Suppression of the Muslims: Us Policy and the Muslim World (Hardback or Cased Book)

From a historical viewpoint, this political science study considers the hypocritical US policies toward Muslim countries and the ways in which they affect Muslims perception of the West.

Islam is a religion of peace, but all over the world Muslims are often portrayed as terrorists. In Suppression of the Muslims, author Mohammed Ashraful Haque offers a consideration of the tense relationship between the United States and the Muslim world.

He discusses, from a historical and political viewpoint, the hypocritical US policies toward Muslim countries, demonstrating the ways in which they affect Muslims perception of the West. Haque argues that the US policy has always been an attempt to weaken the Muslim countries. Suppression of the Muslims analyzes his theory against the backdrop of:

- The misunderstanding between Islam and the West;

- CIA activities in Muslim countries;

- The breaking up of Pakistan;

- Military dictators in Muslim countries;

- Politics in South Asia;

- The emergence of Bangladesh; and

- The Iraq war.

Haque provides an explanation of the background of Islam and Muslims and considers the ways in which they are often misunderstood and unfairly persecuted because of their beliefs, along with how this plays out in the rest of the world, especially the United States.

I was born on July 9th. 1953 in what was East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). I began my education at Lakeview Preparatory School an English Medium school. My early childhood was spent at Kapasia, Joydevpur, Kaliakor and finally Dhaka. After 2 years at Lakeview preparatory school I transferred to a Bengali Medium school known as New Paltan line high school after that I transferred to West end High school. I finished my sixth grade at west end high school and then I was admitted to Ayub Cadet College in Rajshahi, East Pakistan. This was a boarding school which specifically prepared students to eventually join the defense forces. I have completed 10th grade at Ayub Cadet college and taken the secondary school certificate exam in April of 1970, I was placed in the first division. After that civil war broke out and there was struggle for the free country of Bangladesh. At the age of 19 I was trained and joined the Liberation Army of Bangladesh. After Bangladesh became independent I transferred to Notre Dame College in Dhaka. In 1972 I was suddenly put in jail, because I was accused by the Indian Ambassador to Bangladesh to have raped and killed an Indian Woman. While I was in Jail the case never went to court and I was tried in absentia and ordered to be hanged till death. But the day before I was supposed to be hanged, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ordered to free me because of lack of evidence and because the case never went to court. After my release from Jail I took the Higher Secondary School Certificate Exam and I was placed in the second division. After my H.S.C. exam I was admitted at Dhaka University in the department of Public Administration. At the same time I applied in the Army to join Army commissioned officers. I was selected in the Army. Just before my departure for Army Academy I met a missionary who used to work for Mennonite Central Committee, his name was Ken Koehn. He offered