1st Edition

Institutions of Political Islam in Bangladesh Histories, Agendas, and Strategies

By Shafi Md Mostofa Copyright 2025
122 Pages
by Routledge India

122 Pages
by Routledge India

122 Pages
by Routledge India

This book examines the socio-political histories, religio-political agendas and politico-militant (and for some, non-violent) strategies of institutions of political Islam in Bangladesh. Focusing on Jammat-e-Islami, Hefazet-e-Islam, Jammatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB), Ansar al Islam, Neo-Jammatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (Neo-JMB), Tablighi Jamaat, and Islami Andolon Bangladesh, it shows how these... Read more

1. Understanding Institutions of Political Islam

 

2. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami: History, Agenda, and Strategies

 

3. Hefazat-e-Islam: History, Agenda and Strategies

 

4. Tablighi Jamaat: History, Agenda and Strategies

 

5. Islami Andolon Bangladesh: History, Agenda and Strategies

 

6. Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh: History, Agenda and Strategies

 

7. Ansar Al Islam: History, Agenda, and Strategies

 

8. Neo-JMB: History, Agenda and Strategies

 

9. Political Islam: An Endless Search for a Khalifa

Biography

Shafi Md Mostofa (PhD) is a theologian and security studies scholar with broad interests in political Islam, authoritarianism, modern South Asian history and politics, and international relations and the clash of civilizations. He is an Associate Professor of World Religions and Culture at Dhaka University’s Faculty of Arts and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of New England, Australia. He also served as a senior fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He is the author of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: A Pyramid Root Cause Model (Cham, Springer) and Dynamics of Violent Extremism in South Asia: Nexus between State Fragility and Extremism (Singapore, Palgrave Macmillan). He is also an editorial team member of the Journal of World Affairs, SAGE.