Back الجماعة الإسلامية البنغالية Arabic বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী Bengali/Bangla Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami German Jamaat-e-Islami (Bangladés) Spanish جماعت اسلامی بنگلادش Persian Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami French बांग्लादेश जमात-ए-इस्लामी Hindi Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh ID Associazione islamica bangladese Italian イスラム協会 (バングラデシュ) Japanese
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী | |
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| Ameer | Shafiqur Rahman[1] |
| Secretary General | Mia Golam Parwar[2][3][4] |
| Spokesperson | Mohammed Motiur Rahman Akanda |
| Founder | Abul A'la Maududi[5] |
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| Split from | Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan[7] |
| Headquarters | 505, Elephant Road, Mogbazar, Dhaka |
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| Student wing | |
| Trade union | Bangladesh Sramik Kalyan Federation (de facto)[8] |
| Ideology | Islamism[9] Social conservatism[10][11] |
| Political position | Right-wing[12] |
| International affiliation | |
| Colors | Light green |
| MPs in the Jatiya Sangsad | Parliament dissolved |
| Mayors in the City corporations[a] | 0 / 1
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| Councillors in the City corporations | Post dissolved |
| Chairman’s in the District councils | Post dissolved |
| Chairmen’s in the Subdistrict councils | Post dissolved |
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Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami[b] is the largest Islamist political party in Bangladesh.[c]
The origin of the party can be traced back to the original party founded by Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi in 1941. The predecessor of Jamaat which is known as Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, allegedly opposed the independence of Bangladesh and the dismemberment of Pakistan.[d]
Following the independence of Bangladesh, the party was banned along with all other religion-based parties in 1972 by the regime. The ban was lifted in 1976, and its leaders were allowed to participate in political activities after 1979, and the current Bangladeshi faction of Jamaat-e-Islami was formed.[13][6] It actively participated in the pro-democratic mass uprising against the government of Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1990. Following the 2001 Bangladeshi general election, the party formed a coalition government with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and two of its leaders received ministerial positions in the government.
From 2010, the Awami League government began to prosecute Jamaat leaders for the war crimes committed during the 1971 war under the International Crimes Tribunal. By 2012, eight leaders from Jamaat were charged and three were convicted of war crimes.[24] In August 2013, the Bangladesh Supreme Court cancelled the registration of the party.[e] In early-August 2024, with the surge of July Revolution, the party was again banned by the Awami League government.[29][30] However, after the fall of the government, the decision was reversed by the newly-established interim government in late-August of that year,[31][32] and in June 2025, the ban on the party was officially lifted and its registration was reinstated by the Appeliate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.[33][34]
- ^ "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. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Hindu rally of Jamaat-e-Islami held in Khulna". The Daily Star. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Singapore envoy meets Jamaat-e-Islami leaders". Dhaka Tribune. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Selim Zahid (25 September 2024). "Jamaat manoeuvring for 'electoral alliance' with other Islamists". Prothom Alo.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e 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 "As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening". The New York Times. 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Islamist Parties Gaining Ground in Bangladesh Amid Post-Hasina Political Vacuum". The Diplomat. 16 September 2024.
- ^ "Interim govt revokes ban on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami". The Tribune. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 9 November 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 22 June 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 ... [R]einstating 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. 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bangladesh top court lifts ban on country's largest Muslim party". Al Jazeera. 1 June 2025. Archived from the original on 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ জামায়াতের নিবন্ধন ফিরিয়ে দিতে আপিল বিভাগের নির্দেশ. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
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