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Thursday, November 01, 2007
Bangladesh May Ban "Religion-Based Politics"
The head of Bangladesh's Election Commission has agreed in principle to ban "religion-based politics" in the country. ZeeNews reported on Tuesday that demands for the change came after Mohammad Mujahid, secretary general of the right wing Jamaat-e-Islami party which opposed Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan, made a statement denying the party's activities during the 1971 Liberation War. Now many in Bangladesh want to prohibit voting by anyone who opposed that War.