Death penalty for Islamist leader sparks riots in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi social activists shout slogans in Dhaka on September 17, 2013, after a verdict was delivered against Abdul Quader Molla, the fourth-highest leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party. Bangladesh’s top court sentenced to death a senior Islamist opposition official for murder during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. Abdul Quader Molla is the first politician to be found guilty by the country’s Supreme Court after it rejected an appeal to acquit him of all charges.
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