Fellows in the Press: Shafi Md Mostafa on Islamist Parties in Bangladesh on Deutsche Welle

Our Fellow Shafi Md Mostofa commented to DW (Deutsche Welle) on the role of Islamist parties in Bangladeshi politics.

The article looks at the growing influence of Islamist parties in Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country, in its new political era, after the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government. The now-fallen government banned the country’s largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, citing involvement in terrorist activities. The new interim government has reversed the ban, saying it wants to set a level playing field for all parties in the country.

Shafi Md Mostofa is reported in the article as saying that Islamist parties supported the student-led movement that led to the ouster of Hasina and the Awami League, and that has earned them a role in the reform-making process.

Read the article here.