[🇧🇩] Political Activities of Jamaat-E-Islami

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Jamaat-e-Islami to hold mass rally in Dhaka on Saturday, eyes 1.0 million attendance

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is set to hold a mass rally at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on Saturday (July 19) at 2:00 PM, aiming to gather over one million participants. The party has completed extensive preparations and launched wide-scale campaigns nationwide to ensure the success of the

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Jamaat-e-Islami to hold mass rally in Dhaka on Saturday, eyes 1.0 million attendance

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Jul 18, 2025 19:10
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Jul 18, 2025 19:52

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is set to hold a mass rally at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on Saturday (July 19) at 2:00 PM, aiming to gather over one million participants. The party has completed extensive preparations and launched wide-scale campaigns nationwide to ensure the success of the event.

In Dhaka and surrounding districts, banners, posters, leaflets, and mobile announcements have been widely used for publicity. Field visits confirmed intense campaign activity in areas like Shahbagh, Mirpur, Badda, and Mohakhali.

Jamaat will present seven key demands at the rally, including: justice for past massacres, national reforms, implementation of the July Declaration, rehabilitation of July uprising victims, proportional representation in elections, voting rights for expatriates, and a level playing field for all political parties.

The party has invited several other anti-government political groups, including Islami Andolan Bangladesh and the Nationalist Citizens' Party (NCP), but did not confirm whether BNP leaders were formally invited.

To transport supporters, over 10,000 buses, special trains, and boats have been reserved. Around 6,000 volunteers will manage the event with designated uniforms and duties. Medical booths, parking zones, live broadcasts, and drone surveillance have also been arranged to ensure safety and coordination.​

 

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4 special trains to run as Jamaat holds rally today

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital Dhaka today to press the party’s seven-point demand.

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4 special trains to run as Jamaat holds rally today
Staff Correspondent 18 July, 2025, 06:50

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital Dhaka today to press the party’s seven-point demand.

Bangladesh Railway will operate four special trains to transport leaders and supporters of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami to Dhaka for today’s rally.

The rally titled ‘Jatiya Samabesh’ will start at 2:00pm, the party’s secretary general, Mia Golam Parwar, said at a press conference in the National Press Club in the capital on July 17.

He said that amir of the party Shafiqur Rahman would chair the rally and leaders of different political parties would speak at the programme. The rally will be followed by a cultural programme, he added.

All the preparations for holding the rally have already been completed and party leaders and activists from across the country will join it, Parwar said.

The party’s demands include ensuring a level playing field for all political parties, holding local government polls before next general elections, holding next general elections in the proportional representation system, holding trials of the fascists responsible for mass killings during the students-people uprising in July-August past year and holding visible reforms of the ruling system.

According to railway officials, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has rented the special trains through official procedures, and ticket fares will be collected from all passengers.

The operations of the special trains were scheduled to start Friday night and will end tomorrow morning on the Dhaka–Chattogram, Dhaka–Mymensingh, Dhaka–Rajshahi, and Dhaka–Sirajganj routes.

‘If the special trains come out to be commercially viable, we will always run such trains,’ Farid Ahmed, general manager of Bangladesh Railway’s west zone, told New Age on July 17 night.New age products

He mentioned that Jamaat had applied for the trains earlier and they would run two trains on Dhaka-Rajshahi and Dhaka-Srajganj routes, which have weekly day off on Saturday.

Ticket fares for the seats in the special trains would be higher than the usual ones as the trains would run non-stop and exclusively carry Jamaat supporters, Farid added.

The railways ministry on Friday issued a press release, saying that in social media some people were criticising the Bangladesh Railway’s step to give special trains to a political party.

The ministry said that they had previously given special trains for different political parties’ programmes and they were giving special trains only for transporting Jamaat supporters to prevent the other passengers from riding the trains without tickets and Jamaat paid Tk 32 lakh in advance for the trains.

According to the railway, on the Rajshahi-Dhaka-Rajshahi route, the Madhumati Express is scheduled to start from Rajshahi at 1:00am today and will reach the capital at 6:00am the same day.

The train is scheduled to leave Dhaka at 8:15pm today and will reach Rajshahi at 1:15am tomorrow.

On the Sirajganj-Dhaka-Sirajganj route, the Sirajganj Express is scheduled to start from Sirajganj Bazar at 6:00am today and will reach the capital at 9:30am the same day.

The train is scheduled to leave Dhaka at 11:55pm today and will reach Sirajganj at 3:30am tomorrow.

The special train on the Chattogram-Dhaka-Chattogram route was scheduled to start from Chattogram at 11:40pm on Friday and it will reach the capital at 6:00am today.

The same train will leave Dhaka at 11:30pm today and will reach the port city at 5:30am tomorrow.

The Mymensingh special train is scheduled to start from Mymensingh at 6:00am today and will reach Dhaka at 10am same day. It will leave the capital at 7:00pm and reach Mymensingh at 11:00pm today.

Dhaka divisional railway manager Mohiuddin Arif said that the special trains on the Dhaka–Chattogram and Dhaka–Mymensingh routes would be operated with old compartments taken from workshops.

No coaches would be taken from any running trains, he added.

Earlier in 2023, the railway had arranged seven special trains for leaders and activists of Awami League, which was outed from power on August 5, 2024, in a mass uprising, to join a rally in Rajshahi on January 29 and eight trains on the Mymensingh route to join another rally on March 11.

Railway officials at that time had said that the AL leaders and activists would pay all the ticket fares.​

 

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Time up for the old ways of doing things in Bangladesh: Jamaat-e-Islami Chief

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday delivered a firm rebuke to those who would like to see a restoration of the country’s “rotten old system,” saying, “First bring back the lives of those who sacrificed themselves in the July struggle—if you

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Time up for the old ways of doing things in Bangladesh: Jamaat-e-Islami Chief

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Jul 19, 2025 23:14
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Jul 19, 2025 23:14

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday delivered a firm rebuke to those who would like to see a restoration of the country’s “rotten old system,” saying, “First bring back the lives of those who sacrificed themselves in the July struggle—if you have the power. But you won’t be able to.”

He made the remarks while addressing a large national rally at Dhaka’s historic Suhrawardy Udyan, the party’s first-ever public gathering at the venue.

“The martyrs of July gave their lives for the freedom of the nation. If everything from the past is to be restored, then what did they die for?” Dr Rahman asked.

“We are indebted to those who were tortured, disabled, or martyred in the fight against tyranny. May Allah grant us the strength to repay that debt as long as Jamaat-e-Islami exists.”

The Jamaat chief mentioned several individuals who fell ill during the rally, including Khulna's upazila-level leader Maulana Abu Sayeed and Pabna’s elderly activist Mustafizur Rahman. “May Allah grant Paradise to those who passed away,” he said.

Dr Rahman fell ill himself while delivering his speech and had to pause briefly. Upon recovering, he resumed his remarks and declared, “As long as I live, I will fight for the people, InshaAllah. Our struggle will continue until the people of Bangladesh are truly free.”

He emphasized that the next major battle would be against corruption:

“Another war is coming—against corruption. With the strength of our youth, we will launch that fight, InshaAllah.”​

 

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Jamaat-e-Islami chief hospitalised

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman was admitted to a hospital in the capital on Saturday evening. According to the party press wing, Dr Shafiqur’s physical condition is stable, as his blood pressure and sugar levels are under control. The party urged all to pray for

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Jamaat-e-Islami chief hospitalised

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Jul 19, 2025 19:53
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Jul 19, 2025 19:53

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman was admitted to a hospital in the capital on Saturday evening.

According to the party press wing, Dr Shafiqur’s physical condition is stable, as his blood pressure and sugar levels are under control.

The party urged all to pray for his quick recovery.

Earlier in the day, Dr Shafiqur Rahman suddenly fell ill while delivering the presidential address at the party’s national rally held at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital. Despite feeling unwell twice during his speech, he chose to complete it while seated on the stage.

Dr Shafiqur collapsed around seven and a half minutes into his address at the rally, which was organised to press home the party’s seven-point demand.

He later resumed his speech from a sitting position even though a doctor present on the stage reportedly advised him against continuing his address. “As long as Allah grants me life, I will continue to fight for the people, InshaAllah. My struggle will persist until the liberation of the people of Bengal is achieved,” the Jamaat Ameer said.​

 

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Farhad Mazhar advises Jamaat to ‘change name’, revive its post-'75 IDL identity

Farhad Mazhar has urged Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami to “change” its name out of respect for the spirit of the Liberation War and revive its post-1975 identity as the Islamic Democratic League (IDL). Speaking at the Chattogram Press Club on Saturday, the columnist and thinker wished succ

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Farhad Mazhar advises Jamaat to ‘change name’, revive its post-'75 IDL identity

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Jul 19, 2025 23:16
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Jul 19, 2025 23:16

Farhad Mazhar has urged Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami to “change” its name out of respect for the spirit of the Liberation War and revive its post-1975 identity as the Islamic Democratic League (IDL).

Speaking at the Chattogram Press Club on Saturday, the columnist and thinker wished success for Jamaat’s national rally held the same day and advised the party to “reconsider” its political strategy.

“Dissolving the Islamic Democratic League to re-emerge in politics under the Jamaat-e-Islami banner shows a lack of political foresight,” he said.

Jamaat returned to politics under the IDL alliance following the 1975 regime change in Bangladesh.

After the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the then president ASM Sayem lifted the ban on religion-based politics by repealing Article 38 of the Constitution.

On Aug 24 that year, several religion-based parties, led primarily by Jamaat, formed the IDL.

Jamaat resumed activities under its current name after a national conference at Dhaka’s Eden Hotel compound in the last week of May 1979, where it adopted a new constitution.

The party formally started operating as “Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh” from May 27.

At Saturday’s discussion, Farhad recommended the party return to its earlier political identity through the IDL.

He also spoke on issues relating to Chattogram Port, the Constitution, and “fascism”.

“Chattogram is the economic heart of the country, housing vital military and commercial infrastructure. Any damage to the city spells deep trouble for the nation,” he said.

Farhad stressed the need to present Chattogram’s “political and spiritual strength” to the world.

He called for autonomy and de-politicisation of Chattogram Port. “To eliminate corruption from the port, customs must be separated from it. Customs officials hold back goods for days to facilitate bribery.

“We must ensure the port is not used to serve foreign interests.”

Farhad praised Chattogram’s communal harmony.

“Chattogram is a unique example of interfaith peace, he said. “In areas like Hathazari, mosques and temples stand side by side, with communities coexisting in harmony for generations. It is vital to preserve this heritage.”

He cautioned against stereotyping. “Let no one wearing a beard, cap or panjabi be labelled a militant again. Nor should anyone in saffron robes be called a foreign agent.”

Calling on journalists to play a role in fighting all forms of fascism, Farhad said: “Fascism comes in many forms -- the fascism of secularism, the fascism of fanaticism -- all must be confronted.

“At the same time, we must protect democracy from fascist encroachment and establish a people-oriented constitution.”

He stressed the difference between a Constitution and polity.

“A Constitution is a legal framework; polity is the core philosophy of governance. Dr Kamal Hossain’s elevation of the Constitution as the central state ideology has caused confusion for the nation.”​

 

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Jamaat Ameer Shafiqur hospitalised

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has been admitted to United Hospital in Dhaka after doctors detected blocks in his heart and recommended immediate bypass surgery, according to his personal assistant. The decision was made on Wednesday, after a coronary angiogram detected three significant bl

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Jamaat Ameer Shafiqur hospitalised
Angiogram finds three blocks in his heart

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Jul 31, 2025 01:02
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Jul 31, 2025 01:02

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has been admitted to United Hospital in Dhaka after doctors detected blocks in his heart and recommended immediate bypass surgery, according to his personal assistant.

The decision was made on Wednesday, after a coronary angiogram detected three significant blocks in his heart, Nazrul Islam, the Jamaat chief's personal aide said.

The tests were conducted after Shafiqur collapsed while delivering a speech at the party’s national rally at Suhrawardy Udyan, reports bdnews24.com.

“Doctors have advised bypass surgery instead of angioplasty,” said Nazrul, adding that the exact date of the procedure has yet to be confirmed.

The Jamaat chief has requested prayers for his speedy recovery.

On Jul 19, while addressing the party’s supporters at the national rally in Suhrawardy Udyan, Shafiqur suddenly collapsed on stage.

He briefly regained consciousness and resumed his speech but collapsed again shortly afterwards.

He continued addressing the gathering while sitting with his legs spread out on the stage, and doctors attending to him.

Following the event, he was taken to Ibn Sina Hospital in Dhanmondi. Initial tests revealed no serious issues, and he was discharged the next day.​

 

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Law, order still not fit for fair polls, says Jamaat

The Jamaat-e-Islami’s Nayeb-e-Ameer Abdullah Mohammad Taher has said the current law and order situation is still not conducive to a fair election. On Sunday, he underscored the party’s call for a “level playing field” before voters go to the polls. Speaking to reporters a

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Law, order still not fit for fair polls, says Jamaat

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Aug 10, 2025 23:05
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Aug 10, 2025 23:05

The Jamaat-e-Islami’s Nayeb-e-Ameer Abdullah Mohammad Taher has said the current law and order situation is still not conducive to a fair election.

On Sunday, he underscored the party’s call for a “level playing field” before voters go to the polls.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, Taher reiterated Jamaat’s demand for reforms and the appointment of skilled, neutral officials across the administration.

Taher, who raised objections to the proposed redrawing of his Cumilla-11 constituency, said Jamaat wants the boundaries left “unchanged”.

The Election Commission has published a draft for all 300 constituencies, with Sunday being the last day for objections.

He said Jamaat has no fundamental objection to holding the national election in the first half of February, as announced by Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus.

“We welcome the February date. We never dictated the schedule but suggested what would be best for the nation,” Taher said, adding the party prefers polls before Ramadan.

He noted that the past three elections had left people doubting whether voting would be fair.

“The government must take multiple steps so people trust this election will be correct and they can vote,” he said.

He called for implementing the National Consensus Commission’s recommendations with legal backing before the polls, in line with the government’s earlier pledges for reform, justice and elections.

Taher said the CEC had assured him of a good election and Jamaat would maintain its trust, but would watch how the “semi-final” phase before polling was handled.

“If conditions are made fit for a neutral, healthy election, we will have no objection,” he said.​

 

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Jamaat’s income nearly double BNP’s in 2024

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s income was almost double that of BNP and its expenditure nearly five times higher in 2024, according to the financial statements submitted to the Election Commission. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP have recently submitted their respective financial statements

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Jamaat’s income nearly double BNP’s in 2024

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Aug 12, 2025 23:50
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Aug 12, 2025 23:50

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s income was almost double that of BNP and its expenditure nearly five times higher in 2024, according to the financial statements submitted to the Election Commission.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP have recently submitted their respective financial statements of the 2024 calendar year, UNB reports.

According to the statements, Jamaat reported an income of Tk 28,97,00,299 (almost Tk 29 crore) and an expenditure of Tk 23,73,38,177 (Tk 23 crore 73 lakh) last year.

BNP, on the other hand, showed a total income of Tk 15,65,94,842 and an expenditure of Tk 4,80,04,823 in the same year.

BNP said its main sources of income were members’ monthly subscriptions, sales of books and publications, bank interest, and one-time donations.

Jamaat’s statement, submitted to the EC, shows that the party earned Tk 16,56,42,162 from subscriptions by workers and members, and Tk 37,87,149 from the executive committee, advisory council, or other subscription categories. It also received Tk 11,86,38,619 in donations from various people and organisations. Sales of the party’s newspapers, periodicals, and books brought in Tk 9,11,290, while income from other sectors contributed Tk 7,21,079.

The party also carried forward Tk 10,49,45,101 from the previous year.

On the expenditure side, Jamaat spent Tk 6,57,67,873 on salaries, allowances, and bonuses for its workers; Tk 2,687,495 on housing and administrative costs; Tk 2,46,018 on utilities, including electricity, water, and gas; Tk 8,44,526 on postal, telephone, internet, courier services and newspaper bills; and Tk 10,95,962 on hospitality.

It further reported spending Tk 2,70,06,563 on publicity and transport; Tk 1,27,01,776 on travel; Tk 19,38,705 on public rallies, meetings, and indoor gatherings; Tk 11,05,15,420 in donations to candidates; Tk 32,76,850 on special religious programmes; and Tk 1,12,56,989 under miscellaneous heads, bringing total expenditure to Tk 23,73,38,177.

The statement, signed by Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar, also mentioned that the party maintains no bank account.

According to the law, all registered political parties are required to submit the previous year’s financial reports to the EC by July 31 each year.​