamaat-e-Islami are both Islamist parties.
This group wishes, like Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Oikya Jote and JMB, to establish an Islamic state in Bangladesh.
www.westernresistance.com /blog/archives/001259.html   (1457 words)

  
 Jamaat-e-Islami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Jamaat is often mentioned as a major Islamic party, being the largest "religious party" in one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.
The Jamaat's student wings are known as the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT) also known as the Jamiat (pronounced "juh-mee-at") or 'IJT'.
In the legislative elections of Pakistan on October 20, 2002, Jamaat-e-Islami got 11.3% of the popular vote and 53 out of 272 elected members.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jamaat-e-Islami   (529 words)

  
 National Parliament Election of Bangladesh 2001
Ahead of the above-mentioned policies Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh is announcing this election manifesto of the coming general election.
The Jamaat is an Islamic and socio-political organization to establish the law of Allah and the rule of honest men for implementing the above mentioned issues in this country through participating in politics of democratic elections.
Bangladesh has a large conglomeration of known and unknown and discovered and undiscovered mineral gas under her soil which is one of mineral gas rich countries of the world.
www.bangla2000.com /Election_2001/Manifesto_Jamaat-e-Islami.shtm   (4050 words)

  
 Jamaat, IOJ in collision course?
Two important components of the ruling four-party alliance, Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) led by Muftee Fazlul Haque Amini, are going to face each other centring the use of Paltan Maidan on the same day on April 28.
On the other hand, the Islami Ain Bastobayon Committee (IABC) headed by Muftee Amini, MP, who is the Chairman of his faction of IOJ will hold its grand rally on April 28 on the same venue.
The Jamaat leader termed news reports on the use of Paltan Maidan on April 28 unexpected and regretful.
nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/29/17863/printer   (576 words)

  
 Al Qaeda-Pakistani ties deepen csmonitor.com
That's an uncomfortable fact for Pakistan, since Jamaat is a leading member in a coalition of hard-line Islamic parties that won control of two of Pakistan's four provinces in November elections and commands a sizable block in the National Assembly.
Senior Jamaat officials have variously insisted that Ahmed Qadoos was wrongly arrested or not a party member, and even claimed that the arrest actually took place at another location.
Jamaat is the largest and most popular party in the group.
www.csmonitor.com /2003/0306/p01s04-wosc.html   (1056 words)

  
 Jamaat-e-Islami: where it stands today?, The Milli Gazette, Vol. 3 No. 2
Jamaat in its beginning was jolted when severe internal differences cropped up in it and several leading figures revolted and the Maulana was so much distressed that he even went on to present a suggestion that the Jamaat should be scrapped.
Jamaat’s publishing house was the main source of revenue for it in the beginning and it continues to be so even today, though not in the same way.
Though Jamaat people will never like to admit it but it is a fact that the top Jamaat leadership has survived to stay on top so far due to non-availability of a suitable candidate for the top post.
www.milligazette.com /Archives/15012002/1501200219.htm   (1527 words)

  
 Daily Excelsior... Editorial
The Jamaat, which considers Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami an ideological parent, enjoyed considerable freedom with the assumption of office as Chief Minister by Syed Mir Qasim in 1971.
The Jamaat was opposded to Indira Gandhi-Sheikh Abdullah accord of 1975 because it would mean ascendancy of the Sheikh, who considered the Jamaat the biggest single enemy of Kashmir and Kashmiriyat.
Recalling that Sheikh Abdullah used the Emergency to arrest Jamaat leaders and closed their schools, the book stated that when the Emergency was lifted the Jamaat leadership bounced back to activity.
www.dailyexcelsior.com /99nov24/edit.htm   (5775 words)

  
 Maulana Shafi Moonis, The Milli Gazette, Vol. 3 No. 2
At an age when most people prefer to confine themselves in the four walls of their homes this old guard in the Jamaat is still going great and is one of the most active leaders of the organization.
The only difference is that Jamaat had to re-organize itself in the country in those turbulent times in the post partition scenario.
When Jamaat was founded people had confined Islam only to rituals and we were being taught that Islam is a personal matter.
www.milligazette.com /Archives/15012002/1501200232.htm   (1380 words)

  
 The Bangladesh Journal
Chaired by Jamaat chief and Industries Minister Matiur Rahman Nizami, the Majlis-e-Shura said a certain quarter and the newspapers of the neighbouring country, including The Statesman, were bringing false allegations of terrorism and militant activities against Jamaat-e-Islami, reported UNB.
In its resolution, the Majlish e Shura stated that evil efforts were underway to link Jamaat and other Islamic parties with unknown militant groups.
The Jamaat's highest governing body termed the August 21 grenade attack on the Awami League rally as a part of anti-Bangladesh conspiracy, and the Shura said those who had staged the incident were not friends of any political party.
www.bangladeshjournal.com /index.php?ID=2262   (313 words)

  
 www.Jamaat-e-islami.org
What are the strategies that Jamaat has adopted to bring about an Islamic transformation of the society?
Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Assistant Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh today the 9 February, met the visiting delegation of the Chinese Communist Party at 10 A.M at Hotel Sheraton, Dhaka.
Jamaat is vehemently opposed to those who opine that Bangladesh should have only a nominal armed force for her internal necessity...
www.jamaat-e-islami.org   (400 words)

  
 Jamaat-e-Islami joins Geelani-led APHC
Just last week, senior Jamaat-e-Islami leaders had prevented Geelani from floating his own party after dissociating himself from the Jamaat.
The Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday decided to join the Syed Ali Shah Geelani faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference.
The Jamaat, which had stayed neutral as the Geelani and Maulana Abbas Ansari factions of the APHC fought for supremacy in Kashmir, has also authorised Geelani to form a "separate political party for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute."
www.rediff.com /news/2004/aug/03kash.htm   (197 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 440
The Jamaat leaders alleged Mosad constituted a number of 'Islamic' organisations and is helping them for running terrorist activities so that Jamaat can be blamed.
Jamaat leaders at the conference categorically denied their involvement in the blasts as alleged by the main opposition Awami League (AL).
The Jamaat leaders also slammed the AL for what they said was conducting propaganda against Bangladesh in foreign land.
www.thedailystar.net /2005/08/21/d50821011512.htm   (413 words)

  
 Bangladesh - Global Voices
Bangladeshis died in their millions fighting the Islamist state of Pakistan to create a secular, sovereign and democratic state.
However the support for Islamist parties in the last elections was around 5% of the total vote.
Bangladesh is ethnically homogenous, with Bengalis comprising 98% of the population.
www.globalvoicesonline.org /wiki/index.php/Bangladesh   (460 words)

  
 www.Jamaat-e-islami.org
Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Assistant Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh today the 9 February, met the visiting delegation of the Chinese Communist Party at 10 A.M at Hotel Sheraton, Dhaka.
Joseph Crowley today had a meeting with the Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and the Industries Minister Maulana Motiur Rahman Nizami at the central Office of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh at 9 A. Muhammad Kamaruzzaman and Barrister Abdur Razzaque, Assistant Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Mrs.
He said it is by dint of active co-operation of Islami parties and Ulamas (Islamic Scholars) of the country and for the governments tough steps and actions that bomb-attacks in the name of Islam have effectively been resisted.
www.jamaat-e-islami.org /PRESSRELEASE.htm   (1258 words)

  
 South Asian Media Net
In a statement under rule 300, he told Jatiya Sangsad that although a good number of people were arrested for their suspected link to the August 17 blasts, the main opposition had been accusing the government and the Jamaat-e-Islami of the incident.
DHAKA: The industries minister, Matiur Rahman Nizami, on Wednesday deplored the statements of the Awami League leaders including its chief and leader of the opposition, Sheikh Hasina, about Jamaat-e-Islami’s involvement in the August 17 countrywide blasts.
‘Jamaat was actively involved in all democratic movements in the country and had taken part in all democratic elections’, he said adding, ‘Jamaat believes in the politics of parliamentary culture.’
southasianmedia.net /check_news.cfm?id=238811&category=Frontend&...   (392 words)

  
 World Affairs Board - Musharaff's thorn - Jamaat-e-Islami's fatal isolationism
Azakhel, Oct. 3: The 12th annual convention of Jamaat Islami which concluded at Azakhel on Sunday warned general Musharraf of a continuous strike and a long march towards Islamabad if he stayed in uniform after the constitutional requirement even for one day.
The shopkeepers of Pakistan may be aligned to the Jamaat amid their other loyalties to the sectarian jihadi formations, but the private sector investors are generally scared of the Jamaat’s stand that bank interest should be rooted out.
There you have it, the expression of "being" a Muslim decency according to the jamaat, Chula, Chadoor and Chaardivari - uneducated, unrealized, ojectified, a non-person on whose chaste behaviour does hang the "honor" of the limp wristed and who remains property to be bartered or gang raped.
www.worldaffairsboard.com /printthread.php?t=3180   (3996 words)

  
 AsiaMedia :: BANGLADESH: Media no less than terrorists
Nizami said an international clique is engaged to implicate Jamaat-e-Islami in terrorist activities and the persons being used as their tools are tarnishing the image of Islam under the garb of alems (religious scholars).
The Jamaat chief said a newspaper ran a report that 40 percent of the arrestees from across the country on charge of bomb attacks are Jamaat members, which is totally untrue.
Even after the confessional statements of those who were involved in the countrywide bomb attacks and the organisation that had distributed leaflets admitted and declared their involvement, the Jamaat is being blamed, he alleged.
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=30606   (300 words)

  
 Arab News
The Taleban movement was led by clerics who studied at Muslim seminaries while the Jamaat is dominated by those who studied at secular schools but later became avowed Muslims and are now known as Islamists.
The literature written by the Jamaat’s founder, Maulana Abul Aala Maududi, is popular across the Islamic world.
The 42-year-old Pakistani denied direct links to the Jamaat or Al-Qaeda but his mother, Mahlaqa Khanum, was the president of the Jamaat women’s wing in Rawalpindi, a city adjacent to Islamabad.
arabnews.com /services/print/print.asp?artid=49897&...+Extremist+Groups   (677 words)

  
 Pakistan''s Jamaat-E-Islami Takes Control Of Hizbul
Ghulam Mohammad Butt, Ameer (chief) of Kashmir Jamaat, told The Pioneer that his party had a separate identity and had nothing to do with the policy, politics and functioning of Jamaat-e-Islami of Pakistan.
Syed Salahuddin (chief of Hizbul Mujahideen), Professor Khursheed Ahmad, Syed Munnawar Hassan (both senior leaders of Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami), Abdul Rasheed Turabi (Ameer of PoK Jamaat) and Ghulam Nabbi Noushahri (a senior leader of Jamaat''s J&K chapter) would be the other members of the high-powered committee.
The Jamaat is reported to have formed a 12-member committee with Qazi Hussain, chief of Pak Jamaat, as its head.
www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives2000/kashmir20000911c.html   (612 words)

  
 coverstory.html
During the crackdown of 5th and 6th April at Jamaat and Shibir office and the Baitul Mukarram national mosque the ruling party’s armed cadres under the protection of both uniformed and plain clothes police fired shots from shot guns, pistols, and revolvers aiming at the crowd and general musallees including activists of Jamaat and Shibir.
To arrest the leaders and workers of Jamaat and Shibir police had dare to desecrate the holy mosque.
The high command of Awami League expressed the views that if Jamaat and Shibir can be weaken then the present movement will be impeded and accordingly the government had crackdown over Jamaat and Shibir.
www.shibir.org /StudentViews/coverstory.html   (2531 words)

  
 Islamic Voice
Maulana Mohammad Sirajul Hassan, the president of the Jamaat e Islami Hind, hailing from Karnataka, spoke to the Islamic Voice on the eve of the South India conference of Jamaat in Bangalore.
A delegation from Sri Lanka Jamaath e Islami led by their chief will also participate.
In addition to Maulana Sirajul Hasan, President, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, others who will address include Maulana Jalaluddin Ansar Umri, vice-president; Justice (retd.) Sardar Ali Khan, former chairman, National Commission on Minorities; Justice (retd.) R S Narula and Kannada poet Patil Puttappa.
www.islamicvoice.com /february.99/community.htm   (3975 words)

  
 outlookindia.com wired
All the members of Jamaat-e-Islami are supposed to follow the decisions taken by the Majlis-e-Shura and the conduct of the members should not mislead the people about the policies of the party, Kashani said.
In a jolt to the Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Jamaat-e-Islami has sacked its chief of Political Bureau Ashraf Sehrai and also suspended his basic membership in the party for "hobnobbing" with the pro-Pakistan leader in clear violation of party's advisory council.
Observing that Sehrai's activities seemed to be motivated, the Jamaat chief said he was given a chance to explain his actions but his reply was neither clear nor satisfactory.
www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=205149   (641 words)

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