[Sohel]

^There's no statute of limitation on war crimes anywhere, Asaad. Politically supporting the idea of Pakistan rather than Bangladesh isn't a war crime but being involved in genocide, rape, torture, brigandage, sectarian and ethnic cleansing or looting during wartime is. Razakars were formed as an auxiliary, paramilitary force by the Pakistani government to help them design and carry out the aforesaid war crimes in the name of "Islam" and "National Unity" against "Indian and Anti-Islamic" conspiracy. A similar auxiliary force was created amongst the Bihari community and they were referred to as Mujahids. "Peace Committees" were formed by the government for PR and propaganda purposes, and many Peace Committee leaders were also active with Razakars (formed entirely from Jamaat, Muslim League and Nizam-e-Islami) and Mujahids. Jamaatis formed Al-Badr Razakars and the Muslim Leaguers and Nizamis formed Al-Shams Razakars. These trials are trying Razakars within Jamaat and BNP for now, but in light of Shahbagh, will eventually include BJP and AL Razakars also InshAllah.

The most notorious example of AL's selective treatment of Razakars was Abdur Rahim, the organizational coordinator of Razakars. He served as the Secretary to the President in Bangladesh in 1973 under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Interesting thread from Rabiul who seems to have strong opinions on what's going on, especially when pursuing an anti-AL agenda with his passionate sermons and righteous indignation, without actually following what's going on in Shahbagh. If he did, he'd have known who Pial is. Yet he questioned Pial's credibility. So I guess this HAD to be a separate thread. Sighting the source would've been nice.

Interesting that this list of Peace Committee members doesn't include Maulana Hashmatullah Faridpuri AKA Atrashi Pir, the spiritual guide not only to top Razakar architects, commanders and coordinators, but also the OP's "favorite player", the Father of BD Cricket, a great patriot who murdered my own father among others. I suppose HM Ershad, a man hanging out and playing squash in Pakistan during the entire duration of the War of Independence, is a great authority on the Spirit of 1971. By the same logic, he must also be the greatest authority on political transparency, anti-corruption, democracy and human rights in Bangladesh, making his BJP the real alternative to AL and BNP.