Religions > Atheism > News: We are the holy warriors. We are not afraid of death
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31 May 2006 10:51:52 PM |
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News: We are the holy warriors. We are not afraid of death |
Death for Bangladeshi militants
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced two Islamic militant leaders and
five others to death in connection with the murder of two judges last
year.
Abdur Rahman and Siddiqul Islam, also known as Bangla Bhai, belong to
a banned Islamic militant group and were arrested in March.
The judges were killed in November after a bomb was thrown at their
car while going to the court.
The attack was part of a series of bombings across the country.
The bombings were blamed on the outlawed Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen.
The verdict was announced in a packed court in the southern town of
Jhalakati, where the judges were killed.
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We are the holy warriors.
We are not afraid of death
- Abdur Rahman and Siddiqul Islam
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"I pronounce this highest penalty as involvement of the accused has
been proved beyond doubt," Judge Reza Tarik Ahmed is quoted as saying
by the Reuters news agency.
One defendant was acquitted.
"We are the holy warriors. We are not afraid of death," they shouted
as they were led away, according to AFP.
As he was being led to a prison van, Rahman told reporters the fight
for Islamic law in Bangladesh would continue.
During the hearings, he told the court he should be rewarded for the
murders, which he claimed were carried out on the instructions of God.
He refused to be represented by a lawyer and said he rejected a court
based on the English legal system as opposed to Islamic law.
Bombing campaign
The BBC's Roland Buerk in Dhaka says the hearing in Jhalakati is
unlikely to be the last time the men appear in court.
Abdur Rahman and Siddiqul Islam are accused in more than 20 other
cases in connections with the bombing campaign which left nearly 30
people dead.
Last August, some 500 bombs were set off in all but one of
Bangladesh's 64 districts in the space of an hour.
A number of subsequent bomb attacks targeted judges and court rooms.
More than 100 cases have been filed against alleged members of the
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen in connection with the bombing campaign.
The militant group has been demanding the introduction of Islamic
Sharia law in the country."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/5026382.stm
Published: 2006/05/29 06:43:39 GMT
© BBC MMVI
--
Michael Gray.
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Earthquack's 666 Club.
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