Imagine, a prominent cleric! We're shocked, shocked! From the Khaleej Times, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm.
DHAKA - A prominent cleric in Bangladesh was arrested on Monday for his alleged role in the August 17 bomb attacks across the country which killed two people and injured 200, officials said.The cleric, identified as Maulana Fariduddin Mahfuz, was arrested at the airport in Dhaka as he prepared to board a flight to Dubai.
Mahfuz, who once headed the state-run Islamic Foundation, is accused of trying to flee the country after intelligence agencies unearthed proof of his involvement in the series of cross-country explosions which triggered nationwide panic.
The foundation publishes books and organizes seminars on Islam besides running the biggest mosque in the country.
Government sources claimed Mahfuz had strong ties with the banned militant group Jamiat ul Mujahideen which has been blamed for the bombings in cities and towns across the country.
"A prominent cleric in Bangladesh was arrested on Monday for his alleged role in the August 17 bomb attacks across the country"
A cleric? A man of peace, in a religion of peace? It just doesn't make any sense! Doesn't he just want to live in peace, freedom, and democracy with his neighbors, just like I want to? Isn't he just like me? My head is spinning!
'..The prophet must make slaughter in the land...' straight out of the Koran, folks!
'Man of peace, religion of peace' that is wishful thinking by the infidels and the 'misunderstanders' of Islam.
Strange... People don't become senior clerics without demonstrating an extensive knowledge of Islam, its laws and its practices. Isn't this man supposed to know better than anyone else that Islam is a religion of peace that unquivocally renounces any violence against civilians? Yet, he turns out to be the man behind the bombings targeting exactly those civilians.
The pieces of the puzzle just don't seem to fit together when one goes by the apologetic view of Islam. Only the PC establishment doesn't seem willing to reconsider.
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