Ghulam Azam - Revision history

Pdewan at 19:45, 21 July 2013

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Pdewan at 19:40, 21 July 2013

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Pdewan at 20:34, 16 July 2013

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Pdewan: /* A brief biography/ HITLER OF 1971? */

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‎A brief biography/ HITLER OF 1971?

Pdewan: /* Given 90-Year Term; Spared Death Penalty */

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‎Given 90-Year Term; Spared Death Penalty

Pdewan: /* Authorship */

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‎Authorship

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‎Authorship

Pdewan at 20:28, 16 July 2013

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Pdewan: /* A brief biography/ HITLER OF 1971? */

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‎A brief biography/ HITLER OF 1971?

Pdewan at 19:49, 16 July 2013

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	Prosecutors sought death penalty for Azam, describing him as a “lighthouse” who guided all war criminals. When India intervened at the end of the nine-month war and it became clear Pakistan was losing, the militias killed dozens of professors, playwrights, filmmakers, doctors and journalists.		Prosecutors sought death penalty for Azam, describing him as a “lighthouse” who guided all war criminals. When India intervened at the end of the nine-month war and it became clear Pakistan was losing, the militias killed dozens of professors, playwrights, filmmakers, doctors and journalists.
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		+	[[1971 War: The role, and tilt, of the USA]]
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		+	[[Choudhury Mueenuddin ]]
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		+	[[Ghulam Azam]]

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 [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/world/asia/ghulam-azam-sentenced-by-bangladesh-war-crimes-tribunal.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130716&_r=0&pagewanted=print The New York Times] 2013/07/16
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 Since his arrest in January 2012, Mr. Azam has been largely confined to a prison cell at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital, but allowed home-cooked food. (NYT)

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 Prosecutors sought death penalty for Azam, describing him as a “lighthouse” who guided all war criminals. When India intervened at the end of the nine-month war and it became clear Pakistan was losing, the militias killed dozens of professors, playwrights, filmmakers, doctors and journalists.
-=== A brief biography/ HITLER OF 1971? ===
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 Ghulam Azam, one-time political science professor, dabbled with left-wing politics before joining the Jamaat-e-Islami in the 1950s

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-The leader of Bangladesh’s fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, who prosecutors likened to Adolf Hitler, was in July 2013 sentenced, by A Bangladeshi war crimes tribunal, to 90 years in jail for masterminding atrocities during the 1971 war for independence from Pakistan in which around 3 million people were killed and (NYT adds) more than 200,000 women raped, and when an estimated 10 million people fled to India. Several more such verdicts are expected in the coming months.
+The leader of Bangladesh’s fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, who prosecutors likened to Adolf Hitler, was in July 2013 sentenced, by a Bangladeshi war crimes tribunal, to 90 years in jail for masterminding atrocities during the 1971 war for independence from Pakistan in which around 3 million people were killed and (NYT adds) more than 200,000 women raped, and when an estimated 10 million people fled to India. Several more such verdicts are expected in the coming months.
 The sentence drew fury from those who found the punishment either too harsh or too weak.

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-Bangladesh Sentences Islamist, 91, to 90 Years for Crimes in ’71 War
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 By GARDINER HARRIS

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 [http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=CAP/2013/07/16&PageLabel=20&EntityId=Ar02000&ViewMode=HTML The Times of India] 2013/07/16
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 Bangladesh Sentences Islamist, 91, to 90 Years for Crimes in ’71 War

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-War crimes: Bangla jails Jamaat boss
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 Ghulam Azam, 91, Given 90-Year Term; Spared Death Penalty In View Of Age And Health
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 [http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=CAP/2013/07/16&PageLabel=20&EntityId=Ar02000&ViewMode=HTML The Times of India] 2013/07/16
-The leader of Bangladesh’s fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, who prosecutors likened to Adolf Hitler, was in July 2013 sentenced to 90 years in jail for masterminding atrocities during the 1971 liberation war in which around 3 million people were killed.
+By GARDINER HARRIS
 The 91-year-old wheelchair-bound Ghulam Azam, the wartime head of Jamaat and now its spiritual leader, was spared the death penalty because of his age and health. He was found guilty by the International Crimes Tribunal on five charges, including murder and torture.
 Azam was the fifth Jamaat leader to be sentenced for war crimes but his was the most awaited verdict in a country swept by the anti-fundamentalist Shahbag movement.
 === Not physically present during the crimes===
 “Ghulam Azam’s case is a unique one. Ghulam Azam was not physically present during these crimes but he has been accused of being the main man and overseer of the war crimes in 1971,” Justice ATM Fazle Kabir, chairman of the three-member International Crimes Tribunal-1, said.

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 Leads the party during Bangladesh’s liberation war in 1971 and plays a ‘pivotal role’ in creating pro-Pakistani militias like Rajakar, Al-Badr, Al-Shams and Peace Committee. The militias are blamed for many of the war-time atrocities, including killing of many intellectuals
 After the war, flees to Pakistan; leaves Pakistan for London in 1973
 After independence, Bangladesh cancels his citizenship and bans Jamaat and other faith-based parties
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 Azam arrested in January 2012

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