Geelani condemns death penalty to Jamat leaders

Srinagar: Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Friday expressed his “deep shock and concern” over Bangladesh’s Supreme Court verdict for death penalty to six Jamat-e-Islami leaders, saying “Bangladesh government has invited the wrath of Allah by killing the innocent Muslim scholars and intellectuals.”
In a statement, Geelani claimed that Sheikh Hasina is killing Islamists and intellectuals in a well thought out plan because of India’s influence.
“Bangladesh Prime Minister has been dancing on the tunes of India to appease them and has been targeting the eminent Muslim religious leaders by implicating and executing them,” he said. “It is murder of justice,” said Geelani, adding that “it will have serious consequences for Bangladesh.”
Geelani said that it is a moral responsibility for Pakistan to play an effective role as these leaders were being sentenced to death “just because they did not favour the division of Pakistan in 1971.”
Geelani said that “all ruling elite in Muslim world are on war path against Muslim scholars and religious organizations.”
Despite facing tyrant and brute forces, he said, these scholars were moving ahead.
“They are writing a history with their blood and illustrating that no power on earth can stop them while serving interests of Islam,” said Geelani.
Criticising Europe, America and Israel, Geelani said that they are providing every help to their puppets against Islamist forces in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan Egypt, Chechnya, Burma and Palestine.
He also blamed India for its “deceitful political activities in Bangladesh.”
Geelani said that these allegations against leaders in Bangladesh were “baseless and concocted.”
He warned Bangladesh government of dire consequences, saying that such “brute behaviour can destabilize country and create uncertainty in the region.”
Appealing international organisations for human rights, Geelani impressed upon the world human rights bodies to take concrete steps against the “tyrant Sheikh Hasina government” to halt the hanging and uphold its commitments with world community.