
When Law Is Branded as Treason On January 3, a scene unfolded in Kurigram-3 that should alarm every defender of democracy and the rule of law. Jamaat-e-Islami cadres surrounded the office of the Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officer Annapurna Debnath with the sole intention of intimidating a constitutional authority into submission. Their slogans were not …

Hindu Voice Team: A speech by Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher, deputy amir of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami, at a reception in New York late September has set off waves of concern across South Asia after he was reported to say that “at least 50 lakh (5 million) young Bangladeshi muslims” could be mobilised — language observers say …