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We have not seen any commitment of Jamaat to environmental protection in their election manifesto.
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I think they were just appealing to the public to be 'normal' Bangladeshis. The environmental agenda has been hijacked by people on the left, so maybe they wanted to co-opt it somewhat.
In any case, although women do not like Jamaat - Jamaat is slowly making positive inroads.
I think Jamaat fulfilled their objective in this mission (just concluded election) - which was to become a credible 'normal' political opposition, soft-pedaling things like the environmental agenda and other popular agendas in Bangladesh. They also maintained active dialogs with representatives of the EU, the US, China and even India (as we saw a week or so ago).
Compared to the hate coming from Godi Media in India, they never returned it in kind, staying above reproach by avoiding controversy. Their leader (Ameer) Sheikh Shafiqur Rahman made pragmatist comments such as - he wants good relations with India which is a large neighbor.
This is for sure a better position than what they were during India-lackey Sheikh Hasina's time, which was a banned entity (I'd say an illegal decision). They are trying to put it all behind them as a party with some credibility and respect with common Bangladeshis.
This is the new 'reformed' Jamaat - which bodes well for societal acceptance of religious-minded people in Bangladesh and their lifestyle, which will see greater inroads to be mainstream, just like in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Compared to religious repression as seen from the administration (or agents thereof) to minorities in India, Jamaat people are 'officially' saints. It is well-known and well-proven that they did protect minorities (Hindus and their property) after the July revolution.
There are rogue idiots in every political party - but Jamaat (unlike Hindutvas in India) never officially mobilized goondas unleashing oppression on minorities. Far from it.
As their Ameer claimed in a recent interview with Al-Jazeera, if one can find one credible claim of aggression against Hindus by Jamaat, they will gladly take responsibility and take necessary punitive action against party stalwarts.
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Will extend full support to all reasonable govt steps: Jamaat Ameer
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday said his party will extend full support to all reasonable initiatives taken by the government by playing a constructive and responsible role in Parliament. The Jamaat Ameer made the remarks while addressing an iftar mahfil at the Bang
Will extend full support to all reasonable govt steps: Jamaat Ameer
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Feb 28, 2026 21:12
Updated :
Feb 28, 2026 21:12
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday said his party will extend full support to all reasonable initiatives taken by the government by playing a constructive and responsible role in Parliament.
The Jamaat Ameer made the remarks while addressing an iftar mahfil at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the capital.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman also spoke at the iftar programme, which was hosted by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami for different political leaders and noted personalities.
Tarique Rahman and Shafiqur Rahman were seen sitting at the same table during iftar alongside other BNP and Jamaat leaders.
Shafiqur Rahman said Jamaat-e-Islami does not wish to function as a traditional opposition party in Parliament but is keen to play a meaningful and constructive role there.
“We do not want to act as a conventional opposition in Parliament. We want this House to become meaningful and a centre of hope for the people. Just as the ruling party should play a responsible role, we also want to play a responsible and constructive role from the opposition benches,” he said.
Referring to past parliamentary practices, he alleged that the nation witnessed a ‘dummy opposition’ in Parliament, formed through elections held between candidates and ‘dummy candidates’.
“As elections were staged between candidates and dummy candidates in the past, both the government and the opposition were also symbolic. Such an opposition cannot bring positive outcomes for any country,” he mentioned.
He said Jamaat would first draw the government’s attention to any irrational decision or step and offer recommendations. “If the government accepts our suggestions, we will be grateful, and the nation will benefit. But if our suggestions are not accepted, we will perform the role expected of an opposition party.”
Expressing hope for the role of Parliament, the Jamaat chief said the government should turn it into a vehicle for moving the country forward. “A vehicle cannot run on one wheel alone. If the ruling party is the front wheel, the opposition will be the rear wheel. Without either of them, the vehicle cannot move,” he said.
Shafiqur Rahman also expressed optimism that ruling party and opposition lawmakers would work collectively to remove what he described as ‘black laws’ still existing in the Constitution and enact necessary laws to establish Bangladesh as a developed and dignified nation.
He hoped that constructive political practices could free the nation from what he termed the long-standing culture of disappointing politics. “If we can do it, then I hope this nation will be freed from the clutches of the disappointing politics of the past that have held it back until now.”
Recalling former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s stance following the death sentence of Jamaat leader Maulana Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, he said Jamaat would remember her role in protesting the killings of demonstrators at that time.
“We remain grateful to the then opposition leader,” the Jamaat chief said, noting that Khaleda Zia returned from Singapore, cutting short her overseas visit, to protest the injustice and killings.
She termed the killings as genocide and declared a countrywide strike at that time, Shafiqur Rahman said, adding, “We’ll remember her role in this regard forever.”
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Published :
Feb 28, 2026 21:12
Updated :
Feb 28, 2026 21:12
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday said his party will extend full support to all reasonable initiatives taken by the government by playing a constructive and responsible role in Parliament.
The Jamaat Ameer made the remarks while addressing an iftar mahfil at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the capital.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman also spoke at the iftar programme, which was hosted by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami for different political leaders and noted personalities.
Tarique Rahman and Shafiqur Rahman were seen sitting at the same table during iftar alongside other BNP and Jamaat leaders.
Shafiqur Rahman said Jamaat-e-Islami does not wish to function as a traditional opposition party in Parliament but is keen to play a meaningful and constructive role there.
“We do not want to act as a conventional opposition in Parliament. We want this House to become meaningful and a centre of hope for the people. Just as the ruling party should play a responsible role, we also want to play a responsible and constructive role from the opposition benches,” he said.
Referring to past parliamentary practices, he alleged that the nation witnessed a ‘dummy opposition’ in Parliament, formed through elections held between candidates and ‘dummy candidates’.
“As elections were staged between candidates and dummy candidates in the past, both the government and the opposition were also symbolic. Such an opposition cannot bring positive outcomes for any country,” he mentioned.
He said Jamaat would first draw the government’s attention to any irrational decision or step and offer recommendations. “If the government accepts our suggestions, we will be grateful, and the nation will benefit. But if our suggestions are not accepted, we will perform the role expected of an opposition party.”
Expressing hope for the role of Parliament, the Jamaat chief said the government should turn it into a vehicle for moving the country forward. “A vehicle cannot run on one wheel alone. If the ruling party is the front wheel, the opposition will be the rear wheel. Without either of them, the vehicle cannot move,” he said.
Shafiqur Rahman also expressed optimism that ruling party and opposition lawmakers would work collectively to remove what he described as ‘black laws’ still existing in the Constitution and enact necessary laws to establish Bangladesh as a developed and dignified nation.
He hoped that constructive political practices could free the nation from what he termed the long-standing culture of disappointing politics. “If we can do it, then I hope this nation will be freed from the clutches of the disappointing politics of the past that have held it back until now.”
Recalling former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s stance following the death sentence of Jamaat leader Maulana Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, he said Jamaat would remember her role in protesting the killings of demonstrators at that time.
“We remain grateful to the then opposition leader,” the Jamaat chief said, noting that Khaleda Zia returned from Singapore, cutting short her overseas visit, to protest the injustice and killings.
She termed the killings as genocide and declared a countrywide strike at that time, Shafiqur Rahman said, adding, “We’ll remember her role in this regard forever.”
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Jamaat calls executed 1971 war convicts ‘martyrs’
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami amir Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday described executed party leaders who were tried and convicted for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Independence as ‘honoured martyr’.
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Jamaat calls executed 1971 war convicts ‘martyrs’
Staff Correspondent 01 March, 2026, 00:38
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami amir Shafiqur Rahman. | Focus Bangla photo
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami amir Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday described executed party leaders who were tried and convicted for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Independence as ‘honoured martyr’.
Speaking at an iftar mahfil organised by the Jamaat at the China-Bangladesh Friendship Centre in the capital, the party amir referred to several former party leaders convicted of crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, including Motiur Rahman Nizami, who were executed following their conviction by the International Crimes Tribunal.
He also recalled former party amir Ghulam Azam, secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, assistant secretary general Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Abdul Quader Molla, and Mir Quasem Ali, remarking that they had been ‘taken away from this world’ one by one.
Shafiqur said the number stood at 11 and prayed that Allah would accept them all as dignified martyrs.
The Jamaat amir also termed the day of the death sentence against party leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi a ‘black day’ for the nation.
He alleged that the court which handed down the death sentence had acted unjustly.
Earlier at the event, prime minister Tarique Rahman, addressing the gathering as chief guest, said that the citizens of Bangladesh were looking to political parties with great hope and aspirations.
The prime minister called on all political leaders present to take a collective oath in the name of Allah, urging them to pledge that their future political activities and efforts would be devoted exclusively to changing the fate of the people of Bangladesh.
He further said that the path forward for Bangladesh’s political parties must be guided by a renewed commitment to the welfare of its citizens and to safeguarding the democracy that so many had fought to reclaim.
‘We have gathered here at a crucial moment for our country. A national election was held only recently, and with that process a new journey of democracy has begun,’ Tarique said.
He commented that the people of Bangladesh had made immense sacrifices for more than a decade in pursuit of democracy, facing repression, enforced disappearances, and killings.
Leaders from several parties, including the National Citizen Party, Khelafat Majlis, Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis, and Nizam-e-Islam Party, attended the iftar event.
Jamaat amir Shafiqur, also the opposition leader in the Jatiya Sangsad, said that his party aimed not to act as a conventional opposition in parliament, but to help make the house a meaningful forum that would truly reflect the people’s aspirations and expectations.
He said that while the ruling party had a responsibility to play a constructive role, the Jamaat too would seek to act responsibly from the opposition benches.
Shafiqur said that his party would support reasonable government measures but, if it would disagree with any decision, it would advise the government first and, if ignored, act as a responsible opposition defending national interests.
The Jamaat chief said that they did not want a single second of the parliamentary time to be wasted or the house to become a platform for character assassination.
He also said that the existing ‘black laws’ in the constitution should be removed collectively, adding that both the government and the opposition should work together to enact necessary legislation to present Bangladesh as a healthy, developed, and dignified nation before the world.
Staff Correspondent 01 March, 2026, 00:38
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami amir Shafiqur Rahman. | Focus Bangla photo
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami amir Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday described executed party leaders who were tried and convicted for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Independence as ‘honoured martyr’.
Speaking at an iftar mahfil organised by the Jamaat at the China-Bangladesh Friendship Centre in the capital, the party amir referred to several former party leaders convicted of crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, including Motiur Rahman Nizami, who were executed following their conviction by the International Crimes Tribunal.
He also recalled former party amir Ghulam Azam, secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, assistant secretary general Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Abdul Quader Molla, and Mir Quasem Ali, remarking that they had been ‘taken away from this world’ one by one.
Shafiqur said the number stood at 11 and prayed that Allah would accept them all as dignified martyrs.
The Jamaat amir also termed the day of the death sentence against party leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi a ‘black day’ for the nation.
He alleged that the court which handed down the death sentence had acted unjustly.
Earlier at the event, prime minister Tarique Rahman, addressing the gathering as chief guest, said that the citizens of Bangladesh were looking to political parties with great hope and aspirations.
The prime minister called on all political leaders present to take a collective oath in the name of Allah, urging them to pledge that their future political activities and efforts would be devoted exclusively to changing the fate of the people of Bangladesh.
He further said that the path forward for Bangladesh’s political parties must be guided by a renewed commitment to the welfare of its citizens and to safeguarding the democracy that so many had fought to reclaim.
‘We have gathered here at a crucial moment for our country. A national election was held only recently, and with that process a new journey of democracy has begun,’ Tarique said.
He commented that the people of Bangladesh had made immense sacrifices for more than a decade in pursuit of democracy, facing repression, enforced disappearances, and killings.
Leaders from several parties, including the National Citizen Party, Khelafat Majlis, Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis, and Nizam-e-Islam Party, attended the iftar event.
Jamaat amir Shafiqur, also the opposition leader in the Jatiya Sangsad, said that his party aimed not to act as a conventional opposition in parliament, but to help make the house a meaningful forum that would truly reflect the people’s aspirations and expectations.
He said that while the ruling party had a responsibility to play a constructive role, the Jamaat too would seek to act responsibly from the opposition benches.
Shafiqur said that his party would support reasonable government measures but, if it would disagree with any decision, it would advise the government first and, if ignored, act as a responsible opposition defending national interests.
The Jamaat chief said that they did not want a single second of the parliamentary time to be wasted or the house to become a platform for character assassination.
He also said that the existing ‘black laws’ in the constitution should be removed collectively, adding that both the government and the opposition should work together to enact necessary legislation to present Bangladesh as a healthy, developed, and dignified nation before the world.
