Amy Mek
In a chilling and unapologetic display of Sharia ambition, members of the terror-linked Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami are now going door-to-door across Bangladesh, declaring their intent to impose the law of the Quran upon the nation. Their vision is unmistakable: women stripped of their freedom, placed “under the obligation of the burqa” and confined to their homes, while the foundational pluralism and secular fabric of the country is obliterated.
This escalation comes amid an unprecedented power vacuum following the violent removal of secular Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5. Since her ouster, the country has descended into chaos, with Islamic groups like Jamaat-e-Islami exploiting the breakdown of governance to advance their genocidal agenda. The government, now led by interim authorities, has proven either unwilling or unable to stop the carnage.
This is not a campaign of mere words—it is a campaign of terror. Jamaat leaders, emboldened and unapologetic, have vowed, “This country of Bangladesh will be the country of the Qur’an. The constitution of Bangladesh will be the Qur’an.” Hindus are being systematically attacked, their men brutalized and murdered, their women raped, and their homes destroyed. On November 5, chilling videos emerged from Chittagong of police and military forces hunting Hindus, while deliberately destroying surveillance cameras to hide their complicity. This systematic ethnic cleansing is nothing less than a slow-motion genocide, echoing the horrors of 1971 when millions were slaughtered.
The evidence is undeniable: Bangladesh’s Hindu population has plummeted from 30% to less than 8% today. This staggering decline is not natural—it is the result of terror campaigns, mob violence, forced conversions, rape, and systemic marginalization. The perpetrators? The same Jamaat-e-Islami that declared allegiance to Pakistan during Bangladesh’s fight for independence.
For decades, Jamaat-e-Islami has fanned the flames of hatred and terror. During the 1971 Liberation War, they acted as death squads, forming the infamous Al-Badr militia to identify and kill pro-independence Bangladeshis. Jamaat collaborated with Pakistan’s military regime in the massacre of up to three million people and the rape of hundreds of thousands of women. Their hands are drenched in blood. Today, Jamaat’s leaders openly declare their intent to finish what they started: erasing Bangladesh’s minorities and establishing a totalitarian Islamic theocracy where Sharia reigns supreme.
This is not fearmongering; this is their blueprint for Bangladesh, stated in their own words:
“From the Qur’an, we will initiate Qur’anic law… This country cannot be run by the will of any human.”
“We want you all to join us and to join Jamaat-e-Islami.”
Claiming, “We are all children of the same family,” Jamaat frames its call for submission as unity, while actively dividing the nation along religious lines and waging war against minorities.
Meanwhile, Christians have also become targets of Islamist violence. On September 5, reports surfaced of two Christian evangelists being beaten and detained by police. Church activities have been disrupted, and pastors, especially in rural areas, live in fear of attack. Minorities of every stripe are under siege.
The question is: Will the world continue to remain silent? As Hindus are hunted, as Christians are attacked, as women’s basic freedoms are stripped away, and as a nation stands on the brink of destruction, the international community’s silence is a betrayal. Powerful voices like journalist Sreemoy Talukdar have warned that the chaos in Bangladesh is being “hijacked by Islamist fundamentalists” to carry out a genocidal campaign against Hindus. Yet world leaders remain mute.
When Jamaat says, “No one can give us peace,” they mean that peace will only come through the eradication of those who resist their theocratic tyranny.
Bangladesh was built on the blood of those who resisted oppression, not those who enabled it. Jamaat-e-Islami’s ideological war is a continuation of their 1971 atrocities. The collapse of secular governance has emboldened Jamaat to begin indoctrinating communities and radicalizing vulnerable populations, furthering the hate that led to genocide decades ago. Jamaat explicitly states, “From the realm of men and under the obligation of the burqa,” illustrating their plan to erase women from public life altogether.
The fight for freedom—for women, for minorities, and for the very soul of Bangladesh—has never been more urgent.
The world must act now. Jamaat-e-Islami’s genocidal march toward a Sharia state must be stopped before Bangladesh’s Hindu population faces extinction and the country collapses under the weight of Islamist domination. The international community cannot claim ignorance; the atrocities are unfolding in plain sight. The choice is clear: act now, or let Bangladesh be consumed by the same forces that turned Afghanistan into a failed Islamic state.
Silence is complicity.
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