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I can't understand those people who loves this bangladesh but never try to know the history of this country with some research......but they must like to know the history listening from their leader although the leader is also like them.....funny........they like to say Razakar to any one islamic but they do not know enough about razakars.
Does any body has a copy of the subject noted Poster which AL published in 1970 to agitate the innovent people of erstwhile East Pakistan? The new generation will be able to know in brief the falsehood of AL on seeing the poster. I saw the poster when it was circulated all over East Pakistan.
Having read some pages of the book, I felt that I should write a few lines on the literary merits of it. Many a book goes beyond their discursive setting to please the readers of other disciplines, such as Edward Gibbon’s THE HISTORY OF THE SARACEN and THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE; they are read for their literary merits more than their original objective as being historical work. This piece of writing of the author is almost similar. Once you start reading it, the narrative quality doesn’t seem to let you go of it. I would recommend readers of any persuasions, including political, to read it; no one needs to be persuaded to believe or accept what he had written, but simply to appreciate the ‘authorial energy’ that he had induced into narrative; you cannot escape it.
প্রিয় ভাই ফিরোজ মাহবুব কামাল, আসসালামু আলাইকুম। আশা করি আল্লাহর রহমতে ভাল আছেন। আপনার ওয়েব সাইটে সর্বশেষ সংযোজন কে এম আমিনুল হকের লেখা "আমি আলবদর বলছি" পড়লাম। ইতিপূর্বে আপনার "একাত্তরের আত্মঘাতের ইতিহাস" সহ প্রফেসর সাজ্জাদ হোসাইনের "একাত্তরের স্মৃতি" এবং প্রফেসর মুমিন চৌধুরির "Behind The Myth of 3 Million" বইগুলিও পড়েছি। সবগুলি বই খাটি তথ্য নির্ভর এবং অসাধারণ যুক্তি সমৃদ্ধ। যতই পড়ছি ততই হতবাক হয়ে যাচ্ছি বর্তমান সময়ের মিথ্যার জয়জয়কার দেখে। আমি স্বাধীনতাপন্থিদের লেখা ইতিহাসও পড়েছি। কিন্তু তাদের লেখায় পাকিস্তান এবং পাকিস্তান পন্থীদের বিরুদ্ধে মিথ্যা প্রপাগান্ডা ও বিষদগার ছাড়া তেমন কোন নির্ভরযোগ্য তথ্য নেই। ঐতিহাসিক মান ও সমসাময়িক যুক্তির নিরিখেও সেগুলো আলচ্য বইগুলোর আশে-পাশে আসার যোগ্য নয়। কিন্তূ তারপরেও সত্যের এই পরাজয় কেন? আপনার কি মনে হয় জানিনা, তবে আমার কাছে মনে হয়েছে যারা মিথ্যা প্রপাগান্ডার শিকার তাদের সীমাহীন অযোগ্যতা ও একাগ্রতাহীনতাই আজকের এই অবস্থার জন্য দায়ী। অবাক হই বাংলাদেশের ইসলামী দলগুলোর স্বাধীনতাত্তোর ভুমিকা দেখে। তাদের বিরুদ্ধে একতরফাভাবে প্রপাগান্ডা চলেছে এবং চলছে। তারা এত আন্দোলন-সংগ্রাম করে, অথচ এই সত্য কথাগুলো আমরা নতুন প্রজন্মদের সামনে কখোনও তুলে ধরার চেস্টাই করেনি। আপনার ওয়েবসাইটের মাধ্যমে এই তথ্যগুলো যদি আমাদের কাছে না আসত তাহলে এই সত্য কখনোও জানতামই না। (মুলতঃ আপনার লেখা "একাত্তরের আত্মঘাতের ইতিহাস" বইটি পড়ে এই জাতির ইতিহাস জানার প্রচন্ড আগ্রহ সৃষ্টি হয়।) এই আমি কিছুদিন আগ পর্যন্তও জামায়াতের কেন্দ্রীয় নেতৃবৃন্দের কাছে অহরহ দাবী করতাম একাত্তরে তাদের ভুমিকার জন্য জাতির কাছে মাফ চাইতে। অথচ এখন আমার মনের অবস্থা এই যে, ভবিষ্যতে যদি আবার কখোনও এমন পরিস্থিতির উদ্ভব হয় তবে পরিণতির কথা না ভেবেই ঐ একই ভুমিকা নেওয়া উচিত যা তারা একাত্তরে নিয়েছিল।
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Awami League always says,"তাদের বিরুদ্ধে প্রাসাদ ষড়যন্ত্র হচ্ছে". But they are the main 'ষড়যন্ত্রকারি'. Could you please write about their 'ষড়যন্ত্রের ইতিহাস'. Thank you.
(Pak) Major Siddique Salek claimed in his book (written on the Liberation war of Bangladesh) that Agartola Conspiracy was a fact although Field Marshal Ayub Khan was failed to prove the complaints and was forced to withdraw the case. Besides the Agartola conspiracy, he (Maj Salek) also claimed that at the end of the historical 7th March address Mr. Mujib uttered "Pakistan Zindabad" (this claim was supported by the veteran journalist Mr. Nirmal Sen ALTHOUGH at the same time is was denied by another journalist (??) Mr. Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury). Regarding the Agartola Conspiracy, I personally heard from one Mr. Sultan (I cant recall his full name. He was serving with the then Pakistan Navy and was one of the accused in this infamous case) that the matter of CONSPIRACY was a fact. So, could you please provide us any authentic media report(s) on the above claims.
AL wanted to made a clear list of freedom fighters in its last period and they found only 1.7 lac which included alive, dead and all types of freedom fighters. If all the freedom fighters are dead then its number never goes above 170000. If 30 lac death is happened then the number of alive should be more. But when total number is 1.70 lac then it is clear even to a blind how much false and fabricated propaganda was spread through the Indian collaborator Mujib just to strengthen Indian sovereignty by dividing two Pakistan.
I am really interested to know how you will validate those statistics from your "Islamic" perspective -"According to New York Times (3/28/71) 10,000 people were killed; New York Times (3/29/71) 5,000-7,000 people were killed in Dhaka; The Sydney Morning Herald (3/29/71) 10,000 - 100,000 were killed; New York Times (4/1/71) 35,000 were killed in Dhaka during operation searchlight."
It is unfortunate that time and again you people fail to grasp the wider intellectual reasoning behind an ideology. Is it really that hard to grasp? Your comment is typical of those I regularly get from Awami secularist section of Bangladesh. It seems they are locked into beating the same drumbeat. There is no point arguing over the number of dead. Even if I accept the grossly inflated numbers (i.e 3 million), what point it will prove? Do you really think that’s the main issue here? Before arguing over something, you ought to make clear your stance. Do you want to prove that those killings prompted the breakage of Pakistan? It’s quite apparent that by constantly emphasizing these numbers you are keen to show exactly that. On the contrary, that’s not what your leaders said. It’s no secret that all those conspiracy started well before 1971. Infact, the Awami League often claim with great pride that their movement started as far back as 1952. What’s your take on this? Whatever happened on 71 were the direct consequence and NOT the reason for the freedom movement.
Even if you insist on justifying the independence movement, by spreading typical lies about systemic rape, mass killings by Pakistan army and pro state activists- it will not serve your purpose. Immediately after independence, Awami league activists and its paramilitary forces killed more Bengali’s then what the Pakistani army did during the civil war. Even now, there student bodies celebrate completing century of rapes. So what will be your next action? Since you are the proponent of the bigoted idea of justifying the breaking of an entire country based solely on rape, killings committed by individuals- then why didn’t you do the same with Bangladesh?
I have never denied that there were incidences of rape and killings, but those were isolated cases and not a systemic act perpetrated by pro Pakistanis. Peoples like you even came up with the preposterous notion that portrays the Pro Pakistan ideology as the promoter of rape and mass killings. With no shortage of naive believers, anti Pakistan historians also depict respected and renowned religious personalities as rapists! In their books, you will never find an iota of space for those Bihari’s and pro Pakistani Bengalis- brutally killed, raped and looted by the so-called freedom fighters. However, in their books you will never fail to find imaginary stories about the bravery(?) of Mukti Bahini, while in reality they couldn’t even capture a single district city by themselves. Only when India entered the war, their hapless state began to change. However, these writers’ lies are so deep that even India’s decisive contribution is rarely mentioned. Bangladesh's history is full of such lies. And to protect such lies they violently resist any attempt to spread the truth.
Now regarding the number of casualties in the 71 war, any unnecessary loss of human life is greatly regrettable. Civil wars bound to create human sufferings and those who orchestrated such war must be held accountable. When Sheikh Mujib started the treachery with the direct support from India, he knew perfectly well the consequence of such heinous action. Do not try to elude from that fact. Let me give you a hypothetical scenario. Bangladesh is already politically polarised country based on primarily Awami League and BNP. Now Allah forbid, if there comes a situation that these two parties engage in bloody confrontation, what would you do? Will you break the country based on the narrow political difference? Judging from your comment it seems you would. As a Muslim, you ought to find it disheartening when you study the history. From Bengal the Pakistan movement begun and in the span of 25 years it is the Bengali’s who destroyed it with the help of India. Indeed, that generation in 71 were not as enlightened and far-sighted as those in 47. Being the majority, rather then contributing to the prosperity and defense of Pakistan, resorted only to constant gibberish of blaming our every failures to those in West Pakistan.
If you are a secularist or nationalist then I don’t see any point of arguing as for them it’s perfectly reasonable to feel elated over the breakage of a Muslim country following a narrow nationalistic line. But when I see people like you attempting to use Quranic verses out of context to support that treachery, I find it totally unacceptable. When it comes to treating such traitors our prophet and his companions acted with iron fist, because breaking an Islamic bond with the help of infidel’s is a punishable act. Even those who rejected to give 'Jakat' to state fund was killed by Hazrat Abu Bakr - one of the most softhearted ruler. Read the Quran, you will find the verse that says creating chaos (Fitna) is more criminal act than killing a human, because such chaos destroys a Ummah. Awami League and the other secularists’ forces in Bangladesh showed its mastery in such heinous acts. There is no denying that Pakistan had plenty of problems like any other country, which could have been amicably solved by dialogue and political struggle. However, under no circumstances it justified taking arms from Kuffar’s to break the largest Muslim country. That’s the main point. When people will understand their own Islamic obligations then they will throw this Kuffar sponsored heroes to dustbin. Awami League itself understands that, hence you see there continuous effort to stifle the propagation of Islamic thoughts. Have you ever wondered why the absolute majority of Islamic scholars, Ullama’s and all Islamic parties were against breaking of Pakistan and why the secularists depicts a Razakar, having the quintessential Muslim features (i.e having long beard, wearing prayer hat)? Did you ever ponder on their point? Can they be the promoters of rape, lootings? But such miscarriage of truth is not uncommon when criminals starts writing history.
I received the link to your ebook and reading it now. It is an excellent reading for anyone interested in true history of Bangladesh. I see two factors of Mujib's character and their effect on our national psyche are not emphasized enough. Thanks -Altaf
1) Mujibur always emphasized the Bengalis’ right to go to power due to our single majority number in the federation of Pakistan . But he seriously thought that power meant entitlement rather than any responsibility. He probably believed that the Punjabis were just enjoying power, nothing else. He had the idea of power from the perspective of a king, not a servant of people. Power was about rights and authority, not hard work and service. Mujibur Rahman, when speaking in public including his March 7 speech in Race Course, always said that ‘amra godite boste parini’ (we could not sit in the couch of power) because of the westerners. To him, power meant ‘godi’ where one could sit and enjoy privileges like a king. When he finally became the prime minister in 1972, he put himself in the shoes of a king and behaved accordingly with people being his subjects. The rest is history.
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Before liberation I was biased to the Mujib but after liberation when he came from Pakistan hotel jail and step by step he became EK NETER EK DESH BANGA BONDHUR BANGLADESH and so called Indian dressed Rakhkhi Bahini. I saw Indian soldiers working in Rakhkhi bahini. Col.Gaffar was leader of the Rakhkhi Bahini and in his house one of the guards name was Sri Dhana Ranjan Roy. Sk. Kamal's terrorism, Bank looting, kidnapping etc. many things they did like crown prince. I saw how peoples were dieing without food. But he was busy with only power. At liberation time we fought against Pakistanis for freedom but not against ISLAM. But Mujib he destroyed our birth right Islam and he made our country Secular, Communist. Also he destroyed our education. I remember many things in my memory and now his daughter Hasina is doing more than Mujib to destroy our country, culture, religion, education everything and she is trying to stay in power until 2021 by her new Bakshal name DIGITAL/DIN BODOLER PALA, but in my opinion this is DIGITAL TERRORIST WAR ON BANGLADESH BY THE PRO-INDIAN AWAMI LEAGUE. I hate them and I will never except Mujib as a so called Jatir pita.
আসসালামু আলাইকুম। অত্যন্ত ধৈর্য্য ধরে আপনার প্রবন্ধটি পড়লাম। খুব ভাল লাগল। নবীন প্রজন্মদের জন্য বিশেষ উপকারী আমরা আজ যে বানোয়াট, মিথ্যা ইতিহাস জেনে আসছি- তার শেষ হওয়াটা দরকার। এই লেখাটি যদি আমি লিখতাম এবং এর জন্য যদি কেউ আমাকে "রাজাকার" বলে গালি দিত- আমি তা প্রকৃত অর্জন মনে করে মুকুট হিসেবেই গ্রহণ করতাম। সত্যিই আপনি একজন ইসলামী রাজাকার (ইসলামী স্বেচ্ছাসেবক)। আল্লাহ আপনাকে হায়াত দান করুন, কবুল করুন, আমিন।
Dear brother, taslim. my misconceptions were driven away. Please keep it continuing. Don't care the comments against you, ONLY honest intellectual Muslims will love you and their numbers are becoming few as the era of resurrection is waiting above. Allah will reward you. Let us wait and continue, the day is ahead.
Thank you for all the effort you are putting to bring about the true history of 1971. As was the norm of all the corrupt, secular forces- Awami league has left no stone unturned to re-write the history according to their own corrupt and filthy agenda. I have found an interesting video which shows one of many brutalities committed by muktibahini’s. No wonder, what we regularly witness in Bangladesh by these Awami leaguers and their offshoots are a mere continuation of their brutal pasts. May Allah give jannah to all those suffered by these collaborators of India.
Firoz Kamal lacks true sentiment of Razakar, anti-Islam and secularism in Bangladesh scenario. The Razakar issue is completely of crime against humanity i.e. members of this force who collaborated with Paki military in 1971 have proven track records of murder, loot, rape, arson, etc that has no justification but simple crime against humanity. Yes, there's a section of intellectuals in Bangladesh who are personally involved in secular movement of their own characteristics but the essence they miss is that Islam had no conflict with secularism in true sense that they themselves lack. Same is the case with FM Kamal here, his explanation of attacking Islam while using Razakar tool is not correct in the sense that Razakar and Islam are not the same. If one rationally talks on Islam then they would find Islam won't leave Razakars who killed, raped and loot people in the name of Pakistan.
It is clear to me that you have failed to understand my analysis. You have mentioned that Islam has no conflict with secularism. Such a notion clearly reveals how badly you lack the understandings of Islam as well as secularism. Islam wants to transform not only the individual life, but also families, societies and states and their laws, education and culture according to the Qur'anic teachings. But secularism wants to restrict such influence of a religion in the state and on its law, education and politics. Here starts the conflict between the Islam and secularism. So how can you say these two have no conflict? It is not the place to discuss all these issues with more details. If you wish to know my views in more details, I would ask you to read my articles on secularism in my website.
Secondly, you have described razakars as collaborators of Pakistan army. This is a typical lie of the Awami League propaganda. Razakar is an urdu word. The meaning of razakar is volunteer. They were not the collaborator for any army or a person like Yahia Khan. They fought their own war against the enemies of their own country -which was Pakistan at that time. They never told that the razakars and Islam are the same –as you have mentioned. Islam is a religion and razakars are some motivated people, how a sensible man can think that these two are the same? The razakars simply believed in Pakistan as their homeland, and with that firm belief they volunteered themselves to save that homeland. For that reason, they fought side by side with other Pakistani people and the Pak army. In that war, many of them sacrificed their life, as many Indian people gave their life for India. Is it very difficult to understand this simple act of volunteerism? Anyone has the right to hate them as much they like -as they have the right to hate Pakistan. But one should not tell a lie. I feel you did not read my book "Ekattorer Attogather Itihas". I have discussed this issue in more details there.
You have mentioned that razakars have done crimes like murder, rape and arson. These are old allegations, but not proven so far. Even if you tell these allegations thousands of time, that will not make it true or believable. Along with raising allegation, you must take the burden of proving it in the court. Awami League has been in the government twice, but has failed to prove such allegation during their rule of 9 years. They could not produce any believable documents to the police and the courts. Such allegations are only found in Awami League propaganda. These razakars did not flee to India, Myanmar, Pakistan or any other countries. There were hundreds of thousands of razakars in 1971, and still live in Bangladesh. How many of these razakars have been proven so far to be murderers, rapists or criminals in the court? If you have any proof, instead of raising allegations, you should immedaitely go to the court to file cases against them. If you can prove that allegation in the court, only then we will beleive in your claim. Otherwise, by such accusation, you are proving yourself as a politically motivated false accuser - as are the common practice of Awami League leaders.
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I can't understand those people who loves this bangladesh but never try to know the history of this country with some research......but they must like to know the history listening from their leader although the leader is also like them.....funny........they like to say Razakar to any one islamic but they do not know enough about razakars.
It is a very good website for young generation. So I would like to thank the organizer.
Does any body has a copy of the subject noted Poster which AL published in 1970 to agitate the innovent people of erstwhile East Pakistan? The new generation will be able to know in brief the falsehood of AL on seeing the poster. I saw the poster when it was circulated all over East Pakistan.
Journalism-er Student Hishebe Amar Khub Agroher Jaiga Silo Bangabandhur Jiboner Ei Oddhai Janar. Aj Ta Onekkhani Puroner Jonno Apnake dhonnobad.
Having read some pages of the book, I felt that I should write a few lines on the literary merits of it. Many a book goes beyond their discursive setting to please the readers of other disciplines, such as Edward Gibbon’s THE HISTORY OF THE SARACEN and THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE; they are read for their literary merits more than their original objective as being historical work. This piece of writing of the author is almost similar. Once you start reading it, the narrative quality doesn’t seem to let you go of it. I would recommend readers of any persuasions, including political, to read it; no one needs to be persuaded to believe or accept what he had written, but simply to appreciate the ‘authorial energy’ that he had induced into narrative; you cannot escape it.
আসসালামু আলাইকুম। আশা করি আল্লাহর রহমতে ভাল আছেন।
আপনার ওয়েব সাইটে সর্বশেষ সংযোজন কে এম আমিনুল হকের লেখা "আমি আলবদর বলছি" পড়লাম। ইতিপূর্বে আপনার "একাত্তরের আত্মঘাতের ইতিহাস" সহ প্রফেসর সাজ্জাদ হোসাইনের "একাত্তরের স্মৃতি" এবং প্রফেসর মুমিন চৌধুরির "Behind The Myth of 3 Million" বইগুলিও পড়েছি। সবগুলি বই খাটি তথ্য নির্ভর এবং অসাধারণ যুক্তি সমৃদ্ধ। যতই পড়ছি ততই হতবাক হয়ে যাচ্ছি বর্তমান সময়ের মিথ্যার জয়জয়কার দেখে। আমি স্বাধীনতাপন্থিদের লেখা ইতিহাসও পড়েছি। কিন্তু তাদের লেখায় পাকিস্তান এবং পাকিস্তান পন্থীদের বিরুদ্ধে মিথ্যা প্রপাগান্ডা ও বিষদগার ছাড়া তেমন কোন নির্ভরযোগ্য তথ্য নেই। ঐতিহাসিক মান ও সমসাময়িক যুক্তির নিরিখেও সেগুলো আলচ্য বইগুলোর আশে-পাশে আসার যোগ্য নয়। কিন্তূ তারপরেও সত্যের এই পরাজয় কেন? আপনার কি মনে হয় জানিনা, তবে আমার কাছে মনে হয়েছে যারা মিথ্যা প্রপাগান্ডার শিকার তাদের সীমাহীন অযোগ্যতা ও একাগ্রতাহীনতাই আজকের এই অবস্থার জন্য দায়ী। অবাক হই বাংলাদেশের ইসলামী দলগুলোর স্বাধীনতাত্তোর ভুমিকা দেখে। তাদের বিরুদ্ধে একতরফাভাবে প্রপাগান্ডা চলেছে এবং চলছে। তারা এত আন্দোলন-সংগ্রাম করে, অথচ এই সত্য কথাগুলো আমরা নতুন প্রজন্মদের সামনে কখোনও তুলে ধরার চেস্টাই করেনি। আপনার ওয়েবসাইটের মাধ্যমে এই তথ্যগুলো যদি আমাদের কাছে না আসত তাহলে এই সত্য কখনোও জানতামই না। (মুলতঃ আপনার লেখা "একাত্তরের আত্মঘাতের ইতিহাস" বইটি পড়ে এই জাতির ইতিহাস জানার প্রচন্ড আগ্রহ সৃষ্টি হয়।) এই আমি কিছুদিন আগ পর্যন্তও জামায়াতের কেন্দ্রীয় নেতৃবৃন্দের কাছে অহরহ দাবী করতাম একাত্তরে তাদের ভুমিকার জন্য জাতির কাছে মাফ চাইতে। অথচ এখন আমার মনের অবস্থা এই যে, ভবিষ্যতে যদি আবার কখোনও এমন পরিস্থিতির উদ্ভব হয় তবে পরিণতির কথা না ভেবেই ঐ একই ভুমিকা নেওয়া উচিত যা তারা একাত্তরে নিয়েছিল।
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Awami League always says,"তাদের বিরুদ্ধে প্রাসাদ ষড়যন্ত্র হচ্ছে". But they are the main 'ষড়যন্ত্রকারি'. Could you please write about their 'ষড়যন্ত্রের ইতিহাস'. Thank you.
(Pak) Major Siddique Salek claimed in his book (written on the Liberation war of Bangladesh) that Agartola Conspiracy was a fact although Field Marshal Ayub Khan was failed to prove the complaints and was forced to withdraw the case. Besides the Agartola conspiracy, he (Maj Salek) also claimed that at the end of the historical 7th March address Mr. Mujib uttered "Pakistan Zindabad" (this claim was supported by the veteran journalist Mr. Nirmal Sen ALTHOUGH at the same time is was denied by another journalist (??) Mr. Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury). Regarding the Agartola Conspiracy, I personally heard from one Mr. Sultan (I cant recall his full name. He was serving with the then Pakistan Navy and was one of the accused in this infamous case) that the matter of CONSPIRACY was a fact. So, could you please provide us any authentic media report(s) on the above claims.
I am really interested to know how you will validate those statistics from your "Islamic" perspective -"According to New York Times (3/28/71) 10,000 people were killed; New York Times (3/29/71) 5,000-7,000 people were killed in Dhaka; The Sydney Morning Herald (3/29/71) 10,000 - 100,000 were killed; New York Times (4/1/71) 35,000 were killed in Dhaka during operation searchlight."
Read more...Even if you insist on justifying the independence movement, by spreading typical lies about systemic rape, mass killings by Pakistan army and pro state activists- it will not serve your purpose. Immediately after independence, Awami league activists and its paramilitary forces killed more Bengali’s then what the Pakistani army did during the civil war. Even now, there student bodies celebrate completing century of rapes. So what will be your next action? Since you are the proponent of the bigoted idea of justifying the breaking of an entire country based solely on rape, killings committed by individuals- then why didn’t you do the same with Bangladesh?
I have never denied that there were incidences of rape and killings, but those were isolated cases and not a systemic act perpetrated by pro Pakistanis. Peoples like you even came up with the preposterous notion that portrays the Pro Pakistan ideology as the promoter of rape and mass killings. With no shortage of naive believers, anti Pakistan historians also depict respected and renowned religious personalities as rapists! In their books, you will never find an iota of space for those Bihari’s and pro Pakistani Bengalis- brutally killed, raped and looted by the so-called freedom fighters. However, in their books you will never fail to find imaginary stories about the bravery(?) of Mukti Bahini, while in reality they couldn’t even capture a single district city by themselves. Only when India entered the war, their hapless state began to change. However, these writers’ lies are so deep that even India’s decisive contribution is rarely mentioned. Bangladesh's history is full of such lies. And to protect such lies they violently resist any attempt to spread the truth.
Now regarding the number of casualties in the 71 war, any unnecessary loss of human life is greatly regrettable. Civil wars bound to create human sufferings and those who orchestrated such war must be held accountable. When Sheikh Mujib started the treachery with the direct support from India, he knew perfectly well the consequence of such heinous action. Do not try to elude from that fact. Let me give you a hypothetical scenario. Bangladesh is already politically polarised country based on primarily Awami League and BNP. Now Allah forbid, if there comes a situation that these two parties engage in bloody confrontation, what would you do? Will you break the country based on the narrow political difference? Judging from your comment it seems you would. As a Muslim, you ought to find it disheartening when you study the history. From Bengal the Pakistan movement begun and in the span of 25 years it is the Bengali’s who destroyed it with the help of India. Indeed, that generation in 71 were not as enlightened and far-sighted as those in 47. Being the majority, rather then contributing to the prosperity and defense of Pakistan, resorted only to constant gibberish of blaming our every failures to those in West Pakistan.
If you are a secularist or nationalist then I don’t see any point of arguing as for them it’s perfectly reasonable to feel elated over the breakage of a Muslim country following a narrow nationalistic line. But when I see people like you attempting to use Quranic verses out of context to support that treachery, I find it totally unacceptable. When it comes to treating such traitors our prophet and his companions acted with iron fist, because breaking an Islamic bond with the help of infidel’s is a punishable act. Even those who rejected to give 'Jakat' to state fund was killed by Hazrat Abu Bakr - one of the most softhearted ruler. Read the Quran, you will find the verse that says creating chaos (Fitna) is more criminal act than killing a human, because such chaos destroys a Ummah. Awami League and the other secularists’ forces in Bangladesh showed its mastery in such heinous acts. There is no denying that Pakistan had plenty of problems like any other country, which could have been amicably solved by dialogue and political struggle. However, under no circumstances it justified taking arms from Kuffar’s to break the largest Muslim country. That’s the main point. When people will understand their own Islamic obligations then they will throw this Kuffar sponsored heroes to dustbin. Awami League itself understands that, hence you see there continuous effort to stifle the propagation of Islamic thoughts. Have you ever wondered why the absolute majority of Islamic scholars, Ullama’s and all Islamic parties were against breaking of Pakistan and why the secularists depicts a Razakar, having the quintessential Muslim features (i.e having long beard, wearing prayer hat)? Did you ever ponder on their point? Can they be the promoters of rape, lootings? But such miscarriage of truth is not uncommon when criminals starts writing history.
I received the link to your ebook and reading it now. It is an excellent reading for anyone interested in true history of Bangladesh. I see two factors of Mujib's character and their effect on our national psyche are not emphasized enough. Thanks -Altaf
1) Mujibur always emphasized the Bengalis’ right to go to power due to our single majority number in the federation of Pakistan . But he seriously thought that power meant entitlement rather than any responsibility. He probably believed that the Punjabis were just enjoying power, nothing else. He had the idea of power from the perspective of a king, not a servant of people. Power was about rights and authority, not hard work and service. Mujibur Rahman, when speaking in public including his March 7 speech in Race Course, always said that ‘amra godite boste parini’ (we could not sit in the couch of power) because of the westerners. To him, power meant ‘godi’ where one could sit and enjoy privileges like a king. When he finally became the prime minister in 1972, he put himself in the shoes of a king and behaved accordingly with people being his subjects. The rest is history. Read more...
অত্যন্ত ধৈর্য্য ধরে আপনার প্রবন্ধটি পড়লাম। খুব ভাল লাগল। নবীন প্রজন্মদের জন্য বিশেষ উপকারী আমরা আজ যে বানোয়াট, মিথ্যা ইতিহাস জেনে আসছি- তার শেষ হওয়াটা দরকার। এই লেখাটি যদি আমি লিখতাম এবং এর জন্য যদি কেউ আমাকে "রাজাকার" বলে গালি দিত- আমি তা প্রকৃত অর্জন মনে করে মুকুট হিসেবেই গ্রহণ করতাম। সত্যিই আপনি একজন ইসলামী রাজাকার (ইসলামী স্বেচ্ছাসেবক)।
আল্লাহ আপনাকে হায়াত দান করুন, কবুল করুন, আমিন।
Dear brother, taslim. my misconceptions were driven away. Please keep it continuing. Don't care the comments against you, ONLY honest intellectual Muslims will love you and their numbers are becoming few as the era of resurrection is waiting above. Allah will reward you. Let us wait and continue, the day is ahead.
Thank you for all the effort you are putting to bring about the true history of 1971. As was the norm of all the corrupt, secular forces- Awami league has left no stone unturned to re-write the history according to their own corrupt and filthy agenda. I have found an interesting video which shows one of many brutalities committed by muktibahini’s. No wonder, what we regularly witness in Bangladesh by these Awami leaguers and their offshoots are a mere continuation of their brutal pasts. May Allah give jannah to all those suffered by these collaborators of India.
my dear firoz mahboob kamal, thank you . may Allah bless you.
Firoz Kamal lacks true sentiment of Razakar, anti-Islam and secularism in Bangladesh scenario. The Razakar issue is completely of crime against humanity i.e. members of this force who collaborated with Paki military in 1971 have proven track records of murder, loot, rape, arson, etc that has no justification but simple crime against humanity. Yes, there's a section of intellectuals in Bangladesh who are personally involved in secular movement of their own characteristics but the essence they miss is that Islam had no conflict with secularism in true sense that they themselves lack. Same is the case with FM Kamal here, his explanation of attacking Islam while using Razakar tool is not correct in the sense that Razakar and Islam are not the same. If one rationally talks on Islam then they would find Islam won't leave Razakars who killed, raped and loot people in the name of Pakistan.
Secondly, you have described razakars as collaborators of Pakistan army. This is a typical lie of the Awami League propaganda. Razakar is an urdu word. The meaning of razakar is volunteer. They were not the collaborator for any army or a person like Yahia Khan. They fought their own war against the enemies of their own country -which was Pakistan at that time. They never told that the razakars and Islam are the same –as you have mentioned. Islam is a religion and razakars are some motivated people, how a sensible man can think that these two are the same? The razakars simply believed in Pakistan as their homeland, and with that firm belief they volunteered themselves to save that homeland. For that reason, they fought side by side with other Pakistani people and the Pak army. In that war, many of them sacrificed their life, as many Indian people gave their life for India. Is it very difficult to understand this simple act of volunteerism? Anyone has the right to hate them as much they like -as they have the right to hate Pakistan. But one should not tell a lie. I feel you did not read my book "Ekattorer Attogather Itihas". I have discussed this issue in more details there.
You have mentioned that razakars have done crimes like murder, rape and arson. These are old allegations, but not proven so far. Even if you tell these allegations thousands of time, that will not make it true or believable. Along with raising allegation, you must take the burden of proving it in the court. Awami League has been in the government twice, but has failed to prove such allegation during their rule of 9 years. They could not produce any believable documents to the police and the courts. Such allegations are only found in Awami League propaganda. These razakars did not flee to India, Myanmar, Pakistan or any other countries. There were hundreds of thousands of razakars in 1971, and still live in Bangladesh. How many of these razakars have been proven so far to be murderers, rapists or criminals in the court? If you have any proof, instead of raising allegations, you should immedaitely go to the court to file cases against them. If you can prove that allegation in the court, only then we will beleive in your claim. Otherwise, by such accusation, you are proving yourself as a politically motivated false accuser - as are the common practice of Awami League leaders.
Sk Mujib er moto ek "Dictator" kibhabe jatir pita hoi ?