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...ARRESTED. MOULANA FARIDUDDIN MASUD, 60, one of Bangladesh's leading Islamic clerics; in connection with more than 430 simultaneous bomb attacks across Bangladesh on Aug. 17 that killed two people and injured 125; in Dhaka. Masud, who ran several Islamic charities, including a hospital, was taken into custody as he prepared to board a flight to London. Police say he is suspected of having links to Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, a banned extremist group which claimed responsibility for the attacks and last week warned of further violence if the government does not agree to introduce Islamic law in Bangladesh. Masud denies...
With President Bose's one-year term about up, Saint Gandhi looked around for a more tractable successor. Complicating factor, however, was that the President decided to run for another term, thus openly challenging the Gandhi leadership for the first time. First Gandhi nominee was bearded Persian Scholar Moulana Abul Kalam Azad, a Mohammedan. He promptly withdrew after being hooted out of a meeting. Nominee No. 2 was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Gandhi's right-hand man. He also withdrew. Final choice was Dr. Patthabhi Sitaramayya of Madras, who received Saint Gandhi's and the Congress high command...
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