Jamaat-e-Islami & Muslim Brotherhood ideology

       JI and MB and ideology

What is the resemblance/connection between Muslim Brotherhood and Jamaat e Islami?What are the core teachings of Jama’at e Islami? Is there an in-built tendency of militancy in the Jamaat e Islami ideology?

The questions raised are interrelated and have overlapping answers. The issue is multifaceted and

Maulana Akram Khan: Ahl-i-Hadith

Maulana Akram Khan was born in Hakimpur of District of 24 Parganas of West Bengal, India in 1868. He he was a student of Kolkata Alia Madrasa. He entered journalism at a very young age before getting involved in political activism.
He served Ahl-i-Hadith and the Mohammadi Akhbar as an young journalist and served as the Editor of Muhammadi and Al-Islam between 1908 and 1921. Maulana was once arrested for taking part in Oshahojog and Swedeshi Andolon in the early twentys.
He was an active prominent member of Khilafat Andolon from 1918 to 1924. Maulana later joined Muslim League and became the president of the erstwhile East Pakistan Muslim League till his retirement from politics in 1960. In October 1936, Akram published the revolutionary newspaper Azad, the only Bengali daily of that time which contributed greatly to generate support for the Muslim League.
He was a scholar of great eminence. His literary works include: Mostafa Charit (i.e. Life scetch of the Holy Prophet of Islam(sa), Tafseer-a-Quran (Commentary of the Holy Quran) in Bangla and Muslim Banglar Samajik Itihash (meaning the Social History of Muslim Bengal).
Mohammad Akram Khan died on 18 August 1969. He was buried at the Ahl-i-Hadith Bongshal mosque at Lalbagh PS in Dhaka. In 1981, he was awarded the Independance Day Award.

Sura Gashiya: no force in Islam

How “Islamic” are these strikes?

Pakistani Columnist “admonishes” Bangladesh PM

Girish Chandra Sen: first Bangla translator of Qur’an Sharif

Maududi: “Pakistan, the birth of a beast”

Hefazat e Islam

June 1972: “Bangladesh has no right to exist”

Jamaat-e-Islami on Elections

1953 Punjab Disturbances

January 10th, 1972: Why are the ‘patriots’ missing?

Muslim clerics of BanMuslim clerics of Bangladesh pose and speak like great patriots nowadays. But what was their role in 1971 liberation war? Good pictures speak a thousand words silently. Watch these closely. Can you see them? I am sure there must have been few exceptions. But let’s face the fact boldly…gladesh pose and speak like great patriots nowadays. But what was their role in 1971 liberation war? Good pictures speak a thousand words silently. Watch these closely. Can you see them? I am sure there must have been few exceptions. But let’s face the fact boldly…

Islam & Religious Neutrality of the State

Jama’at e Islami and the Talibaan connection

Jamaat-e-Islami vs Islam

‘Our struggle is against those hypocrites’

During the 1970 election campaign Bangabandhu made his policy crystal clear. In a Radio speech he said ” It is alleged that we don’t believe in Islam. In response, I would like to make it very clear that we don’t believe in any ‘apparent or labelled Islam’. Rather we believe in an Islam which ensures absolute justice. We believe in the Islam of the Holy Prophet (sa), which has taught us the lessons of equity and justice. Those who have repeatedly patronised injustice, tyranny, atrocity and deprivation in Pakistan posing as the guardians of Islam, our struggle is against those hypocrites.”