Rashed Khan, Political Assistant to the Prime Minister, has made a series of critical remarks about Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami following Mirza Faisal Amin’s victory in the by-election for the Thakurgaon-1 constituency.

In a Facebook post on Thursday (August 29), he claimed that the days of Jamaat winning votes by offering what he described as “tickets to paradise” were over. He further asserted that the party could no longer establish itself as an Islamic party in the eyes of the public.

At the beginning of his post, Rashed Khan wrote, “The Thakurgaon-1 by-election has proved that Jamaat’s tickets to paradise will no longer work anywhere. Congratulations to MP Mirza Faisal Amin.”

He further claimed that people had come to understand that there were numerous individuals like Gazi Nazrul Islam within Jamaat, operating under a religious appearance.

Criticizing the personal lives and activities of Jamaat leaders, Rashed Khan alleged that reports of extramarital affairs involving several party leaders regularly appear in the media. He also questioned the party’s political positions on religious and community-related issues.

He further alleged that a lawyer associated with Jamaat had represented the killers of Shaheed Abrar Fahad. He also claimed that the party speaks against India in the morning but holds meetings with Indian intelligence officials at night.

According to Rashed Khan, a party that struggles to guide its own leaders and activists towards paradise cannot claim to show the path of guidance to the public.

Criticizing Jamaat’s position on Islam, Rashed Khan claimed that Mufti Abdul Malek, Khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, had commented that those who join Jamaat-e-Islami would be misguided.

He further wrote, “Therefore, people will no longer be interested in following the path to paradise shown by misguided Jamaat or entering what he described as Dajjal’s paradise.”

Rashed Khan also commented that bringing speakers such as Amir Hamza and Tarek Monowar to religious gatherings to criticize Mufti Abdul Malek might create enthusiasm among Jamaat’s activists, but would not help establish the party as an Islamic organization in the eyes of the general public.

Towards the end of his post, the Prime Minister’s Political Assistant questioned Jamaat’s position on establishing Sharia law.

He wrote that a party that meets foreign representatives and asks, “Where did we say that we would introduce Sharia law if we came to power?” cannot be considered an Islamic party.

Note: The remarks and allegations concerning Jamaat-e-Islami are Rashed Khan’s political opinions expressed in his personal Facebook post.