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The Bengali state followed the Persian model of statecraft. Muslims from other parts of the world were imported for military, bureaucratic and household services. These immigrants included Turks from northern India who were originally recruited in Central Asia; as well as Abyssinians imported via East Africa into the Bengali port of Chittagong.
In 2012, the government blocked YouTube over videos critical of Islam. [ 19 ] In 2013, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission asked ISPs to reduce the upload bandwidth due to piracy concerns but it was speculated that it was done to prevent uploading videos critical of the government.
Bengali was the primary vernacular language of the Sultanate. [134] Bengali borrowed a considerable amount of vocabulary from Arabic and Persian. Under the Mughal Empire, considerable autonomy was enjoyed in the Bengali literary sphere. [135] [136] The Bengali Language Movement of 1952 was a key part of East Pakistan's nationalist movement.
Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir, [a] popularly known as Chhatrashibir is an Islamic student organisation based in Bangladesh. [1] It was established on 6 February 1977. [2] The organisation functions as the de facto student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, with numerous former leaders advancing to hold prominent leadership roles within the party.
In modern times, Sufi pir have sometimes engaged in Bangladeshi politics. Khwaja Enayetpuri was an "active supporter" of the Muslim League, [16] although he never associated his tariqa with politics. [14] The pir Hafizi Huzur unsuccessfully contested the Bangladeshi presidential election in 1986. [17]
Nahid Islam (Bengali: নাহিদ ইসলাম; born 1998) is a Bangladeshi student activist who serves as an adviser to the Interim government of Bangladesh. [2] [3] He is a key coordinator of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement, which led the Student–People's uprising, culminating in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation. [4]
Due to increasing overcrowding, the Ijtema was further divided into four segments from 2015. The first phase is for devotees from 16 designated Bangladeshi districts. The second phase allows devotees from another 16 designated Bangladeshi districts. Devotees from the remaining 32 districts of the country were to join the following year.
On 18 October 2022, Islam Channel Bangla was launched on Sky 784. In 2021, Islam Channel launched new apps to offer enhanced VOD and live-streaming services. [9] [10]