Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and the failure of democracy
5Pillars, Dilly's Desk, Opinion5 Pillars UK, 5Pillarsuk, Abu Ala Maududi, Awami League, Bangladesh, BNP, General Sisi, Hasan al Banna, Islam, Jamaat e Islami, liberalism, Motijheel Massacre, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, political Islam, secualrism, Shahbag, shariah, Sheikh Hasina, Syed QutbDilly Hussain writes that he was not surprised when earlier this week, Bangladesh’s High Court issued a landmark order prohibiting the country’s largest Islamic political party, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) from participating in elections because its constitution was rendered “illegal.” I have always said that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and Bangladesh’s JI have more in common besides […]
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