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Relevant
portion of the speech delivered on 29th April by Maulana Motiur
Rahman Nizami, Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami
"Everyday
knows well that Jamaat-e-Islami does not believe in communalism. Jamaat has no
relationship whatsoever with terrorism: indeed it cannot have such a
relationship. Even then attempts are being made to identify Jamaat with
terrorists, and bracket it is a communalist party. Let me give an example:
attempts are being made to create a smoke-screen in relation to Ahmediyyas. In
"Jamaat
had no relationship whatsoever � nor has it at present � with the policy of
applying force against, and occupying the establishments of the Ahmediyyas.
Jamaat has no relationship with those organisations that are functioning in the
name of Khatme Nabuwat Movement." "But
attempts are being made to implicate Jamaat with that movement. The Daily Star
has recently published a detailed news item implicating Jamaat with
Khateme-Nabuwat Movement. We protested. The Daily Star in the first place did
not publish our protest note, (but when pressed further) it published the
protest note with a (false) explanation that some of the people involved with
the Movement were from Jamaat. We again protested categorically stating that
those persons do not belong to Jamaat, rather they belong to a group, and are
the followers of a religious personality, who are opposed to Jamaat, and that
there was no justification whatsoever to shift their responsibility on to the
shoulders of Jamaat." "There
is no minority repression in "I
would appeal to the religious groups and personalities of the country not to
lend their support to these extreme and eccentric actions. Such actions are
contrary to the teachings of Islam. Such activities are suicidal to
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