Synopsis of my upcoming book: Misuse of The Muslim Identity during the Trials Of 71’ War Criminals

The Pakistan army and their various Bangladeshi collaborators conducted appalling acts of genocide during the Liberation War in 1971. They took the lives of 30 lac common Bangladeshis, maybe even more, whilst harassing and persecuting a further 4 lac women and children. Within this murderous scheme outlined and executed by the Pakistani army, there were other factors in play here namely a few political groups, individuals, organizations and forces which played at times either directly or indirectly assisted the Pakistani army in that murderous rampage of theirs.

Among those during the war, if we are looking to name some of the chief collaborators, we can talk about the Jamaat-E-Islami, Nizam-E-Islami, Pakistan Muslim League and Pakistan Democratic Party (PDP).

Bergman tries but fails to justify War Criminal SQC

On the 22nd of November, convicted war time criminal SQC was hanged till death, as per the instruction of the highest court of law existing in Bangladesh. There were a few curious reactions to his predicament, but none more so than one provided by Mr David Bergman, rookie journalist for the New Age newspaper published in Bangladesh. He chose to react by publishing an article on his blog, which he constructed listing 10 separate concerns, detailing as to why SQC’s trial may have been an unfair and biased one.

At the start of his tireless monologue, Mr Bergman chose to begin divert the reader’s attention towards SQC’s previous political exploits. It was done so in a manner which we adjudged to be biased at best and convincing to say the least. We can rightly refer to the court’s comment regarding Mr Bergman’s “Psyche state” by pinpointing his intentions in the lawsuit where he was accused of contempt of court. The ICTBD-2 went on saying-

68. Contemnor’s intention was to demean the authority and ability of the Tribunal and to generate controversy and confusion on historically settled issue in the mind of public, we conclude.

ICTBD also confirmed in another similar lawsuit brought against Mr. Bergman in 2011 where the court confidently stated that-