“West Bengal: When Sharia law overturns rule of law”, Organiser, July 7, 2024:
“On the auspicious eve of Yogini Ekadashi, the nation was in for a shock, punctuated with horror, by the ghastly news coming in from the small town of Chopra in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal. Tajmul Haque, alias JCB, a local criminal associated with the ruling Trinamool Congress, publicly flogged a couple for an alleged extramarital affair.
The local kangaroo court or Salishi Sabha was presided over by Tajmul, who had ostensibly thought of himself as both Kazi and Ameer in his worldview coloured by his interpretation of the Sharia. To dispense medieval style Sharia inspired justice was his unqualified right given by none less than local Trinamool MLA Hamidul Rahman, who later said perhaps his man went a little far after all for the likes of Rahman and Haque Bharat still being Dar Ul Harb is perhaps not yet ready for Sharia.
Demographic changes underway in West Bengal by those in power are fast pushing us towards Dar Ul Islam where Haque, Rahman and their likes would have a free run to usher in ISIS-inspired Sharia law……”
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