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Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী | |
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| Spokesperson | Mohammed Motiur Rahman Akand |
| Ameer | Shafiqur Rahman[1] |
| Secretary general | Mia Golam Parwar[2][3][4] |
| Founded | 1941 (original party) 1947 (Pakistani faction) 1955 (East Pakistani faction) 1979 (current Bangladeshi faction)[5] |
| Split from | Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan[6] |
| Headquarters | 505, Elephant Road, Mogbazar, Dhaka |
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| Student wing | |
| Trade union | Bangladesh Sramik Kalyan Federation (de facto)[7] |
| Ideology | Islamism Islamic democracy Pan-Islamism Social conservatism Right-wing populism |
| Political position | Right-wing[8] |
| International affiliation | Muslim Brotherhood[9] JI (Pakistan)[9] JI (India)[9] AK Party (Turkey)[9] |
| Colors | Light green |
| MPs in the Jatiya Sangsad | Parliament dissolved |
| Mayors in the City Corporations | 0 / 1 |
| Councillors in the City Corporations | Post dissolved |
| Chairman’s in the District Councils | Post dissolved |
| Chairmans in the Subdistrict Councils | Post dissolved |
| Chairmans in the Union Councils | Post dissolved |
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Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী, lit. 'Bangladesh Islamic Congress')[10] is an Islamist political party in Bangladesh. It is currently the largest Islamist political party in Bangladesh.[a]
The origin of the party can be traced back to the original Jamaat-e-Islami organisation founded by Abul A'la Maududi in 1941. Its predecessor, the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan opposed the independence of Bangladesh and the dismemberment of Pakistan.[b]
Upon the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the new regime banned Jamaat-e-Islami, along with all religion-based parties. Following the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975, the ban on Jamaat was lifted in the following years and Jamaat was fully reallowed to participate in politics in 1979 by the Government of Ziaur Rahman[10][5] and the new party Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh was formed. Exiled leaders were allowed to return. Abbas Ali Khan was the then acting Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh. In the 1980s, the Jamaat joined the multi-party alliance for the restoration of democracy against the rule of Hussain Muhammad Ershad. It later allied with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat leaders became ministers in the two BNP-led governments of prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia (from 1991 to 1996 and from 2001 to 2006). Awami League also got involved with Jamaat to come to power in 1996.[21] In 2008, it won two of 300 elected seats in Parliament. In 2010, the government led by the Awami League, began prosecution of war crimes committed during the 1971 war under the International Crimes Tribunal. By 2012, two leaders of the BNP, one leader from Jatiya Party and eight from Jamaat had been charged with war crimes and by March 2013, three Jamaat leaders were convicted of crimes.[22] On 1 August 2013, the Bangladesh Supreme Court cancelled the registration of the Jamaat-e-Islami, ruling that the party is unfit to contest national elections.[c] and they are the second organization to face international trial after Adolf Hitler's then Nazi Party.[27] With the surge of July Revolution, then Sheikh Hasina regime banned the party fully on 1 August 2024.[28][29] However, after the fall of Sheikh Hasina, The decision was reversed on 28 August by the interim government.[30][31]
- ^ "Jamaat Ameer pledges to establish justice without discrimination". United News of Bangladesh. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Jamaat demands election within reasonable timeframe". New Age (Bangladesh). 9 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Hindu rally of Jamaat-e-Islami held in Khulna". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Singapore envoy meets Jamaat-e-Islami leaders". Dhaka Tribune. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Why Jamaat-e-Islami banned?". Prothom Alo English. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ Haqqani, Husain (2005). Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-87003-214-1.
- ^ "Call to foil conspiracies being hatched to destroy communal harmony". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ "Interim govt revokes ban on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami". The Tribune. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d জামায়াতে ইসলামীর বিদেশী বন্ধু কারা? [Who are the foreign friends of Jamaat-e-Islami?]. BBC Bangla (in Bengali). 11 May 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ a b Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ "Bangladesh's election: The tenacity of hope". The Economist. 30 December 2008. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
[The BNP] seems also to have been hurt by its alliance with Islamist parties, the largest of which, Jamaat-e-Islami, was reduced from 17 seats to just two.
- ^ "Jamaat almost finalizes constitution of its new party". Dhaka Tribune. 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Bangladesh and war crimes: Blighted at birth". The Economist. 1 July 2010.
West [Pakistan]'s army had the support of many of East Pakistan's Islamist parties. They included Jamaat-e-Islami, still Bangladesh's largest Islamist party ... reinstating and enforcing that original constitution might amount to an outright ban on Jamaat, the standard bearer in Bangladesh for a conservative strain of Islam.
- ^ Rubin, Barry A. (2010). Guide to Islamist Movements. M.E. Sharpe. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7656-1747-7.
- ^ "Bangladesh party leader accused of war crimes in 1971 conflict". The Guardian. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ "Charges pressed against Ghulam Azam". New Age (Bangladesh). Dhaka. 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "Ghulam Azam was 'involved'". The Daily Star. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "Bangladesh: Abdul Kader Mullah gets life sentence for war crimes". BBC News. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ ভারতীয় চক্রান্ত বরদাস্ত করব না [We will never tolerate Indian conspiracy]. The Daily Sangram (in Bengali). 13 April 1971.
- ^ Fair, C. Christine (2010). Pakistan: Can the United States Secure an Insecure State?. Rand Corporation. pp. 21–22. ISBN 978-0-8330-4807-3.
- ^ "Then with AL, now with BNP". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 5 January 2014.
- ^ "Supporters of Awami League-Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami". Uppsala Conflict Data Project. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Jamaat loses registration". bdnews24.com. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "Bangladesh court declares Jamaat illegal". Al Jazeera. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Bangladesh high court restricts Islamist party Jamaat". BBC News. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ Farid Ahmed; Saeed Ahmed (1 August 2013). "Bangladesh high court declares rules against Islamist party". CNN. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "War crimes catch up with Jamaat". Dhaka Tribune. 26 February 2025.
- ^ "Bangladesh bans Jamaat-e-Islami party following violent protests that left more than 200 dead". The Washington Post. 1 August 2024. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Jamaat condemns ban on its activities, says govt wants to 'divert attention from student movement'". The Business Standard. 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Govt issues gazette lifting ban on Jamaat". The Daily Star. 28 August 2024. Archived from the original on 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Govt issues gazette withdrawing ban on Jamaat-Shibir". The Business Standard. 28 August 2024. Archived from the original on 28 August 2024.
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