Bangladesh academician slams Jamaat over 1971 wartime atrocities
Dhaka, May 24 (ANI): Bangladesh academician, Azad Chowdhury has called for the banning of the country's biggest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, blaming the organisation for misusing Islam and committing the wartime atrocities during the 1971 liberation war. Wrangling over a war that ended 42 years ago might puzzle outsiders, but it underlines the unresolved rift within this South Asian country between secular nationalism and a belief that Islam is the defining core of the state.
