Archive · 21 Nov 2025
Bangladesh Embraces Pakistan's Anti-Ahmadiyya Stance
Bangladesh is becoming more like Pakistan, with conferences and influential clerics calling for the ban of Ahmadiyya Muslims.
This could lead to more rules that hurt women and minorities as Bangladesh moves towards a Sharia-based government.
Bangladesh hosts international conference on Khatm-e-Nabuwat, targeting Ahmadiyya Muslims
Conference demands government ban on Ahmadiyya community
Prominent Islamist clerics from Pakistan, Turkey, Nepal, and UK attend the conference
Bangladesh's Islamist elements making aggressive comeback after government crackdown
Bangladesh's journey towards Sharia-governed state may bring regressive regulations for women and minorities
- Who
- Bangladesh government, Islamist clerics, Ahmadiyya Muslims
- What
- Hosted international conferences targeting Ahmadiyya Muslims
- When
- January 3, 2025 and November 15, 2025
- Where
- Bait-ul-Mukarram Mosque and Diploma Engineer’s Institution Auditorium, Dhaka
- Why
- To persecute Ahmadiyya Muslims and advance Islamisation
Islamist Clerics
Ahmadiyya Muslims
Finality of Prophethood
Islamist Clerics
Believe Prophet Mohammad is the last prophet
Ahmadiyya Muslims
Reject this belief, considering their founder as a prophet
- Conference Name
- International Fida-e-Millat Conference 2025
- Chief Guest
- Maulana Saiyed Mahmud As’ad Madani, President of Jamiat-e Ulama-e Hind, India
- Demand
- Banishment of Ahmadiyya Muslims
- Previous Crackdown
- Sheikh Hasina government's crackdown on Islamist elements after 2005
- Bangladesh's Islamist Groups
- Jamaat-e-Islami, Ansarullah Bangla, Jamaat-ul-Mujahiddin Bangladesh, HuJI Bangladesh, local Islamic State units, and lone-wolf extremists