Nirmul Committee

The Nirmul Committee was founded on 19 January 1992 by 101 Bangladeshi activists to seek justice for the genocide carried out during the Bangladesh liberation war.[1] Operating in Bangladesh and Britain they claim the policies of the Jamaat-e-Islami are similar to those of the British National Party.[2] The London branch protested against the arrival of Delwar Hossain Sayeedi at a Mosque in East London and demanded his British visa be revoked.[3]

In 2000, the committee's leaders established the secular heritage group Swadhinata Trust to raise youth awareness of, and pride in, Bengali history and culture.[3]

Notable members

References
  1. Shehabuddin, Elora (15 August 2008). Reshaping the Holy: Democracy, Development, and Muslim Women in Bangladesh. Columbia University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0231141574.
  2. Wemyss, Georgie (1 December 2009). The invisible empire: white discourse, tolerance and belonging. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0754673477.
  3. Kibria, Nazli (15 May 2011). Muslims in Motion: Islam and National Identity in the Bangladeshi Diaspora. Rutgers University Press. pp. 104–105. ISBN 978-0813550565.
  4. Murshid, Tazeen M. (2001). "State, Nation, Identity: The Quest for Legitimacy in Bangladesh". In Shastri, Amita; Jeyaratnam Wilson, A. (eds.). The Post-Colonial States of South Asia: Political and Constitutional Problems. Curzon Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-136-11866-1.
  5. Mookherjee, Nayanika (26 November 2009). Sharika Thiranagama, Tobias Kelly (ed.). Traitors: Suspicion, Intimacy, and the Ethics of State-Building. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0812242133.
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