A critical analysis of the unity movement in Bangladesh: Shaikh Azizur Rahman’s “unity in diversity"

• Main Authors: Huq, Fayzul, Arshad Islam, Islam
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: B Philosophy (General); BL Religion; BP1 Islam; BP134.S3 Quran and Science; BP165.5 Dogma (‘Aqa’id); BP170.82 Unity of Islam; BP171 Relation of Islam to other religions; BP173.6 Islam and the state; BP174 The Practice of Islam; BP188 Islamic religious life; DS Asia; L Education (General); LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/75752/1/Unity%20in%20diversity-Arshad%20Oct%202019.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/75752/; http:// www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/jrph
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Muslims in Bangladesh are polarised and disunited, including among Islamist groups, who are supposed to be the symbol of Muslim Unity. Shaikh Azizur Rahman Nesarabadi (1915-2008) was a pioneering figure who propelled the theory and practise of uniting the people of Bangladesh. According to him, itti...