Haque, 52, said the group will push to implement sharia, or Islamic law, and believes the group's network of tens of thousands of seminaries -- claiming to have some 500,000 members -- means they will ...

As Bangladesh heads toward a crucial general election on Feb. 12, the country’s largest Islamist party, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has offered an unusual assurance to religious minorities, pledging ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon on Thursday said Bangladeshi nationalism allows a pluralistic and diverse politics, seeking an explanation from Jamaat-e-Islami to clear its ...

Jamaat-e-Islami MP Mujibur Rahman today called for “burying man-made laws and establishing Qur’anic law” in Bangladesh. The Rajshahi-1 MP said LGRD Minister and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul ...

Sharia is an Islamic religious law that governs religious rituals and aspects of day-to-day life, including finance and ...

Mamunul Haque, an Islamic scholar and joint secretary of an influential coalition of Islamic schools, says Islamists are seeking sharia in Bangladesh - Copyright AFP ...

Bangladesh's Islamists are readying to make political gains after being crushed for years by the government that was overthrown in a mass uprising last year, rallying hardline loyalists for eagerly ...