A Bangladeshi tribunal today sentenced a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami to life in jail for his role during the independence war against Pakistan in 1971. The tribunal pronounced the verdict against Abdul Quader Mollah for mass murder and crimes against humanity in a packed courtroom in Dhaka. Molla has however said that all the charges were false. His Jamaat-e-Islami party had already ordered a general strike that shut down schools and shops and halted most traffic in Dhaka.
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