Pope Francis will visit Bangladesh Nov. 30-Dec. 2. A Muslim-majority country with a troubled political history, Bangladesh now has its own homegrown militant groups besides those that are influenced ...

The imposition of secularism by the ruling elites catalyzed a conservative backlash that has continued to shape the religious and political landscape of the country since independence. The deadly ...

Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, a youth leader of Bangladesh’s 2024 student-led uprising that resulted in the overthrow of the former Awami League government led by Sheikh Hasina, was laid to rest on Saturday ...

The term “Islamist left” may seem paradoxical to some, given the traditionally conservative orientation of Islamist parties. Yet, in the aftermath of Bangladesh’s 2024 July Revolution, this seemingly ...

The mass uprising that led to the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year autocratic regime has ushered in a new political order in Bangladesh. As the once-dominant Awami League (AL) and its principal rival, ...

Recently, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Roquiah Sakhawat Hossein, popularly called Begum Rokeya, a university teacher of physics—one of the most advanced and vital subjects of modern ...

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (the official name of the community) is a contemporary messianic movement founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1839–1908), who was born in the small village of Qadian ...