Re: Bangladesh declares Jamaat-i-Islami illegal
Err NO.. If they had ‘good support’ they would obviously have done better in elections..
‘Its popularity has decreased and in 2008, it won only five of 300 seats in Parliament. In 2010 the government, led by the Awami League, began prosecution of war crimes committed during the 1971 war under the International Crimes Tribunal; by 2012, two leaders of the BNP and eight of Jamaat had been charged with war crimes. By March 2013, three Jamaat leaders had been convicted of crimes. In response, the Jamaat has held major strikes and violent protests across the country, which have led to more than 60 deaths (mostly by security forces)[SUP][12]](Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami - Wikipedia)[/SUP] and a mass destruction of public and national properties.’
Source: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami - Wikipedia
They have support in rural areas but in towns and cities they tend to be seen as the lunatic fringe.. In Dhaka especially people think of them as extreme..
I visit Bangladesh every year and there’s been a massive change in attitudes towards religion and traditional culture since I was small.. It’s not even considered strange to not cover your head during the azan in Dhaka anymore.. I would say only about 50% of the women I saw bothered with it.. Religion is seen as much more of a personal thing nowadays..