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With the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971, which adopted the four-pronged state policy of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, replacing the ‘Islamic ideology’ as practised in neighbouring Pakistan, many scholars believed that secular Bengali nationalism was firmly entrenched in the country. The rise of Islam as a political force in the country was not considered even as a remote possibility by the founders of the new nation. But not long after the emergence of the nation, Islam emerged as a political force which soon challenged the incompetent and corruption-ridden government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the ‘father of the nation’.
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Hashmi, T.uI. (1994). Islam in Bangladesh Politics. In: Mutalib, H., Hashmi, T.uI. (eds) Islam, Muslims and the Modern State. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14208-8_5
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