Defenddemocracy speculating that Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
is a "proxy" established by the legal Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh party to "push the center of gravity of the political debate toward radical Islamism" and make Jamaat-e-Islami appear more centrist.
[4] According to SATP, "
many members of the JMB and JMJB have invariably been found to be cadres of the Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, a partner in the ruling coalition" with the
Bangladesh National Party "under Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia" that came to power in 2001.
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