bornomalanews, New York (September 3, 2016): In the in-absentia janaja of the recently hanged war criminal Mir Quasem, the followers of Jamaat-e-Islami in New York have voiced their resolution to avenge this hanging. In a brief protest meeting prior to the janaja held on 3rd September in Brooklyn, they claimed the government of Bangladesh did so in order to undermine the leadership of the country.
Jamaat leaders who attended the janaja said he was completely innocent. The protest meeting was presided over by freedom fighter and professor Nurul Islam, president of Progressive Forum of Bangladeshi Americans, and was organized by Mahbubur Rahman, secretary of Progressive Forum of Bangladeshi Americans. Those who spoke at the protest meeting include educationist Abdul Hafid, Mohammad Naji – leader of Yemeni American community, Mohammad-representative of MASS New York, Mir Masum Ali – younger brother of Mir Quasem Ali, Mahtab Uddin – ex-president of Muslim Ummah of North America, Abdul Aziz Bhuiyan, teacher Abu Sameeha Sirajul Islam, and Abdul Al Arif – community leader.
