Awami League (AL) is known as a secular party but listen, its NOT! This party has more Ulemas than any other party in Bangladesh. Islam flourished in Bangladesh only during Awami League tenure and Islam was deeply harmed only during Jamaat-Shibir dominated BNP-Jamaat regime. Jamaat-E-Islami and its student wing Shibir are two well known terrorist organizations in South Asia and World's 3rd largest terrorist group after Taliban according to recent IHS Janes report.
I will show how Awami League is an Islamic party.
1. Bangladesh
Islamic Foundation, country's highest Islamic council was developed during Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's tenure. Bangladesh Islamic Foundation is the world's largest '
Dawah' foundation. Dawah means invitation to Islam.
2. Sheikh Mujib established Bangladesh
Madrassa Board.
3. Saudi Arabia didn't recognize Bangladesh for a long period of time. They blocked Bangladeshi
Haji to enter Saudi Arabia with Bangladeshi passport. Due to this problem many Bangladeshis couldn't perform Hajj. India then allowed Bangladeshis to use Indian passport to do Hajj in Makkah. In 1973, Sheikh Mujib pledged to Saudi Badshah Faisal to allow Bangladeshi Haji in Makkah. Due to Mujib's request Badshah Faisal took steps and permitted Bangladeshi Haji.
4. Awami League first started
state funding to send Haji in Makkah. Bangladesh sends many Haji in Makkah every year by state funding.
5. Awami League first introduced
Quran teelawat (Reading of Quran) on National Television. This party first started
Azan on television 5 times a day.
6. Sheikh Mujib in 1973 arranged meeting with Ulemas to celebrate
Prophet Muhammad's birthday on national level. Since then every year Eid-E-Miladun-nabi is celebrated in Bangladesh and its a national holyday. He declared national holyday on Shab-E-Kadr, Shab-E-Barat.
7. Alcohol is not permitted for Muslims for consumption. Bangladesh used to produce Alcohol. Awami League banned Alcohol production. Later military ruler Zia, BNP founder allowed alcohol production.
8. Sheikh Mujib banned
prostitution by making anti-Prostitution law. Later the law was removed. Now prostitution is legal. Well, Pakistan also allows prostitution. Saudi Arabia also allows Sex slavery. Quran permits to have sex with female slaves.
9. Awami League gave 100 acres of land in Tongi to arrange '
Ijtema' every year. Ijtema is second largest Muslim pilgrimage after Hajj. Many Arabs, Persians, Indians, Pakistanis participate in Itjema in Bangladesh every year. Now, its so big that its arraged in two session. Currently a huge rennovation work is going on in Tongi Ijtema.
10. Sheikh Hasina is now establishing a huge
Islamic University in Bangladesh. Most probably largest in South Asia where all Muslims in the world can study and research on Islamic history.
11. Sheikh Hasina's rival Khaleda Zia can't even say a single 'Sura' properly because she is totally useless without script / paper. Sheikh Hasina is more
Islamic minded woman than her rival Khaleda Zia who hates Bengali Zamdani saree and always wear silk sarees. Hasina never misses any Namaz. On the other hand Khaleda never was seen devoted to Islam. Well, its their personal life. We have no right to interfere in that.
12. Baitul Mukarram, country's largest Mosque and world's 10th largest Mosque was renovated during Awami League tenure. The project was taken during previous AL tenure in 2000 but later when Jamaat backed BNP govt. came in power they stopped renovation work. Later when AL govt. came in power again the project got first priority and it was completed fast.