Combat Hizbut Towhid now!

October 7, 2009

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It is extremely disturbing to know that notorious Islamist militancy group Hizbut Towhid is allowed by the government in Bangladesh to openly flex its muscle by openly continuing its activities as well selling anti-West, anti-Christianity and anti-Jewish propaganda materials in the country.

According to report, notorious Islamist militancy group, Hizbut Towhid [HT] has started open spread of hate speech through its own website and established its distribution center of hatred materials at 31/32 P. K. Roy Road, Pustak Bhaban, Bangla Bazar, Dhaka. The mentioned website, though claimed to be owned by the publication house of this notorious group, in reality, it is the official website of HT.

In the book and DVD named 'Dajjal', Hizbut Towhid kingpin Bayeezid Khan Panni terms Jews and Christians as enemies of Islam. He advocates 'Jihad' against Jews and Christians and their allies as 'sacred task' of Muslims. Hizb-ut Towhid in its different publications being distributed among youths is trying to teach them that jihad or military program or armed struggle is a must to establish the rule of Islam.

For the last few years Hizb-ut Towhid has been carrying out secret operations in the name of "dawat" in different parts of the country, especially in the southern region. In some cases police arrested some activists of different Islamic organisations during their suspicious activities.

Hizbut Towhid's headquarters is situated at Dhaka's Uttara residential area at House No. 4, road no. 18, sector no. 7. Uttara is one of the residential areas in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, which houses mostly upper-middle class and middle class people. Bayeejid Khan Panni, claiming him to be 'Imam-Uz-Zaman' by placing himself just behind prophets is continuing to operate this notorious group with financial assistance from various dubious sources. This extremist outfit was established in 1994 at Korotian village under Tabgain district in Bangladesh.

Bayezid Ponni although operates HuT from his Uttara residence, there are now a number of branches of this notorious militancy group in a number of places in the Capital as well as other parts of the country. At Dhaka's New Eskaton Road area, Selim Clinic, which is located at the ground floor of a 4-storied building is used as the 'outlets' of Hizb Ut Towhid in collecting members and fund. Meanwhile, this group has extended its activities within Barisal, Feni, Kushtia, Madaripur, Tangail, Gazipur, Meherpur, Jhenidah, Noakhali, Khulna, Chittagong and Narshingdi districts under the patronization of its active members and donors. Funds of this group is collected in the name of 'Zakat' [Islamic donation].

The HuT chief, who left Bangladesh after the independence and returned in the '80s, published a book titled "This Islam is not at all Islam" in March 1996, which the government banned on May 10, 1998. He also wrote another book named 'Dazzal', where he said that Jews and Christians are the evils who should be eliminated by the Muslims. Besides, there are several leaflets and booklets on the HuT ideologies and objective. Followers of HT do not believe in democracy and traditional government system.

Mohammad Bayezid Khan Ponni alias Selim Ponni terms working women as and women in politics as 'prostitutes' and gives his own 'Islamic Code' for men to marry any number of wives. His interpretation is, "women are created only for sexual pleasure of men and this is their only task".

He projects Jews and Christians as true evils and preaches killing them or raping female members of Jewish and Christian societies as "divine task". He also teaches his followers to wage any type of offensives on the West.

Bayejid Panni considers secularist forces as enemies of Islam and encourages his followers in killing seculars for "buying heaven". In his interpretation, Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh [JMB] and other Islamist militancy groups are "sacred forces of Allah" and he terms Shaikh Abdur Rahman as the "Hero of Allah".

It is surely a very disturbing news for every peace-loving citizen of the world to note that Bangladeshi government is silent on Hizbut Towhid, while this notorious group is gradually increasing its strength, with the ulterior motive of establishing reign of terror in Bangladesh and other nations. There should be immediate offensives on this group. Government needs to identify members and patrons of Hizbut Towhid and bring them into book.

Bangladesh proclaims to be a nation combating terrorism and Islamist militancy. Now it is time for the government to show its sincerety to the international community by immediately taking actions against HT.

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