Islamic Figure Sentenced To Death In Bangladesh

Islamic Figure Sentenced To Death In Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Supreme Court has shocked the world media and a good part of Bangladesh's population by sentencing Abdul Quader Mollah to death. Quader Mollah, better known as the leader of the Jemaat-e-Islami party was one of the main leaders and key figures of the 1971 independence war carried out by Bangladesh against Pakistan.

He had also been convicted of crimes against humanity just a couple of days earlier. Mollah was initially sentenced to life imprisonment by a military court but the punishment was deemed to lenient for the former leader.

The life imprisonment sentence wasn't taken too lightly by the people of Bangladesh and caused spontaneous protests all across the country in January when news of Molah’s sentence was first heard.

The Bangladeshi parliament had to concede under the pressure of the protests and changed the war crimes law, allowing anyone to appeal any sentence deemed inadequate.

The January protests took Bangladesh by storm and basically caused all basic services to cease working. During the protests 100 people died and countless others where injured. The Abdul Quader Mollah sentence was the first one handed by the newly instated war crimes tribunal, and will be one that most likely will cause more street violence and bloodshed throughout Bangladesh.

Posted by James Fried on Wednesday September 18 2013, 6:46 AM EST. Ref: VoA. Link. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, World. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0