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I have family around Jackson Heights and one is reposting stuff from Jamaat-e-Islami (the main Islamist party) on FB. It’s very odd. I saw lots of younger Bang
by rayiner 10mo ago
I have family around Jackson Heights and one is reposting stuff from Jamaat-e-Islami (the main Islamist party) on FB.
It’s very odd. I saw lots of younger Bangladeshis supporting the overthrow of the Awami League government (the most secular of the parties). I wasn’t sure if it was people who just didn’t realize it would leave a vacuum for Islamists, or or people who wanted that. It seems there’s some of both.
- selimthegrim 10mo agoMy boss was a BNP supporter (at one point I deduced) and regularly used to tell me that Chhatra league was as bad or worse than Shibir.
- rayiner 10mo agoGrowing up with my militantly secular dad, I've always been shocked to even meet BNP supporters in the wild.
- selimthegrim 10mo agoHe always told me he didn't support any one party outright but he also told me Pakistan was a great country so I could put two and two together. He also called Prothom Alo communists.