The faithful across the world are known for their nostalgic fascination for a violent and lawless past in the Arabian deserts and fond intention to recreate that past wherever they live as panacea for all ills, provided the numerical strength is appropriate for the purpose. This pertinent issue has come to the fore from speeches delivered by an array of leaders of fundamentalist Jamat-e-Islami in the Circuit House ground in Mymensing district of anarchical Bangladesh on December 5. While addressing the ‘Jahil’Jamat supporter crowd the ‘Emir’ of the party Mujibur Rahaman proclaimed his party’s plan to enforce medieval ‘Sharia’ law in the country, if elected to power in the election slated to come off in February next year.

Spooked and alarmed by the declaration the progressive and liberal

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