The BNP’s Islamist Dilemma

The BNP’s Islamist Dilemma

In November last year, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, a standing committee member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), asserted in an interview with an Indian daily, The Hindu, that the BNP is a secular party. He continued: “At one point, we had an alliance with the Jamaat [Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami] just the way political coalitions take … Read more

Bangladesh’s Top Court Upholds Decision Barring Largest Islamist Party From Elections

Bangladesh’s Top Court Upholds Decision Barring Largest Islamist Party From Elections

Bangladesh’s highest court on Sunday dismissed an appeal by the country’s largest Islamist party seeking to overturn a 2013 ruling that barred it from participating in elections for violating the constitutional provision of secularism Bangladesh is set to hold its next national election on January 7. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division of the … Read more

Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami Thrives Amid Persecution

Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami Thrives Amid Persecution

Advertisement In June 2023, the Jamaat-e-Islami held a rally in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. News footage shows that hundreds of thousands of people participated in the event, the first rally held by the party in over a decade. The rally sent out a strong signal. The Jamaat has survived the pressure and persecution it suffered over … Read more