[Dhaka Tribune] The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami... a Pakistani catspaw remaining active in Bangla politix, loosely affiliated with the Pak religious party of the same name and closely affiliated with most of the terror organizations in Bangla. A member of the BNP's four party governing coalition....
's leadership says it is content to bide its time, claiming that the party continues to run a robust operation in the shadows.
The country's oldest Islamist party, notorious for opposing independence in 1971, says it is unconcerned that its central offices have been under lock and key since September 19, 2011.
Even with many of its top leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Crimes Tribunal and thousands of its leaders and activists either behind bars or on the run from the law, the right-wing political party's leaders strike a pose of serene detachment.
Jamaat's leadership has indicated that it regards this hiatus from active political engagement as a strategic interlude.
They say they are happy to buy some time to see what happens next.
The party denies it has been driven underground, surviving like other parties only by issuing blurbs and social media updates.