Islam, Politics and Bangladesh: A Qualitative Content Analysis on the Democratic and Political Culture of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (BJI)
ADAM AKADEMİ Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, cilt.10, sa.2, ss.291-317, 2020 (TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.31679/adamakademi.783781
- Dergi Adı: ADAM AKADEMİ Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Academic Search Premier, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.291-317
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This study attempts to explore the political culture and democratic participation ofBangladesh Jama’at-e-Islam (BJI) from a historical perspective. It first looks at how Islam came in Bangladesh and how Islam has evolved in the political sphere and its association with democracy in the country. The paper is keen to establish how BJI is using itspolitical objectives, mission, and vision to reach the ordinary people of Bangladesh. Inthe process of achieving this objective, the study also investigates the policies, motives,and experiences of this organization from the historical arena to the current situation.It also assesses the programmes, contemporary controversies, and policy challengesof this organization. In examining the engagement and ongoing political activities ofBJI, this study is providing an ethnographic analysis of Bangladesh Jama’at-e-Islam (BJI)with regard to its role in the democratic movement in the country. The paper particularly focuses on the national election and adopts a qualitative approach to understandthe purposes and the perceptions of this political party. Overall, descriptive and analytical methodology has been applied in this paper to narrate the situation related to BJI.This paper utilizes the qualitative content method as a strategy of analysis.