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Bangladeshi citizens protest government in July 2024. Screenshot from ABC News Australia report.

Will A Rightwing Victory Transform Bangladesh? Jamaat's Rise Raises Uncomfortable Questions

  • Feb 11, 2026

If Jamaat comes to power it will likely begin with populist moves such as anti-corruption drives, predicts Ahmedur Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi writer and editor who has been living in Norway since surviving a 2015 attack. He says he fears  mobilisation of religious groups to push for declaring Bangladesh an Islamic republic and enforce Sharia law…

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