Will Bangladesh Turn Islamist?

Student Rally In Bangladesh, September 5, 2024. Photo credit: Rehman Asad via Reuters Connect.

This summer country-wide student protests led to an uprising that toppled the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed and her secular nationalist Awami League political party. Militant Islamist groups have taken advantage of the turmoil to target minority Hindus (and Christians) in Bangladesh. But apopleptic predictions are uncalled for. A better understanding of the […]