Al-Shams

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The Al-Shams was a paramilitary wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan), that with the Pakistan Army and the Al-Badr is held responsible for conducting a mass killing campaign against Bengali nationalists, civilians, religious and ethnic minorities in the Bangladesh Liberation War. The group was banned by the independent government of Bangladesh, but most of its members had fled the country during and after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, which led to Bangladesh's independence.

Liberation of Bangladesh
History and Events	Partition of India • History of Pakistan • Awami League • Language Movement • Agartala Conspiracy Case • 6 Point Movement • 1970 Elections • East Pakistan Rifles Mutiny • Operation Searchlight • Bangladesh Liberation War • Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 • Battle of Garibpur • Clash over Boyra • Battle of Dhalai • Battle of Hilli • Battle of Kushtia • 1971 Bangladesh atrocities • History of Bangladesh
Bangladesh	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman • Syed Nazrul Islam • Tajuddin Ahmad • A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman • M. A. G. Osmani • Ziaur Rahman • Khaled Mosharraf • Muhammad Mansur Ali • Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad • Matiur Rahman • Manjula Anwar • M A Hannan • Abu Sayeed Chowdhury • Awami League • Mukti Bahini • Mujibnagar • Mitro Bahini
Pakistan	Yahya Khan • Zulfikar Ali Bhutto • Nurul Amin • Shah Azizur Rahman • Golam Azam • Motiur Rahman Nizami • Jamaat-e-Islami • Pakistan Army • Tikka Khan • A. A. K. Niazi • Razakars • Al-Badr • Al-Shams
India	Indira Gandhi • Indian Army • Sam Manekshaw • Jagjit Singh Aurora