Staff Reporter :
The inner dispute has flared up within the Jamaat-e-Islami about seeking apology to the nation for its role during the War of Independence of Bangladesh and also about dissolution of the party.
After Barrister Abdur Razzak’s resignation, several other Jamaat leaders have broken their silence on the issue. Jamaat-e-Islami has formed a committee headed by its Secretary General Dr Shafiqur Rahman, who sent letter to its district committees to ask for reform
suggestions from the root level of the party.
It has also been mentioned in the letter that General Secretary Shafiqur Rahman is only the right person to speak and receive recommendations for reforming the party’s local bodies .
Former secretary of the ministry and think tank Shah Abdul Hannan said, Jamaat is working for bringing massive reform to separate politics from Islami Dawati activities and social welfare.
He said that Jamaat would actively work to form an organization like Bangladesh Welfare Party or Bangladesh Justice Party sans the word Islam.
“I believe that the Jamaat leaders will form such a party immediately,” Shah Abdul Hannan said.
BBC Bangla Service report said, Jamaat’s image crisis and internal conflict once again came forward after the resignation by the party’s Assistant Secretary General Barrister Abdur Razzak on Friday saying that the party did not seek apology for its role in the War of Independence of Bangladesh in 1971 and reforming Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Professor Ali Riaz, teacher and political analyst at the Illinois State University of the United States, told BBC that it would take some more time to understand whether the dispute increased. But since 2001, it has become more open-minded than mutual differences.
“Since 2001, when dispute took places inside the party about apology for the role in 1971, there was none to sound it outside, whereas Abdur Razzak and Mujibur Rahman told it to the media recently,” he said.
“Abdur Razzak or Mujibur Rahman now can explain as to why they could not implement their reform idea.
He said, the situation has now emerged to talk about these issues outside the party.
Giving the example of Egypt and Tunisia, he said that there was a radical reform in Tunisia. The Muslim Brotherhood was again involved in social work after being away from politics. Hezbollah and Hamas did it, Professor Riaz said.
“The question about Jamaat is not about apologizing for 71. The issue of reform has also changed their ideological position,” he said.
The inner dispute has flared up within the Jamaat-e-Islami about seeking apology to the nation for its role during the War of Independence of Bangladesh and also about dissolution of the party.
After Barrister Abdur Razzak’s resignation, several other Jamaat leaders have broken their silence on the issue. Jamaat-e-Islami has formed a committee headed by its Secretary General Dr Shafiqur Rahman, who sent letter to its district committees to ask for reform
suggestions from the root level of the party.
It has also been mentioned in the letter that General Secretary Shafiqur Rahman is only the right person to speak and receive recommendations for reforming the party’s local bodies .
Former secretary of the ministry and think tank Shah Abdul Hannan said, Jamaat is working for bringing massive reform to separate politics from Islami Dawati activities and social welfare.
He said that Jamaat would actively work to form an organization like Bangladesh Welfare Party or Bangladesh Justice Party sans the word Islam.
“I believe that the Jamaat leaders will form such a party immediately,” Shah Abdul Hannan said.
BBC Bangla Service report said, Jamaat’s image crisis and internal conflict once again came forward after the resignation by the party’s Assistant Secretary General Barrister Abdur Razzak on Friday saying that the party did not seek apology for its role in the War of Independence of Bangladesh in 1971 and reforming Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Professor Ali Riaz, teacher and political analyst at the Illinois State University of the United States, told BBC that it would take some more time to understand whether the dispute increased. But since 2001, it has become more open-minded than mutual differences.
“Since 2001, when dispute took places inside the party about apology for the role in 1971, there was none to sound it outside, whereas Abdur Razzak and Mujibur Rahman told it to the media recently,” he said.
“Abdur Razzak or Mujibur Rahman now can explain as to why they could not implement their reform idea.
He said, the situation has now emerged to talk about these issues outside the party.
Giving the example of Egypt and Tunisia, he said that there was a radical reform in Tunisia. The Muslim Brotherhood was again involved in social work after being away from politics. Hezbollah and Hamas did it, Professor Riaz said.
“The question about Jamaat is not about apologizing for 71. The issue of reform has also changed their ideological position,” he said.
