Daily Star/Vol. 5 Num 443 Wed. August 24, 2005
M.B. Naqvi
Aright-wing fringe Islamic party organised an attention-grabbing demonstration by exploding virtually simultaneously more than 400 bombs in all the major cities and towns of Bangladesh last week. This is a forceful demonstration by, historically speaking, a new revolutionary force. It is sure to become even more extreme and would probably be more thoroughgoing. Needless to say, its progression will be marked by more terrorist acts against an established Muslim state -- its goal is to establish a new revolutionary Islamic state, on the lines of Talibani Afghanistan.This revolutionary force rejects what obtains: a more or less secular democratic structure run by mainly conservative Muslim parties. What is desired to replace it is now no mystery. All orthodox Islamic schools of thought in the Subcontinent have now come to approve as truly Islamic what the Taliban did in Afghanistan -- establish a Caliphate. It was run by Mullah Umar whose word was final in all spheres of life: politics, religion, economy, and culture. He was the apex of decision-making and he may or may not consult anyone in arriving at any particular decision. A revolutionary new Islamic state in Bangladesh would have a local version of Mullah Umar as its Amirul Momineen, whose word would be final in politics, religion, economy, and culture. He would be above even the Chief Qazi and would establish total sway of Islam over the society, as he understands it.
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