Thread: Bangladesh hangs Islamist tycoon Mir Quasem Ali

Mir Quasem Ali was accused of leading a "reign of terror" in Chittagong

A leader and financial backer of the biggest Islamist party in Bangladesh has been executed for war crimes committed in 1971, officials say.

Media tycoon Mir Quasem Ali, 63, of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was sentenced to death two years ago.

He had been convicted of offences including murder and torture committed during the war with Pakistan.

The tycoon was hanged at a high-security prison outside Dhaka on Saturday evening.

His execution follows several attacks by Islamist militants in Bangladesh, including an assault on a cafe in Dhaka in July in which 20 hostages, most of them foreigners, were killed.

At his trial, Mir Quasem Ali had been accused of involvement in a "reign of terror" in the city of Chittagong. He was found guilty of eight of the 14 charges he faced.

Government figures suggest as many as three million people died in the nine-month war to secede from Pakistan, although some say the number of deaths is unverifiable and probably less than that.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set up a war crimes tribunal in 2010 to look into abuses during the independence war.

But critics of the court say the government has been using the tribunal to target political opponents. Human Rights Watch has previously said the court's procedures are not up to international standards.

The Awami League, which leads the current government, says it is necessary to help the country come to terms with its past.

Bangladeshi police in June launched a wide-ranging operation against Islamists, arresting more than 3,000 people in what was said to be an effort to stop attacks on minorities and secular citizens.

The opposition accused the government of using the measures to target political opponents.

Bangladesh hangs Islamist tycoon Mir Quasem Ali - BBC News

A good man , got rid of 3 million of them.

He was living the Islamist dream.....

The most hated man in Chittagong.

Jamaat e Islami party leader, a Salafist, advocated death to all non-Muslims and an world caliphate, IS.

The East London Mosque in Tower Hamlets London was created by his followers who still think he's a wonderful man.

Tower Hamlets immigrant population is dominated by Jamaat e Islami members and supporters, and is the largest Muslim population in UK.

Originally Posted by ENT

He was living the Islamist dream.....

The most hated man in Chittagong.

Jamaat e Islami party leader, a Salafist, advocated death to all non-Muslims and an world caliphate, IS.

The East London Mosque in Tower Hamlets London was created by his followers who still think he's a wonderful man.

Tower Hamlets immigrant population is dominated by Jamaat e Islami members and supporters, and is the largest Muslim population in UK.

That doesn't tally with the persistent view by many on here that there's nothing to worry about because HMgov are on top of it and may (or may not) soon become miffed enough to vanquish all foreign threats to its society.

3 million killed in 9 months?

10,000 a day

Originally Posted by jabir

Originally Posted by ENT

He was living the Islamist dream.....

The most hated man in Chittagong.

Jamaat e Islami party leader, a Salafist, advocated death to all non-Muslims and an world caliphate, IS.

The East London Mosque in Tower Hamlets London was created by his followers who still think he's a wonderful man.

Tower Hamlets immigrant population is dominated by Jamaat e Islami members and supporters, and is the largest Muslim population in UK.

That doesn't tally with the persistent view by many on here that there's nothing to worry about because HMgov are on top of it and may (or may not) soon become miffed enough to vanquish all foreign threats to its society.

Ah, but the net is slowly tightening, and jumped up Westernized Oriental Gents in UK and Europe are starting to feel the pressure to pull their necks in.

After decades of sucking the milk of human kindness, then ripping off and abusing their hosts, the welcome mat is now well worn and thin, in fact almost non-existent.

I wonder how long it'll be before race riots erupt in UK.

Originally Posted by Neo

3 million killed in 9 months?

10,000 a day

The dead included Assamese Silchari and Sylhetti people, who were largely Xtians and Buddhists, but the Muslims massacred mainly Bengali and Bihari Hindus, and any intellectuals.

It's an ongoing Islamic horror story that few get to hear about.

But you're well on top of it, yes?