Mr.

Omar Sulaiman, a self-proclaimed Islamic scholar has uploaded an obituary

on his Facebook wall defending the recently condemned war criminal Motiur
Rahman Nizami. I have had the opportunity to read his thoughts and in return
would like to share my opinions on its content. I hope those reading my rebuttal,
will share it amongst the general social media population.

Dear Omar Suleiman,

To begin with, I do not know you and have never come across your name before.
I stumbled upon your profile page on Facebook whilst sifting through comments
feed of a friend of mine. What I could gather from my initial survey was that you
are an individual who champions Islam, writes about it and preaches it other
people at every available opportunity. Youve also mentioned that youre a
teacher as well on your Facebook page.

As such dear Omar, I find it befuddling that a person, who so rigorously preaches
about Islam and indulges in the noble profession of teaching, advocates in favour
of despicable murderers like Nizami on his Facebook page. Im not sure what
your nationality is really or how much do you exactly know about Bangladesh or
her politics.

It was the dead of the night on 25th of March 1971 when the Pakistani Army
carried out its barbaric assault on sleeping, unsuspecting Bangladeshi. That night
saw nearly a 100,000 defenceless people across various locations in the country
murdered in cold blood. Consequently the 25th of March marked the beginning of
a war in which Bangladesh fought for its freedom and independence. The war
lasted till 16th December 1971. On that day the Pakistani Army conceded defeat
and surrendered to Bangladesh. The war which spanned over 9 months saw a
further 300,000 people killed without cause. There were nearly 40,000 account
of women who were raped and children were abused. Nearly a million people
were forced to flee the country.

Matiur Rahman Nizami was one the chief perpetrators who aided and abated the
Pakistani army in their atrocities. The same Nizami based on whom you have
designed your Facebook post. Claiming that Pakistan was the House of Allah
and declaring those who seek freedom as Hindus and agents of India, Mr.
Nizami proceeded to create a group called Al-Badr. It might shock you to know
that Nizami derived the name for this group from the one our beloved Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) formed during the Battle of Badr. The one formulated by the
Prophet had 313 members in it and as such to further accentuate Al-Badr, Nizami
also drafted in exactly 313 people in the group.
Around 90% of Bangladeshs population were Muslims during the year 1971. The
other 10% constituted of people with various faiths and beliefs. It was with not
only his intention to eradicate this small minority but also of those with Islamic
faith that Nizami created his Al-Badr group, not to mention tarnishing the good
name of our beloved prophet along the way.He did not seek any religious gain
out of it rather his motivation had a purely political angle to it as he an Al-Badar
sought to reign over the country.

The fact remains that these people were rendered nearly extinct is not some
fairy-tale carved out of a childrens book. It really did happen and all in the name
of religion. Motiur Nizami during those days maintained a regular column in the
Daily Songram, a newspaper he sponsored himself. And it was there that hed
provoke and encourage others to join or support him in his cause. In fact, Nazib,
Nizamis own son, has admitted to a court of law that his father was the general
secretary of a group called the Chatro Shongho during the liberation war. Later
it was the Chatro Shongho who re-invented themselves as Al-Badr.

Despite being an Islamic scholar, you have chosen to pick the side of a murderer.
Despite being an Islamic teacher, you have sided with a war criminal, not to
mention striving to defend a man convicted of crimes against humanity. I have
many friends who used to listen to you and referred to you on a daily basis but
today, they are hurt and confused by your actions and as such severed all ties
with you. I ask you, is there even a shred of evidence in Islam which justifies the
act of defending a murderer?

The savageries committed in 1971 are collectively known as one of the most
horrifying accounts of mass genocide in history. How is it that you motivated
yourself to try and exonerate those responsible for these monstrosities? As such
in turn what kind of an Islamic scholar are you? Never mind that, how can you
call yourself a morally and ethically astute person? Arent you anything but one?
Arent you an apologist for murderers? Shame on you Mr. Sulaiman!

A lot of people might have fed you the line "if Nizami is as corrupt as people
claim him to be, how was it that he became a member of parliament and
minister to a sovereign nation?" To understand the answer to that question you
must first affiliate yourself with the political changes in Bangladesh, post 1971 of
course. Admittedly the entire situation is an embarrassing one indeed, but
combined with ill-intended politics and gross abuse of the voting system we were
defeated and as such, murderers like Nizami were able to climb into a position of
power.

But now Nizami has been exposed of his crimes and identified as a murderer. The
accusations made against him were concrete and his trial was conducted in a
lawful and amicable manner. He was afforded every opportunity and service
available to him during the trial proceedings. Witnesses relived in front of the
court as to how Nizami tortured and killed their fathers, killed their brothers,
sisters, mothers, even children sometimes. Before I go any further Id like to ask
you, did you even read the statement issued by Suprme court of Bangladesh in
regards to the decision they reached on the Nizamis case? Did you read the one
attested by the International Crimes Tribunal or the statement discarding the
review petition? Did you read any of these before concocting the post on Nizami
on your Facebook page, or was it that someone explicitly instructed you to
weave it that way?

As an Islamic scholar did you conduct a thorough research and gather the
necessary information before setting about to write your report? Or is it that you
are biased and youve knowingly sided with a convicted murderer? If the answer
is yes and you are fully aware as to how you have approached this, let us know
discuss the bells and whistles of Nizamis case and in particular, the legal side of
things. In fact Id like to go a step further and challenge you to a debate where I
am willing to give you an opportunity to describe your vantage point and explain
why youre correct.

Youve referred to organizations such as Amnesty International and Human

Rights Watch, putting forth that they did not agree with the way the Nizami trials
panned out. Before I begin answering that Id like to ask you, have you been
living ubnder a rock uptil now? If not, well dont you not understand that
organizations like Amnesty and HRW do not indulge in anything unless it benefits
them in some way? I can already imagine that you are denying this. On that note
I ask you, where were organizations like Amnesty and HRW when Saddams Iraq
was attacked by America killing millions of Muslims? Where were these
organizations when Gaddafi was publicly murdered? Why wasnt there anything
published on those accounts? Isnt it obvious that lobbyists from Jamat-E-Islami
compensated them handsomely in order to gain their services? Isnt it much like
what you are doing right now? Did such lobbyists reach out to you as well? Your
actions Im afraid suggest as much. As such I finally ask you, is there any validity
to the information provided by rganizations youve mentioned in your report?

Bangladesh is an independent and sovereign state. One of the primary reasons

that the people of Bangladesh voted for the current regime in 2008, was to get
them to try those who had thus far gotten away with crimes they committed
during the liberation war. The current regime of course had promised to do so in
their election manifesto prior to their ascension to power.

The Apex Court of Bangladesh found Motiur Rahman Nizami guilty of committing
International crimes (i.e War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide etc)
specifically for crimes against humanity, Genocide and Crimes against Peace
during 1971 Liberation War in Bangladesh. Nizamis verdict from the
International Crimes Tribunal-Bangladesh and subsequent upholding by the
Country's Supreme Court ( appellate division) is another giant step forward for
the justice system of Bangladesh and its implications. Bangladesh is a free and
sovereign nation, and holds every right to issue death penalties as its highest
form of punishment.

Again I reiterate, it is the framework that exists within the current judiciary
system of Bangladesh that dictates all on-going trials held in a court of law. The
people of Bangladesh have given their mandate to their representatives. The
peoples expectations are reflected on the law and constitution of Bangladesh.
The people of Bangladesh have and will decide how the law of the country will
take shape.You should not interfere with matters as sensitive like the law and
justice system of Bangladesh. You have absolutely annulled and rejected a fact
certified by the highest court of law in a country. What kind of an Islamic scholar
are you and furthermore, what sort of an Islamic teacher does that make you
seeing as clearly you have no respect for the laws of a sovereign nation?

For your better understanding I would like to refer few paragraphs from the
verdict of Appellate Division. In the para

316. Accused Motiur Rahman Nizami has stated in the said article that the
number and power of Hindu Bahini were five times higher than that of Pakistani
Bahini. But unfortunately, some betrayers of Pakistan having taken the side of
India were involved in the conspiracy to make Pakistan weak and as such, the
ideology and existence of Pakistan would have been protected after having foiled
their conspiracy. The accused has further stated in the article that a promise
would have been made to protect the existence of Pakistan after having defeated
the Hindu Bahini and prostrated India and, the religious strength, which brought
the victory to the Muslims in the Badr war, would be gathered. In collaboration
with Pakistan Army, Islam loving young students of the country had formed Al-
Badr Bahini keeping the memory of Badr War in their minds. The accused has
also stated in his said article that the day is not so far away when the young
members of Al-Badr Bahini along with Pakistani army would hoist the victory flag
of Islam in the whole world after having defeated the Hindu Bahini and destroyed
the existence of Hindustan [India]. It appears that during the Liberation War,
1971 accused Motiur Rahman Nizami wrote said article on the eve of Badr Day
directing the members of Al-Badr Bahini to exterminate so-called betrayers of
Pakistan i.e. freedom-fighters and unarmed civilians who wanted liberation of
Bangladesh. If the accused would not have been in a superior or commanding
position over the members of Al-Badr Bahini during the Liberation War, 1971, he
would not have directed them to exterminate the so-called betrayers of Pakistan.
So, the article written by the accused himself also supports that the accused was
the commander of Al-Badr Bahini during the Liberation War, 1971

Court agian mentioned in the para 368 of its verdict-

368. Thus, we are constrained to hold that Motiur Rahman Nizami being
educated in Islamic education had consciously and also deliberately misused the
name of the Almighty Allah and the holy religion 'Islam' in 1971 during the
Liberation War of Bangladesh in order to ruin and root out the 'Bangalee Nation.'

I would like to attach bothe ICTBD and & Appellate Division's (Including Review
petition verdict) verdict here:

(1) International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh Verdict

(2) Supreme Court (Appellate Division) Verdict
(3) Nizami's Review Petition Verdict

In the event that you ignore these glaring facts and choose not to respond, I shall
decide that you are lying, lying about all of this. You are nothing but a Muslim in
disguise with your beard and your prayer cap constantly in the act of selling
Allah and his prophets name, for cheap profit. All in all youd be no better than
all those deceitful politicians who either hide or avoid the truth. You have
disdained the teachings of the Quran and Hadith, you have betrayed the trust of
Islam.

Now I do not know if you are married or have kids, friends, parents or relatives. If
you do I would like you to take a look at their faces and tell me, how would you
feel if you had to lose one of them in war? Would you not feel anger towards
those took them away from you? Nizami is the reason scores of people in
Bangladesh today are orphans, widowers or sufferers, many accounts of which
Mr Omar, are undiscovered till today.

For 45 years Nizami used Islam like a veil to protect himself and kept deceiving
the people of Bangladesh much like what you are doing right know Mr Omar, as
Nizamis apologist. You are a con man, a fraud in the name of a teacher. You are
a murderers friend.

The thousands of souls that have perished and became martyrs during the war
will curse you. To the living you are dead, even though you exist. Your soul is
rotten and polluted. You have betrayed the human kind.

Kind Regards,
Nijhoom Majumder
My letter to Nizamis apologist Omar Sulaiman,

Dear Omar Sulaiman,

To begin with, I do not know you and have never come across your name before.
I stumbled upon your profile page on Facebook whilst sifting through comments
feed of a friend of mine. What I could gather from my initial survey was that you
are an individual who champions Islam, writes about it and preaches it other
people at every available opportunity. Youve also mentioned that youre a
teacher as well on your Facebook page.
As such dear Omar, I find it befuddling that a person who so rigorously
champions Islam and indulges in the noble profession of teaching, advocates in
favour of despicable murderers like Nizami on his Facebook page. Im not sure
what your nationality is really or how much do you exactly know about
Bangladesh
It was the dead of the night on 25th of March 1971 when the Pakistani Army
carried out its barbaric assault on sleeping, unsuspecting Bangladeshi. That night
saw nearly a 100,000 defenceless people across various locations in the country
murdered in cold blood. Consequently the 25 th of March marked the beginning of
a war in which Bangladesh fought for its freedom and independence. The war
lasted till 16th December 1971. On that day the Pakistani Army conceded defeat
and surrendered to Bangladesh. The war which spanned over 9 months saw a
further 300,000 people killed without cause. There were nearly 40,000 account
of women who were raped and children were abused. Nearly a million people
were forced to flee the country.
Motiur Rahman Nizami was one the chief perpetrators who aided and abated the
Pakistani army in their atrocities. Motiur Rahman Nizami. The same Nizami based
on whom you have designed your Facebook post. Claiming that Pakistan was the
house of Allah and declaring those who seek freedom as Hindus and agents of
India, Mr. Nizami proceeded to create a group called Al-Badr. It might shock you
to know that Nizami derived the name for this group from the one our beloved
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) formed during the Battle of Badr. The one formulated
by the Prophet had 313 members in it and as such to further accentuate Al-Badr,
Nizami also drafted in exactly 313 people in the group.
Around 90% of Bangladeshs population were Muslims during the year 1971. The
other 10% constituted of people with various faiths and beliefs. It was with the
intention to eradicate this small minority of different faiths that Nizami created
his Al-Badr group, not to mention tarnishing the good name of our beloved
prophet along the way. The fact remains that these people were rendered nearly
extinct is not some fairy-tale carved out of a childrens book. It really did happen
and all in the name of religion. Motiur Nizami during those days maintained a
regular column in the Daily Songram, a newspaper he sponsored himself. And
it was there that hed provoke and encourage others to join or support him in his
cause. In fact, Nazib, Nizamis own son, has admitted to a court of law that his
father was the general secretary of a group called the Chatro Shongho during
the liberation war. Later it was the Chatro Shongho who re-invented
themselves as Al-Badr.
Despite being an Islamic scholar, you have chosen to pick the side of a murderer.
Despite being an Islamic teacher, you have sided with a war criminal, not to
mention striving to defend a man convicted of crimes against humanity. I have
many friends who used to listen to you and referred to you on a daily basis but
today, they are hurt and confused by your actions and as such severed all ties
with you. I ask you, is there even a shred of evidence in Islam which justifies the
act of defending a murderer? The savageries committed in 1971 are collectively
known as one of the most horrifying accounts of mass genocide in history. How is
it that you motivated yourself to try and exonerate those responsible for these
monstrosities? As such in turn what kind of an Islamic scholar are you? Never
mind that, how can you call yourself a morally and ethically astute person?
Arent you anything but one? Arent you an apologist for murderers? Shame on
you Mr. Sulaiman!
A lot of people might have fed you the line if Nizami is as corrupt as people
claim him to be, how was it that he became a member of parliament and
minister to a sovereign nation? To understand the answer to that question you
must first affiliate yourself with the political changes in Bangladesh, post 1971 of
course. Admittedly the entire situation is an embarrassing one indeed, but
combined with ill-intended politics and gross abuse of the voting system we were
defeated and as such, murderers like Nizami were able to climb into a position of
power.
But now Nizami has been exposed of his crimes and identified as a murderer. The
accusations made against him were concrete and his trial was conducted in a
lawful and amicable manner. He was afforded every opportunity and service
available to him during the trial proceedings. Witnesses relived in front of the
court as to how Nizami tortured and killed their fathers, killed their brothers,
sisters, mothers, even children sometimes. Before I go any further Id like to ask
you, did you even read the statement issued by Suprme court of Bangladesh in
regards to the decision they reached on the Nizamis case? Did you read the one
attested by the International Crimes Tribunal or the statement discarding the
review petition? Did you read any of these before concocting the post on Nizami
on your Facebook page, or was it that someone explicitly instructed you to
weave it that way?
As an Islamic scholar did you conduct a thorough research and gather the
necessary information before setting about to write your report? Or is it that you
are biased and youve knowingly sided with a convicted murderer? If the answer
is yes and you are fully aware as to how you have approached this, let us know
discuss the bells and whistles of Nizamis case and in particular, the legal side of
things. In fact Id like to go a step further and challenge you to a debate where I
am willing to give you an opportunity to describe your vantage point and explain
why youre correct.
Bangladesh is an independent and sovereign state. One of the primary reasons
that the people of Bangladesh voted for the current regime in 2008, was to get
them to try those who had thus far gotten away with crimes the y committed
during the liberation war. The current regime of course had promised to do so in
their election manifesto prior to their ascension to power. But you my friend, you
have disputed, no yes you have absolutely annulled and rejected a fact certified
by the highest court of law in a country. What kind of an Islamic scholar are you
and furthermore, what sort of an Islamic teacher does that make you seeing as
clearly you have no respect for the laws of a sovereign nation?
In the event that you ignore these glaring facts and choose not to respond, I shall
decide that you are lying, lying about all of this. You are nothing but a Muslim in
disguise with your beard and your prayer cap constantly in the act of selling
Allah and his prophets name, for cheap profit. All in all youd be no better than
all those deceitful politicians who either hide or avoid the truth. You have
disdained the teachings of the Quran and Hadith, you have betrayed the trust of
Islam.
Now I do not know if you are married or have kids, friends, parents or relatives. If
you do I would like you to take a look at their faces and tell me, how would you
feel if you had to lose one of them in war? Would you not feel anger towards
those took them away from you? Nizami is the reason scores of people in
Bangladesh today are orphans, widowers or sufferers, many accounts of which
Mr Omar, are undiscovered till today.
For 45 years Nizami used Islam like a veil to protect himself and kept deceiving
the people of Bangladesh much like what you are doing right know Mr Omar, as
Nizamis apologist. You are a con man, a fraud in the name of a teacher. You are
a murderers friend.
The thousands of souls that have perished and became martyrs during the war
will curse you. To the living you are dead, even though you exist. Your soul is
rotten and polluted. You have betrayed the human kind.

Youve referred to organizations such as Amnesty International and Human

Rights Watch, putting forth that they did not agree with the way the Nizami trials
panned out. Before I begin answering that Id like to ask you, have you been
living ubnder a rock uptil now? If not, well dont you not understand that
organizations like Amnesty and HRW do not indulge in anything unless it benefits
them in some way? I can already imagine that you are denying this. On that note
I ask you, where were organizations like Amnesty and HRW when Saddams Iraq
was attacked by America killing millions of Muslims? Where were these
organizations when Gaddafi was publicly murdered? Why wasnt there anything
published on those accounts? Isnt it obvious that lobbyists from Jamat-E-Islami
compensated them handsomely in order to gain their services? Isnt it much like
what you are doing right now? Did such lobbyists reach out to you as well? Your
actions Im afraid suggest as much. As such I finally ask you, is there any validity
to the information provided by rganizations youve mentioned in your report?
 329. Referring to verse- 26 of surah 'Hajj' she has submitted that Allah depicts
kaabah [place of worship] as only house of Allah in the Holy Quran but the
accused knowing the true meaning of the verse, purposely treated Pakistan as
the house of Allah in a meeting attended by the members of Islami Chhatra
Sangha with intent to infuse wrong conception about the house of Allah in the
minds of the members of Islami Chhatra Sangha so that they can blindly counter
the 'miscreants' [freedom fighters] and proliberation Bangalees treating them as
enemies of Islam.
330. Similarly, Professor Ghulam Azam, the then Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami
delivered a direct and public speech on 17.07.1971 addessing a gathering of
peace committee at Rajshahi to the effect that Hindus are always enemies of
Muslims and there is no evidence to show that Hindus are friends of Muslims. The
above hateful speech made by him manifestly demonestrates that he expressed
hatred and communal feeling towards Hindu community with intent to create
hostility between the Hindu and Muslims. Followers and disciples of Professor
Ghulam Azam on being inspired by such inciting speech, they made the people
of Hindu community living in Bangladesh, a target for attack, subsequently it
happened in a henious manner across the country in 1971.
Infact, the history of Sultani regime and Mughal Empire of this subcontinent is
the best evidence to show that the people belonging to the Hindu and Muslims
have been living together peacefully by maintaining a friendly and harmonious
relations to each other for about one thousand years last.
Professor Ghulam Azam the chief of Jamaat-e-Islami made an open speech
reported in the Daily Sangram dated 26.9.1971 claiming that "Pakistan Jamaat-e-
Islami considers Islam and Pakistan are one and indivisible. Pakistan is the house
of Islam of the world. Therefore, Jamaat supporters do not consider to live in the
world if Pakistan does not exist". Though Maulana Maududi opposed the very
creation of Pakistan in 1947, but while it came into being on the basis of two
nation theory, the leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami gradually made intimacy with the
Muslim League leaders claiming themselves as vanguard of Islamic revoluation.
Pakistan has been created as the homeland of only Muslims, this dogma
inborned in the minds of Muslim League leaders and some of them became
communal in their feelings, thoughts and actions. Virtually, communal feeling is
the byproduct of two nation theory upon which Pakistan was founded in 1947 as
an independent country. It is needless to mention that it was one of the objects
of Jamaat-e- Islami to capture the state power of Pakistan in the name of Islam.
Jamaat-e- Islami gradually established a close tie with Muslim League leaders
and ultimately borrowed communal feeling, the by-product of two nation theory
from the leaders of Muslim League. Thus, both Jamaat-e-Islami and Muslim
League used to legitimate political and social functions giving islamic terms in
strenthening their common communal attitude for the purpose of making
Pakistan as the only homeland for Muslims.

[Ref:- Ghulam Azam Case:- Ext. No. 22]

 The above proposition that Pakistan and Islam are one and indivisible is
completely a fallacy, virtually Pakistan is the name of a soverign state created on
two-nation theory.
On the other hand, Islam is the most sophisticated religion of the Muslims in
the world which is derived from the Holy Al-Quran and Hadith and that was
preached by the greatest prophet Hazrat Muhammad [S.M.]. A country like
Pakistan in no way can be a part of Islam. It is an attempt to impure Islam, the
holy religion of the Muslims of the world.
It is undisputed that about 1400 years ago, our great prophet Hazrat
Muhammad [S.M.] made a contract between Muslim and Non-Muslims living in
Medina and established a non-communal nation. That contract is known as
'Medina Charter', probably it is the first written constitution in the world.
The famous Mawlana Akram Kha of this sub-continent has cited the philosophy
of the 'Medina Charter' in his book named "Mostafa Charit" under the caption
"Modinai Shadharon