In Bangladesh, Pakistan's Jinnah Photo Stirs Anger
The display reopened debate over Bangladesh’s 1971 war legacy and drew criticism from students and activists, with police monitoring protests.
- A photograph of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah was torn down at a Dhaka University museum display this month, leaving the space empty and igniting a fierce dispute over how Bangladesh remembers its complicated history.
- Pakistan and Bangladesh were once separated by 930 miles of Indian territory before Bangladesh won independence after a bitter 1971 war, during which Pakistani forces were accused of widespread atrocities .
- Student Abu Tayyab Habildar ripped the image down, calling Jinnah a "villain," while the Dhaka University Central Students Union leader SM Farhad criticized the removal as a "mob attack."
- Critics argue the student union sought to reshape history by highlighting Jinnah while diminishing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's founding president, whose legacy remains central after the 2024 revolution.
- Political analyst Altaf Parvez noted Jinnah was never celebrated in Bangladesh, yet his campaign for a separate Muslim homeland makes him a potent symbol for opposition Islamist politicians emphasizing religious identity.
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In Bangladesh, Pakistan's Jinnah photo stirs anger
The image of Jinnah was shown at a new museum display this month at Dhaka University -- only to be torn down, exposing a bitter dispute over how Bangladesh remembers its complicated history. Abu Tayyab Habildar, the university student who ripped the photograph, called Jinnah a "villain". The row shows how the legacies of nationality, religion and language that shaped Bangladesh are politically potent -- and how the 2024 revolution that toppled S…
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