DHAKA Howard Wilson Kids Jersey , Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The funeral prayer of Ghulam Azam, considered ideological guru of Bangladesh's largest Islamist party, was held in capital Dhaka on Saturday afternoon amid protests over taking the body of the convicted "war crime mastermind" to the national mosque.
Tens of thousands of leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat- e-Islami party have joined the funeral prayer.
Azam was later buried beside his father's grave at their family graveyard in the capital city as per his last wish.
Earlier in the day, an alliance of several Islamic parties and groups of youths imbued with Bangladesh liberation war ethos and spirit, however Larry Ogunjobi Kids Jersey , protested the move to hold Azam's funeral prayer at the national mosque.
Police resisted activists of the alliance and groups as they marched towards Baitul Mokaram in procession protesting the janaza at the national mosque.
At least two crude bombs were exploded in front of the national mosque where the body of Azam has been brought for the funeral prayer.
No one was reportedly hurt in the explosions hours before the funeral prayer.
Convicted war criminal Azam, one of the most high profile leaders of Jamaat, has died in prison.
Abdul Mazid Bhuiyan, director of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in capital Dhaka where the Islamist party leader was undergoing treatment, said Azam died at around 10: 10 p.m. local time Thursday.
Azam has been kept at a prison cell of the BSMMU since Jan. 11 David Njoku Kids Jersey , 2012, the day he was arrested.
He was sentenced to 90 years in prison for war crimes including mass killings in July last year.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 pronounced the verdict in capital Dhaka on July 15, 2013, saying the party's former chief will "die behind bars".
About 92-year-old Azam, considered as spiritual leader of Jamaat Jabrill Peppers Kids Jersey , is alleged to have created and led pro-Pakistan militias which carried out numerous murders and rapes during the nine-month 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.
Azam has always denied the charges, arguing that they are politically motivated.
Azam's Jamaat, allegedly collaborated with the Pakistani forces in 1971 to prevent an independent Bangladesh, also says he is the victim of a political vendetta.
After returning to power in January 2009, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Myles Garrett Kids Jersey , the daughter of Bangladesh's independence hero Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, established the first tribunal in March 2010, almost 40 years after the 1971 fight for independence from Pakistan to castigate those committed crimes against humanity during the nine-month war.
Apart from Jamaat high-ups, two leaders of main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are also facing trials. Both BNP and Jamaat have already dismissed the court as a government " show trial" and said it is a domestic set-up without the oversight or involvement of the United Nations.
But the ruling Bangladesh Awami League party denies the accusations of BNP and Jamaat, saying they are creating an anarchy in the country in the name of political programs to foil the ongoing war crimes trial.
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