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Home Minister: Bangladesh executes leader of Islamist party
Associated Press ^ | May 10, 2016 4:09 PM EDT

Posted on 05/10/2016 3:14:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The head of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party was executed early Wednesday for his role in acts of genocide and war crimes during the country’s independence war against Pakistan in 1971, a senior government official said.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said Motiur Rahman Nizami, the 73-year-old leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was hung at 12:10 a.m. Wednesday inside Dhaka central jail amid tight security. […]

Nizami is the fifth senior official from opposition parties to be executed since 2013 for war crimes carried out during the 1971 war. Three other senior members of Nizami’s Jamaat-e-Islami party and a top leader of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia were also hanged. …

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: awamileague; bangladesh; begumkhaledazia; deathtoislam; genocide; india; jamaateislami; khaledazia; motiurrahmannizami; nationalistparty; pakistan; religionofpieces; rop; sheikhhasina

1 posted on 05/10/2016 3:14:05 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Islamist hanging around. Al is at the bar.


2 posted on 05/10/2016 3:25:13 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: Olog-hai
Good move.

Now, do same for our #1 islamist leader...

3 posted on 05/10/2016 3:26:45 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Olog-hai

Someone should hold a concert for them.


4 posted on 05/10/2016 3:45:20 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Olog-hai

Itramural...


5 posted on 05/10/2016 3:49:48 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s a start. Bangladesh Moslem extremists are among the most psychotic in the world. Time to thin the herd.


6 posted on 05/10/2016 4:22:48 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Olog-hai

It’s a start. Bangladesh Moslem extremists are among the most psychotic in the world. Time to thin the herd.


7 posted on 05/10/2016 4:27:03 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: SuperLuminal

TFG...


8 posted on 05/10/2016 4:32:57 PM PDT by boomstick (One of the fingers on the button will be German.)
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