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Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, attends a press conference following the 13th general election, in Dhaka. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Jamaat-e-Islami will serve as a ‘vigilant’ opposition and hold the government of Bangladesh to account, said the leader of the party in a statement to the media on Saturday (February 14, 2026). The…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is set to form the government in Dhaka after a landslide victory, but jubilation is also palpable at the Jamaat-e-Islami headquarters, as the party-led alliance has secured 77 seats. As the country prepares for its first elected government since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ouster in August 2024, the road ahead remains…
Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer (President) Jamaat-e-Islami, poses for a photograph after an interview with Reuters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A once-banned Bangladeshi Islamist party, poised for its strongest electoral showing in polls in February, is open to joining a unity government and has held talks with several parties, its…
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File photo New Delhi: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Friday said it is a “good thing” that Jamaat-e-Islami leaders are participating in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir elections but fired a salvo at the banned group. While welcoming their participation into active politics, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir said that they…
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Jamaat-e-Islami has denied allegations that it stoked violence during protests. (File) Dhaka: Bangladesh’s caretaker government revoked a ban on the country’s main Islamic party and its affiliated groups on Wednesday, saying it has not found evidence of their involvement in “terrorist activities”. Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government had banned the Jamaat-e-Islami party under an…
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Supporters of the Pakistani religious group “Jamaat-e-Islami” sit during a protest in the city of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Saturday, July 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s rightwing Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Saturday vowed to continue its protest in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi as the party’s sit-in entered the second day to press the…