: Arab nations were on the wrong side of the history during Bangladesh’s freedom struggle #IndiaNEWS The conspicuous silence of the Arab world in 1971 should not be interpreted as mysterious, as the

Arab nations were on the wrong side of the history during Bangladesh’s freedom struggle #IndiaNEWS
The conspicuous silence of the Arab world in 1971 should not be interpreted as mysterious, as the Muslim countries blatantly supported Pakistan’s occupation of Bangladesh.The heavily censored media of the Arabs failed to speak out on the crimes against humanity, war refugees, and the persecution of people who dreamed of an independent homeland.Overtly, China, the United States and the rest of the Arab countries joined Pakistan without understanding what conspired after the crackdown of “Operation Searchlight???, a genocidal campaign to neutralise the self-determination of its Eastern province (now Bangladesh).‘Islam in danger’The Arabs were carried away by the conspiracy theory that a “Hindu nation???, India, had hatched plans to bifurcate the world’s largest Muslim nation – Pakistan, and eventually colonise East Pakistan.Well, the culture, language, tradition, heritage, physical features and even the weather of the four provinces of Pakistan were starkly different from East Bengal.The only bond between the five provinces (including East Bengal) of Pakistan was laid on the thin rope of Islam. Fresh jargons of “Islam is in danger??? were repeatedly heard since the weak “unity government??? was overthrown in a bloodless military coup d’état in 1958.Mohammad Redowanul Karim, a researcher on Islamic history and culture writes: “Consequently, an independent Bangladesh was inevitable. After starting the...Read more

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