New EFSAS Article: Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh and Pakistan
April 23, 2024
In South Asia, the division of British India into India and Pakistan ultimately also split Pakistan into two. As the colonial State was split along religious lines, the Muslim-majority State of East Bengal became part of Pakistan, creating a split between East Pakistan (today’s Bangladesh) and West Pakistan (Pakistan proper), with the two wings of the State being physically disconnected. In 1971, the independence of Bangladesh led to the organization being split into its two current wings, the Bangladesh JI (BJI) and the Pakistani JI (PJI).
