Bangladesh Court Voids Registration of Country's Largest Islamic Party

In Bangladesh yesterday, the High Court in Dhaka declared that the registration of the country's largest Islamic party with the Bangladeshi Election Commission is illegal and void. According to the Frontier Post, the ruling against Jamaat-i-Islami came after a petition was filed arguing that the party's charter conflicts with the country's secular constitution. BD News24 reports that Jamaat-i-Islami now plans to shut down the country for 48 hours beginning Aug. 12 in protest of the court's decision.